| Final | | time | | | 1. Antonio Páez |  Spain | 1:48.02 | | | 2. Klaus-Peter Nabein |  West Germany | 1:48.31 | | | 3. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.35 | | | 4. Arno Korneling |  Netherlands | 1:48.46 | | | 5. Hans-Joachim Mogalle |  East Germany | 1:49.64 | | | 6. Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:50.62 | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.31 | Q | | 2. Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:48.50 | Q | | 4. Klaus-Peter Nabein | West Germany | 1:48.73 | Q | | 5. Didier Le Guillou |  France | 1:48.75 | | | 7. Milovan Savić |  Yugoslavia | 1:49.38 | | | -. Michel Wijnsberghe |  Belgium | DNF | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:48.69 | Q | | 6. Arno Korneling | Netherlands | 1:48.92 | Q | | 8. Hans-Joachim Mogalle | East Germany | 1:49.68 | Q | | 9. Bruno Tabourin | France | 1:49.95 | | | 10.József Bereczki |  Hungary | 1:49.96 | | | 11.Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:50.52 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 6th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 6 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 10.József Bereczki | Hungary | 1:50.81 | Q | | 11.Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:50.93 | Q | | 13.Roger Milhau | France | 1:51.00 | | | 15.Adorno Corradini |  Italy | 1:51.85 | | | 15.Jürg Gerber |  Switzerland | 1:51.91 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Klaus-Peter Nabein | West Germany | 1:49.99 | Q | | 7. Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:49.99 | Q | | 8. Arno Korneling | Netherlands | 1:50.01 | q | | 9. Michel Wijnsberghe | Belgium | 1:50.61 | q | | 12.Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.95 | q | | 14.Sermet Timurlenk |  Turkey | 1:51.72 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.78 | Q | | 2. Hans-Joachim Mogalle | East Germany | 1:48.82 | Q | | 3. Bruno Tabourin | France | 1:48.92 | q | | 4. Hans-Peter Ferner | West Germany | 1:48.98 | q | | 5. Milovan Savić | Yugoslavia | 1:49.04 | q |
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