| 1 | Carlo Simionato | ITA | 21,84 | Q |
| 2 | Antonio Sanchez | ESP | 21,94 | q |
| 3 | Per-Ola Olsson | SWE | 22,09 | |
| Athanassios Kaloyannis | GRE | DQ |
| 1 | Adeoye Mafe | GBR | 21,63 | Q |
| 2 | Stefano Tilli | ITA | 21,81 | q |
| 3 | Jouko Hassi | FIN | 22,11 |
| 1 | Alexander Yevgeniyev | URS | 21,35 | Q |
| Odd-Erik Kristiansen | NOR | DQ | ||
| Czeslaw Pradzynski | POL | DQ |
| 1 | Giovanni Bongiorni | ITA | 21,64 | Q |
| 2 | Roland Jokl | AUT | 21,66 | q |
| 3 | Lubos Balosak | TCH | 21,68 | q |
| 4 | Sükrü Caprazli | TUR | 22,59 |