| 1 | Tomas de Teresa | ESP | 1:49,80 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Ereng | KEN | 1:49,96 | Q |
| 3 | Simon Hoogewerf | CAN | 1:50,04 | Q |
| 4 | Andrey Sudnik | URS | 1:50,08 | |
| 5 | Ahmed Belkessam | ALG | 1:50,18 | |
| 6 | Peter Svaricek | AUT | 1:53,12 |
| 1 | William Tanui | KEN | 1:47,74 | Q |
| 2 | Joachim Dehmel | GER | 1:48,17 | Q |
| 3 | Stanley Redwine | USA | 1:48,34 | Q |
| 4 | Miroslav Chochkov | BUL | 1:48,40 | |
| 5 | Martin Steele | GBR | 1:48,77 | |
| 6 | Pablo Squella | CHI | 1:50,60 |