| 1 | Kevin López | ESP | 1:48,56 | Q | |
| 2 | Anis Ananenka | BLR | 1:48,77 | Q | |
| 3 | Adam Kszczot | POL | 1:48,78 | Q | |
| 4 | Joe Thomas | GBR | 1:49,14 | ||
| 5 | Ivan Nesterov | RUS | 1:50,53 | ||
| 6 | Johan Rogestedt | SWE | 1:55,98 |
| 1 | Mukhtar Mohammed | GBR | 1:49,89 | Q | |
| 2 | Taras Bybyk | UKR | 1:49,92 | Q | |
| 3 | Luis Alberto Marco | ESP | 1:49,96 | Q | |
| 4 | Francisco Roldán | ESP | 1:50,27 | ||
| 5 | Jozef Repcík | SVK | 1:50,28 | ||
| 6 | Thijmen Kupers | NED | 1:50,29 |