| Final 15:50 | time | | | 1. Anatoliy Yulin |  URS | 50.5s | CR | | 2. Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 50.8s | | | 3. Sven-Oswald Mildh |  FIN | 51.5s | NR | | 4. Guy Cury |  FRA | 51.8s | | | 5. Robert Shaw |  GBR | 52.3s | NR | | 6. Antal Lippay |  HUN | 52.4s | NR |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday 28.08 16:20 | | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Anatoliy Yulin | URS | 51.6s | Q | | 2. Guy Cury | FRA | 51.7s | Q | | 3. Sven-Oswald Mildh | FIN | 51.8s | NR Q | | 4. Sven Olov Eriksson |  SWE | 52.0s | | | 5. Armando Filiput |  ITA | 52.3s | | | 6. Kurt Bonah |  FRG | 53.4s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 52.3s | Q | | 2. Robert Shaw | GBR | 52.5s | Q | | 3. Antal Lippay | HUN | 52.6s | Q | | 4. Robert Bart | FRA | 52.7s | | | 5. Ilie Savel |  ROU | 53.3s | | | 6. Lars Ylander | SWE | 54.9s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Sven Olov Eriksson | SWE | 53.1s | Q | | 2. Armando Filiput | ITA | 54.0s | Q | | 3. Jan Borgersen |  NOR | 54.8s | | | 4. José Fórmiga |  ESP | 55.3s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 51.1s | CR Q | | 2. Kurt Bonah | FRG | 54.0s | Q | | 3. Gerald Wicher |  AUT | 55.9s | | | 4. Aydin Tunali |  TUR | 60.2s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Anatoliy Yulin | URS | 52.1s | Q | | 2. Robert Bart | FRA | 52.7s | Q | | 3. Harry Kane | GBR | 52.7s | | | 4. Karl Borgula |  SUI | 55.3s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Robert Shaw | GBR | 53.4s | Q | | 2. Ilie Savel | ROU | 54.0s | Q | | 3. Josef Kost | SUI | 54.4s | | | 4. Gianfranco Fantuzzi | ITA | 55.2s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Sven-Oswald Mildh | FIN | 53.6s | Q | | 2. Lars Ylander | SWE | 53.8s | Q | | 3. Wolfgang Fischer | FRG | 53.9s | | | 4. Gheorghe Stanel | ROU | 55.3s | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Guy Cury | FRA | 52.9s | Q | | 2. Antal Lippay | HUN | 53.2s | Q | | 3. Dirk Stoclet |  BEL | 54.5s | | | 4. Rudolf Haidegger | AUT | 55.3s | |
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