| 1 | Alexey Ilyushin | LAT | 47,58 | Q |
| 2 | Jiri Janousek | TCH | 47,69 | Q |
| 3 | Fabio Grossi | ITA | 47,72 | Q |
| 4 | José Mendes | POR | 47,80 | q |
| 5 | Gary Cadogan | GBR | 49,06 | q |
| 1 | Slobodan Brankovic | YUG | 46,85 | Q |
| 2 | Andrea Nuti | ITA | 46,86 | Q |
| 3 | David Grindley | GBR | 47,42 | Q |
| 4 | Manuel Moreno | ESP | 47,62 | q |
| 1 | Marco Vaccari | ITA | 48,13 | Q |
| 2 | Zvetoslav Stankulov | BUL | 48,18 | Q |
| 3 | Adeoye Mafe | GBR | 48,28 | Q |
| Aivar Ojastu | EST | DNS |