| Rnk | Mark | Name | Nation | Born | Pos | Venue | Date | Best | Date/Best |
| 1 | 47.72 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 690628 | 1 | Sevilla | 0827 | ||
| 2 | 47.83A | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 770721 | 1 | Roodeport | 0319 | ||
| 3 | 47.91 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 680727 | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 0508 | 47.10 | 910807 |
| 4 | 48.12 | Stephane Diagana | FRA | 690723 | 2 | Sevilla | 0827 | 47.37 | 950705 |
| 5 | 48.13 | Marcel Schelbert | SUI | 760226 | 3 | Sevilla | 0827 | ||
| 6 | 48.13 | Eronildes Nunes de Araújo | BRA | 701231 | 4 | Sevilla | 0827 | 48.04 | 950712 |
| 7 | 48.14 | Chris Rawlinson | GBR | 720519 | 1r1 | Zürich | 0811 | ||
| 8 | 48.15 | Angelo Taylor | USA | 781229 | 1r2 | Zürich | 0811 | 47.90 | 980621 |
| + | 48.18 | Stephane Diagana | FRA | 690723 | s1:2 | Sevilla | 0825 | 47.37 | 950705 |
| 9 | 48.19 | Pawel Januszewski | POL | 720102 | 5 | Sevilla | 0827 | 48.17 | 980820 |
| 10 | 48.22 | Joey Woody | USA | 730522 | 2 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 0508 | 47.97 | 980621 |
| + | 48.23 | Eronildes Nunes de Araújo | BRA | 701231 | 1 | Winnipeg | 0728 | 48.04 | 950712 |
| + | 48.25A | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 680727 | 2 | Roodeport | 0319 | 47.10 | 910807 |