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Date: 29 July 1996
Heats
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Michael Johnson | USA | 43.49 |
| 2 | Roger Black | GBR | 44.41 |
| 3 | Davis Kamoga | UGA | 44.53 |
| 4 | Alvin Harrison | USA | 44.62 |
| 5 | Iwan Thomas | GBR | 44.70 |
| 6 | Roxbert Martin | JAM | 44.83 |
| 7 | Davian Clarke | JAM | 44.99 |
| 8 | Ibrahim Ismail | QAT | |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Samson Kitur | KEN | 45.17 |
| 10 | Sunday Bada | NGR | 45.30 |
| 11 | Eswort Coombs | VIN | 45.36 |
| 12 | Michael McDonald | JAM | 45.48 |
| 13 | Neil De Silva | TTO | 45.56 |
| 14 | Stefan Balosak | SVK | 45.59 |
| 15 | Troy Douglas | BER | 46.33 |
| 16 | Harry "Butch" Reynolds | USA | |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| 17 | Clement Chukwu | NGR | 45.24 |
| 18 | Arnaud Malherbe | RSA | 45.26 |
| 19 | Alejandro Cardenas | MEX | 45.33 |
| 20 | Tawanda Chiwira | ZIM | 45.38 |
| 21 | Bobang Phiri | RSA | 45.51 |
| 22 | Du'aine Ladejo | GBR | 45.62 |
| 23 | Sanderlei Parrela | BRA | 45.72 |
| 23 | Kennedy Ochieng | KEN | 45.72 |
| 23 | Mathias Rusterholz | SUI | 45.72 |
| 26 | Jean-Louis Rapnouil | FRA | 45.74 |
| 27 | Sugath Thilakaratne | SRI | 45.78 |
| 28 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz | POL | 46.19 |
| 29 | Paul Greene | AUS | 46.22 |
| 30 | Hendrik Mokganyetsi | RSA | 46.48 |
| 31 | Jude Monye | NGR | |
| 32 | Charles Gitonga | KEN | |
| Heats | |||
| 33 | Osmar dos Santos | BRA | 46.16 |
| 34 | Mark Ladbrook | AUS | 46.28 |
| 35 | Michael Joubert | AUS | 46.30 |
| 35 | Shigekazu Omori | JPN | 46.30 |
| 37 | Laurent Clerc | SUI | 46.42 |
| 37 | Troy McIntosh | BAH | 46.42 |
| 39 | Valdinei da Silva | BRA | 46.61 |
| 40 | Richard Jones | GUY | 46.69 |
| 41 | Dawda Jallow | GAM | 46.73 |
| 42 | Shon Ju-Il | KOR | 46.74 |
| 43 | Evripedes Demosthenous | CYP | 46.76 |
| 44 | Robert Guy | TTO | 46.80 |
| 45 | Mohammed al-Beshi | KSA | 46.82 |
| 46 | Kossi Akoto | TOG | 46.94 |
| 47 | Ivan Jean-Marie | LCA | 47.13 |
| 48 | Eugene Farrell | IRL | 47.18 |
| 49 | Carl Oliver | BAH | 47.41 |
| 50 | Mpho Morobe | LES | 47.54 |
| 51 | Subul Babo | PNG | 48.15 |
| 52 | Kimitene Biyago | CHA | 48.88 |
| 53 | Martial Biguet | CAF | 48.92 |
| 54 | Emmanuel Rubayiza | RWA | 49.20 |
| 55 | Mohamed Amir | MDV | 49.67 |
| 56 | Casimiro Nze | GEQ | 50.14 |
| 57 | Hassani Abdou | COM | 50.17 |
| 58 | Anwar Ali | YEM | 50.81 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Ibrahim Hassan | GHA | ||
| Francis Ogola | UGA | ||
| Disqualified | |||
| Mustafa Abdelnaser | LBA | ||
| Amar Hecini | ALG | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Ibrahim Ouedraogo | BUR | ||
| Justice Dipeba | BOT | ||