| 1 | Jussi Udelhoven | FRG | 1:50,03 | Q |
| 2 | Coloman Trabado | ESP | 1:50,54 | Q |
| 3 | Thierry Tonnellier | FRA | 1:50,95 | Q |
| 4 | Sergey Kuzebo | URS | 1:51,21 | |
| 5 | Sotiris Moutsanas | GRE | 1:51,26 | |
| 6 | Herwig Tavernaro | AUT | 1:54,88 |
| 1 | Peter Braun | FRG | 1:50,34 | Q |
| 2 | Philippe Collard | FRA | 1:50,58 | Q |
| 3 | Axel Harries | FRG | 1:50,81 | Q |
| 4 | Martin Enholm | SWE | 1:51,76 | |
| 5 | André Lavie | FRA | 1:54,16 | |
| 6 | Ari Suhonen | FIN | 1:54,23 |