| 1 | Rob Druppers | NED | 1:50,73 | Q |
| 2 | David Sharpe | GBR | 1:51,06 | Q |
| 3 | Alfredo Lahuerta | ESP | 1:51,22 | Q |
| 4 | Denis Badie | FRA | 1:51,32 | |
| 5 | Markus Trinkler | SUI | 1:51,70 | |
| 6 | Petr Mares | TCH | 1:51,72 |
| 1 | Joachim Heydgen | FRG | 1:50,01 | Q |
| 2 | Claude Diomar | FRA | 1:50,08 | Q |
| 3 | Steve Heard | GBR | 1:50,09 | Q |
| 4 | José Arconada | ESP | 1:50,25 | |
| 5 | Alvaro Silva | POR | 1:51,17 | |
| 6 | Tomas de Teresa | ESP | 1:52,54 |