| 1 | Colomán Trabado | ESP | 1:48,31 | Q |
| 2 | Hans-Peter Ferner | FRG | 1:48,50 | Q |
| 3 | Klaus-Peter Nabein | FRG | 1:48,73 | Q |
| 4 | Didier Le Guilou | FRA | 1:48,75 | |
| 5 | Milovan Savic | YUG | 1:49,38 | |
| Michel Wijnsberghe | BEL | DNF |
| 1 | Antonio Paez | ESP | 1:48,69 | Q |
| 2 | Arno Korneling | NED | 1:48,92 | Q |
| 3 | Hans-Joachim Mogalle | GDR | 1:49,68 | Q |
| 4 | Bruno Tabourin | FRA | 1:49,95 | |
| 5 | József Bereczki | HUN | 1:49,96 | |
| 6 | Thomas Wilking | FRG | 1:50,52 |