| 1 | Herbert Wursthorn | FRG | 1:48,58 | Q |
| 2 | Antonio Paez | ESP | 1:49,18 | Q |
| 3 | Andreas Busse | GDR | 1:49,45 | q |
| 4 | Jozsef Bereczki | HUN | 1:49,98 | |
| 5 | Binko Kolev | BUL | 1:51,55 |
| 1 | András Paróczai | HUN | 1:47,93 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Wilking | FRG | 1:48,60 | Q |
| 3 | Detlef Wagenknecht | GDR | 1:48,69 | q |
| 4 | Mike Whittingham | GBR | 1:49,51 | |
| 5 | Rui Fernandez | POR | 1:49,81 | |
| Andres Ballbe | ESP | DNF |