| 1 | Francis González | FRA | 1:49,8 | Q |
| 2 | Ivo van Damme | BEL | 1:49,8 | Q |
| 3 | Milovan Savic | YUG | 1:50,0 | Q |
| 4 | Ladislav Karsky | TCH | 1:50,1 | |
| Phil Lewis | GBR | DNF |
| 1 | András Zsinka | HUN | 1:50,1 | Q |
| 2 | Josef Schmid | FRG | 1:50,9 | Q |
| 3 | Robert Hoofd | BEL | 1:50,9 | Q |
| 4 | Carlo Grippo | ITA | 1:51,7 | |
| 5 | Konstantinos Gargarettas | GRE | 1:52,0 |