| 1 | András Paróczai | HUN | 1:49,7 | Q |
| 2 | Roger Milhau | FRA | 1:49,9 | Q |
| 3 | Herbert Wursthorn | FRG | 1:50,0 | q |
| 4 | Koen Gijsbers | NED | 1:50,2 | q |
| 5 | Jiri Dlouhy | TCH | 1:50,8 |
| 1 | Coloman Trabado | ESP | 1:50,4 | Q |
| 2 | Klaus-Peter Nabein | FRG | 1:50,7 | Q |
| 3 | Binko Kolev | BUL | 1:50,8 | |
| 4 | Pavel Jehlicka | TCH | 1:51,1 | |
| 5 | Sermet Timurlenk | TUR | 1:51,9 |