| 1 | Gerhard Wucherer | FRG | 5,82 | Q | |
| 2 | Manuel Carballo | ESP | 5,92 | Q | NR |
| 3 | Barrie Kelly | GBR | 5,92 | Q | |
| 4 | Erik Gustafsson | FIN | 6,02 | Q | |
| 5 | Ludek Bohman | TCH | 6,13 |
| 1 | Valeriy Borsov | URS | 5,83 | Q |
| 2 | Raimo Vilén | FIN | 5,88 | Q |
| 3 | Manfred Schumann | FRG | 5,92 | Q |
| 4 | Romain Roels | BEL | 6,01 | Q |
| 5 | Søren Viggo Pedersen | DEN | 6,02 |
| 1 | Vassilios Papageorgopoulos | GRE | 5,75 | Q | WR |
| 2 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | URS | 5,80 | Q | |
| 3 | Patrick Bourbeillon | FRA | 6,01 | Q | |
| 4 | Philippe Clerc | SUI | 6,01 | Q | |
| 5 | Vittorio Roscio | ITA | 6,02 |