| 1 | Du'aine Ladejo | GBR | 46,26 | Q |
| 2 | Michail Vdovin | RUS | 46,61 | Q |
| 3 | Lutz Becker | GER | 46,71 | Q |
| 4 | Mark Richardson | GBR | 46,77 | |
| 5 | Alessandro Aimar | ITA | 47,38 | |
| 6 | Fabio Grossi | ITA | 48,14 |
| 1 | Rico Lieder | GER | 46,78 | Q |
| 2 | Jamie Baulch | GBR | 46,91 | Q |
| 3 | Andrea Nuti | ITA | 47,18 | Q |
| 4 | Pierre-Marie Hilaire | FRA | 47,28 | |
| 5 | Rikard Rasmusson | SWE | 47,60 | |
| 6 | Evripides Demosthenous | CYP | 47,91 |