| 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | RUS | 1:46,84 | Q |
| 2 | Johan Botha | RSA | 1:47,28 | Q |
| 3 | Pawel Czapiewski | POL | 1:47,35 | Q |
| 4 | Florent Lacasse | FRA | 1:47,90 | |
| 5 | Trinity Gray | USA | 1:47,90 | |
| 6 | Roberto Parra | ESP | 1:49,67 |
| 1 | André Bucher | SUI | 1:47,04 | Q |
| 2 | Glody Dube | BOT | 1:47,31 | Q |
| 3 | David Lelei | KEN | 1:47,48 | Q |
| 4 | Tom Omey | BEL | 1:47,67 | |
| 5 | Daniel Caulfield | IRL | 1:47,79 | |
| 6 | Bram Som | NED | 1:49,34 |