| 1 | Karl Fleschen | FRG | 7:57,8 | Q |
| 2 | Pekka Päivärinta | FIN | 7:57,9 | Q |
| 3 | Markus Ryffel | SUI | 7:57,9 | Q |
| 4 | Paul Thijs | BEL | 7:59,1 | q |
| 5 | Stefan Polak | TCH | 7:59,2 | q |
| 6 | Christian Sanjurjo | ESP | 7:59.7 | |
| 7 | Mehmet Tümkan | TUR | 8:14,0 |
| 1 | Fernando Cerrada | ESP | 7:59,5 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Karst | FRG | 8:02,4 | Q |
| 3 | Ray Smedley | GBR | 8:02,4 | Q |
| 4 | Leopold Tomaszewicz | POL | 8:07,9 | |
| 5 | Alex Gonzalez | FRA | 8:10,7 | |
| 6 | Klaas Lok | NED | 8:17,6 |