| 1 | André Bucher | SUI | 1:47,10 | Q |
| 2 | Sergey Koshevnikov | RUS | 1:47,77 | Q |
| 3 | David Fiegen | LUX | 1:47,81 | Q |
| 4 | Florent Lacasse | FRA | 1:48,12 | |
| 5 | Roman Oravec | CZE | 1:48,25 | |
| 6 | Tom Omey | BEL | 1:48,75 |
| 1 | Pawel Czapiewski | POL | 1:50,04 | Q |
| 2 | Antonio Reina | ESP | 1:50,28 | Q |
| 3 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | RUS | 1:50,44 | Q |
| 4 | Nicolas Aissat | FRA | 1:50,80 | |
| 5 | Christian Neunhauserer | ITA | 1:50,82 | |
| 6 | Fernando Almeida | POR | 1:50,82 |