| 1 | Ranieri Carenza | ITA | 8:18,31 | Q |
| 2 | José Luis Gonzalez | ESP | 8:18,67 | Q |
| 3 | Gabor Marko | HUN | 8:19,39 | Q |
| 4 | Mike Hawkins | GBR | 8:20,32 | Q |
| 5 | Panayotis Fotiou | GRE | 8:26,42 | |
| 6 | Peter van de Kerkhove | BEL | 8:32,49 |
| 1 | Markus Hacksteiner | SUI | 8:07,51 | Q |
| 2 | Mario Silva | POR | 8:07,54 | Q |
| 3 | Michail Dasko | URS | 8:07,57 | Q |
| 4 | Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 8:07,69 | Q |
| 5 | Nick O'Brien | IRL | 8:07,75 | q |
| 6 | Anacleto Jimenez | ESP | 8:11,41 | q |
| 7 | Bela Vago | HUN | 8:11,69 | q |