| 1 | José-Manuel Abascal | ESP | 3:48,23 | Q |
| 2 | Antti Loikkanen | FIN | 3:48,43 | Q |
| 3 | Claudio Patrignani | ITA | 3:48,47 | Q |
| 4 | Carlos Cabral | POR | 3:48,54 | |
| 5 | Bela Enekes | HUN | 3:48,96 | |
| 6 | Janos Szvoboda | HUN | 3:50,12 | |
| 7 | Didier Beoguin | FRA | 3:53,69 |
| 1 | Peter Wirz | SUI | 3:43,30 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 3:43,31 | Q |
| 3 | Andreas Baranski | FRG | 3:43,63 | Q |
| 4 | Jaime Lopez Egea | ESP | 3:43,92 | q |
| 5 | Tamas Szabo | HUN | 3:43,97 | q |
| 6 | Georgis Petrakis | GRE | 3:44,45 | q |