| 1 | Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 1:51,0 | Q |
| 2 | Gerd Larsen | DEN | 1:51,1 | Q |
| 3 | Noel Carroll | IRL | 1:51,4 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Adams | GBR | 1:51,7 | Q |
| 5 | Radovan Piplovic | YUG | 1:54,2 | |
| 6 | Arnd Krüger | FRG | 1:59,7 |
| 1 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1:50,8 | Q |
| 2 | Joze Medjimurec | YUG | 1:51,1 | Q |
| 3 | Jan Sisovsky | TCH | 1:51,3 | Q |
| 4 | Pierre Toussaint | FRA | 1:51,5 | Q |
| 5 | Juan Borraz | ESP | 1:52,0 | |
| 6 | Gilbert Van Manshoven | BEL | 1:53,0 |