| 1 | José Arconada | ESP | 1:49,41 | Q |
| 2 | Tom McKean | GBR | 1:49,82 | Q |
| 3 | Slobodan Popovic | YUG | 1:50,50 | |
| 4 | Joachim Dehmel | FRG | 1:52,86 | |
| 5 | Nicola Bonamici | ITA | 1:52,89 | |
| Martin Enholm | SWE | DQ |
| 1 | Zbigniew Janus | POL | 1:48,43 | Q |
| 2 | Brian Whittle | GBR | 1:48,97 | Q |
| 3 | Tomas de Teresa | ESP | 1:49,06 | q |
| 4 | Giuseppe d'Urso | ITA | 1:49,45 | q |
| 5 | Antonio Abrantes | POR | 1:52,29 | |
| 6 | Jussi Udelhoven | FRG | 1:55,43 |