| 1 | István Nagy | HUN | 20,94 | Q |
| 2 | Jacques Borlée | BEL | 21,10 | Q |
| 3 | Czeslaw Pradzynski | POL | 21,25 | |
| 4 | Aldo Canti | FRA | 21,58 | |
| Viktor Brysgin | URS | DQ |
| 1 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | URS | 20,93 | Q |
| 2 | Ferenc Kiss | HUN | 21,04 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Klein | FRG | 21,22 | q |
| 4 | Laszlo Babaly | HUN | 21,32 | |
| 5 | Roland Jokl | AUT | 21,40 |