| 1 | David Canal | ESP | 47,22 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Raquil | FRA | 47,41 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Caines | GBR | 48,05 | Q |
| Stefan Holz | GER | DNF | ||
| Anastasios Goussis | GRE | DNF | ||
| Andrey Semyonov | RUS | DQ |
| 1 | Lars Figura | GER | 47,20 | Q |
| 2 | Ilya Zevontov | BUL | 47,23 | Q |
| 3 | Alain Rohr | SUI | 47,43 | Q |
| 4 | Boris Gorban | RUS | 47,56 | |
| 5 | Philippe Bouche | FRA | 47,72 | |
| 6 | Jimisola Laursen | SWE | 48,84 |