| 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | RUS | 1:49,00 | Q | |
| 2 | Adam Kszczot | POL | 1:49,39 | Q | |
| 3 | Manuel Olmedo | ESP | 1:49,52 | Q | |
| 4 | Oleksandr Osmolovych | UKR | 1:49,60 | ||
| 5 | Lukas Rifesser | ITA | 1:49,80 | ||
| 6 | Yuriy Koldin | RUS | 1:49,91 |
| 1 | Mattias Claesson | SWE | 1:51,55 | Q | |
| 2 | Luis Alberto Marco | ESP | 1:51,88 | Q | |
| 3 | Marcin Lewandowski | POL | 1:52,02 | Q | |
| 4 | Miguel Quesada | ESP | 1:52,12 | ||
| 5 | Vitaliy Voloshyn | UKR | 1:52,23 | ||
| 6 | David McCarthy | IRL | 1:53,53 |