Start Time: 04:05pm
WR 19.30 Usain Bolt (JAM)
ER 19.72 Pietro Mennea (ITA)
IR 20.30 Paul Hession (IRL)
MR 20.34 Marlon Devenish (GBR)
Wind Speed: +3.5 m/sec
| Place | No. | Lane | Name | Country | YOB | Official Time | Reaction Time |
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 83 | 20.46 | 0,161 |
| 2 | 28 | 6 | Mark Findlay | England | 78 | 20.83 | 0,119 |
| 3 | 118 | 3 | Chris Williams | Jamaica | 72 | 20.97 | 0,159 |
| 4 | 53 | 7 | Jermaine McQueen | USA | 84 | 21.23 | 0,301 |
| 5 | 57 | 8 | Darragh Graham | Ireland | 84 | 21.67 | 0,253 |
| 6 | 110 | 1 | Kiril Kirilov | Bulgaria | 83 | 21.91 | 0,154 |
| DNS | 25 | 2 | Chris Craig | England | 89 | DNS | |
| DNS | 26 | 5 | Brendan Christian | Antigua | 83 | DNS |
