| 1 | Gilles Queneherve | FRA | 20,81 | Q |
| 2 | John Regis | GBR | 20,84 | Q |
| 3 | Ronald Desruelles | BEL | 21,20 | Q |
| 4 | Pascal Barré | FRA | 21,39 | |
| 5 | Norbert Dobeleit | FRG | 21,91 | |
| Nikolay Rasgonov | URS | DNF |
| 1 | Vladimir Krylov | URS | 20,61 | Q |
| 2 | Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 20,88 | Q |
| 3 | Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 20,93 | Q |
| 4 | Donovan Reid | GBR | 21,32 | |
| 5 | Antonio Sanchez | ESP | 21,36 | |
| 6 | Paolo Catalano | ITA | 21,96 |