| 1 | Jan Balachowski | POL | 47,50 | Q |
| 2 | Hans Reinermann | FRG | 48,2 | |
| 3 | Ramón Magariños | ESP | 48,3 | |
| 4 | Igor Krupicka | TCH | 49,7 |
| 1 | Colin Campbell | GBR | 47,74 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Bratchikov | URS | 47,8 | q |
| 3 | Noel Carroll | IRL | 48,7 |
| 1 | Andrzej Badenski | POL | 47,61 | Q |
| 2 | Manfred Kinder | FRG | 48,5 | |
| 3 | Stepan Kremer | YUG | 49,3 | |
| 4 | José Carvalho | POR | 49,7 |