| 1 | Stefano Tilli | ITA | 20,96 | Q |
| 2 | Daniel Sangouma | FRA | 21,21 | Q |
| 3 | Rolf Kistner | FRG | 21,22 | |
| 4 | Antonio Sanchez | ESP | 21,23 | |
| 5 | Roland Jokl | AUT | 21,67 |
| 1 | Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 20,81 | Q |
| 2 | Alexander Yevgeniyev | URS | 20,97 | Q |
| 3 | Istvan Nagy | HUN | 21,03 | q |
| 4 | Carlo Simionato | ITA | 21,16 | |
| 5 | Adeoye Mafe | GBR | 21,38 |