| 1 | Ben Johnson | CAN | 6,49 | Q |
| 2 | Lee McRae | USA | 6,58 | Q |
| 3 | Antonio Ullo | ITA | 6,65 | Q |
| 4 | Christian Haas | FRG | 6,67 | Q |
| 5 | Valentin Atanassov | BUL | 6,67 | |
| 6 | Antoine Richard | FRA | 6,69 | |
| 7 | Andres Simon | CUB | 6,72 | |
| 8 | Attila Kovacs | HUN | 6,83 |
| 1 | Mark Witherspoon | USA | 6,60 | Q |
| 2 | Francesco Pavoni | ITA | 6,66 | Q |
| 3 | Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 6,66 | Q |
| 4 | Ronald Desruelles | BEL | 6,67 | Q |
| 5 | Li Tao | CHN | 6,70 | |
| 6 | William Prott | BER | 6,71 | |
| 7 | Elliot Bunney | GBR | 6,74 | |
| 8 | Rohan Wade | JAM | 6,81 |