| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Moss |  GBR | 1:50.65 Q | 
| 2 | Wilfred Bungei |  KEN | 1:50.70 Q | 
| 3 | Dwayne Miller |  JAM | 1:50.76 Q | 
| 4 | Lucky Hadebe |  RSA | 1:51.01 | 
| 5 | Nicolas Aïssat |  FRA | 1:51.11 | 
| 6 | Ramon Wächter |  SUI | 1:51.11 | 
| 7 | Mechal Gebreab |  ETH | 1:51.19 | 
| 8 | Rachid Khouia |  MAR | 1:51.49 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Chirchir |  KEN | 1:48.93 Q | 
| 2 | João Pires |  POR | 1:49.05 Q | 
| 3 | Paskar Owor |  UGA | 1:49.25 Q PB | 
| 4 | Dmitriy Bogdanov |  RUS | 1:49.31 q | 
| 5 | Bram SOM |  NED | 1:49.80 q | 
| 6 | Joeri Jansen |  BEL | 1:53.46 | 
| 7 | Mohammed S.M. Albayed |  PLE | 1:54.51 | 
| Glauco da Silva |  BRA | DNS |