| Date | 26 September 1988 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul | |
| Format | Top 3 in each heat and next 10 fastest advanced to the quarter-finals. | |
| Time | 11:05 |
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| Wind | -0.9 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Roy Martin | 20.65 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Michael Rosswess | 20.95 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Harouna Pale | 21.33 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Samuel Nchinda-Kaya | 21.45 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Henri Ndinga | 21.66 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Fabian Muyaba | 21.66 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Markus Büchel | 22.02 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Mohamed Shah Alam | 22.52 |
| Time | 11:10 |
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| Wind | 0.3 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Gilles Quénéhervé | 20.55 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Kenji Yamauchi | 20.98 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Isiaq Adeyanju | 21.10 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Jang Jae-Geun | 21.27 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Lee Shiunn-Long | 21.53 | |||
| 6 | 4 | Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef | 21.88 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Takale Tuna | 21.95 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Sahim Saleh Mehdi | 22.95 |
| Time | 11:15 |
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| Wind | -0.5 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Atlee Mahorn | 20.55 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Ralf Lübke | 20.81 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Oliver Daniels | 21.59 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Tony Leung | 21.69 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Sunday Olweny | 21.79 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Muhammad Afzal | 21.89 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Mohamed Fahd Al-Bishi | 22.09 |
| Time | 11:20 |
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| Wind | 0.8 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | John Regis | 20.90 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Clive Wright | 20.94 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Ibrahima Tamba | 21.68 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Issa Alassane-Ousséni | 21.74 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Maloni Bole | 22.44 | |||
| 6 | 4 | Claude Roumain | 22.60 | |||
| 3 | Samuel Birch | – |
| Time | 11:25 |
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| Wind | -0.8 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Joe DeLoach | 20.98 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Mark Garner | 21.09 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Edgardo Guilbe | 21.09 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Andreas Berger | 21.29 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Henrico Atkins | 21.98 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Robert Loua | 22.78 | |||
| 3 | Simeon Kipkemboi | – |
| Time | 11:30 |
|---|---|
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Kennedy Ondiek | 20.79 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Troy Douglas | 20.91 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Attila Kovács | 20.98 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Pietro Mennea | 21.10 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Lindel Hodge | 21.78 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi | 21.82 | |||
| 7 | 7 | André François | 21.88 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Ismail Asif Waheed | 23.17 |
| Time | 11:35 |
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| Wind | -0.3 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Linford Christie | 21.05 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Bruno Marie-Rose | 21.11 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Courtney Brown | 21.45 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Luís Cunha | 21.72 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Carlos Moreno | 22.13 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Odiya Silweya | 22.24 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Peauope Suli | 22.49 | |||
| 6 | Boevi Lawson | – |
| Time | 11:40 |
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| Wind | -0.7 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Cyprian Enweani | 20.65 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Sangouma | 20.70 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Patrick Stevens | 20.84 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Norbert Dobeleit | 20.86 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Li Feng | 21.33 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Ousmane Diarra | 21.55 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Abdullah Ali Ahmed | 22.11 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Nguyễn Ðình Minh | 22.65 |
| Time | 11:45 |
|---|---|
| Wind | 0.6 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Robson da Silva | 21.12 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Luís Barroso | 21.31 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Jimmy Flemming | 21.33 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Alexandre Yougbare | 22.14 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Gustavo Envela | 22.33 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Benny Kgarametso | 22.79 | |||
| 8 | Arménio Fernandes | – | 2 |
| Time | 11:50 |
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| Wind | 1.7 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Stefano Tilli | 20.68 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Carl Lewis | 20.72 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Olapade Adeniken | 20.77 | |||
| 4 | 4 | John Myles-Mills | 21.04 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Moustafa Kamel Salmi | 21.24 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Howard Lindsay | 21.78 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Jerry Jeremiah | 22.01 |