| 1 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 7,58 | Q |
| 2 | Florian Schwarthoff | GER | 7,61 | Q |
| 3 | Igors Kazanovs | LAT | 7,62 | Q |
| 4 | George Boroi | ROM | 7,72 | q |
| 5 | Li Tong | CHN | 7,76 | |
| 6 | Herwig Röttl | AUT | 7,82 | |
| 7 | Jiri Hudec | CZE | 7,83 | |
| 8 | Tim Kroeker | CAN | 7,89 |
| 1 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 7,44 | Q |
| 2 | Tony Dees | USA | 7,48 | Q |
| 3 | Sergey Ussoc | BLR | 7,65 | Q |
| 4 | Emilio Valle | CUB | 7,74 | q |
| 5 | Henry Andrade | CPD | 7,75 | |
| 6 | Dietmar Koszewski | GER | 7,81 | |
| 7 | Igor Kovac | SVK | 7,84 | |
| 8 | Thomas J. Kearns | IRL | 7,89 |