| 1 | Benson Koech | KEN | 1:48,47 | Q |
| 2 | Tor Øivind Ødegård | NOR | 1:48,80 | Q |
| 3 | Clive Terrelonge | JAM | 1:48,82 | Q |
| 4 | David Matthews | IRL | 1:49,26 | |
| 5 | Rich Kenah | USA | 1:50,39 | |
| 6 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | ESP | 1:51,19 |
| 1 | Pavel Soukup | CZE | 1:49,41 | Q |
| 2 | Joseph Tengelei | KEN | 1:49,51 | Q |
| 3 | Mahjoub Haïda | MAR | 1:49,72 | Q |
| 4 | Torbjörn Johansson | SWE | 1:50,19 | |
| 5 | José Arconada | ESP | 1:50,98 | |
| 6 | Brad Sumner | USA | 1:51,60 |