Final 18:30 | | Team )time | | 1. Manfred Matuschewski | GDR | 1:50.5 | | 2. Valeriy Bulyshev | URS | 1:51.2 | | 3. Paul Schmidt | FRG | 1:51.2 | | 4. Olavi Salonen | FIN | 1:51.2 | | 5. Derek McCleane | IRL | 1:51.3 | | 6. Abram Krivosheyev | URS | 1:51.5 | |
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History Men 800m | World Record: Snell (NZL) 1:44.3 | European Record: Moens (BEL) 1:45.7 |
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Semi 1 | | time | | 1. Olavi Salonen | FIN | 1:51.6 | Q | 2. Manfred Matuschewski | GDR | 1:51.6 | Q | 3. Valeriy Bulyshev | URS | 1:52.1 | Q | 4. Norbert Haupert | LUX | 1:52.2 | | 5. François Châtelet | FRA | 1:52.2 | | 6. Sidney Purkis | GBR | 1:52.3 | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 1. Paul Schmidt | FRG | 1:50.0 | Q | 2. Derek McCleane | IRL | 1:50.1 | Q | 3. Abram Krivosheyev | URS | 1:50.1 | Q | 4. Anthony Harris | GBR | 1:50.2 | | 5. Josef Odložil | TCH | 1:51.0 | | 6. Volker Tulzer | AUT | 1:51.1 | |
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Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Norbert Haupert | LUX | 1:53.0 | Q | 2. Olavi Salonen | FIN | 1:53.3 | Q | 3. Noel Carroll | IRL | 1:53.9 | | 3. Klaus Widera | GDR | 1:53.9 | | 5. Franz Bucheli | SUI | 1:54.2 | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 1. Sidney Purkis | GBR | 1:54.5 | Q | 2. Paul Schmidt | FRG | 1:55.7 | Q | 3. Jan Kasal | TCH | 1:55.7 | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 1. Valeriy Bulyshev | URS | 1:51.0 | Q | 2. Volker Tulzer | AUT | 1:51.0 | Q | 3. Francesco Bianchi | ITA | 1:51.3 | | 4. Gilbert Iundt | FRA | 1:52.6 | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 1. Josef Odložil | TCH | 1:51.8 | Q | 2. Manfred Matuschewski | GDR | 1:51.8 | Q | 3. Trevor Schofield | GBR | 1:51.9 | | 4. Hugo Walser | LIE | 1:56.8 | |
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Heat 5 | | time | | 1. Abram Krivosheyev | URS | 1:58.5 | Q | 2. Anthony Harris | GBR | 1:58.6 | Q | 3. Jaromír Šlégr | TCH | 1:58.8 | | 4. Maurice Lurot | FRA | 1:58.8 | |
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Heat 6 | | time | | 1. Derek McCleane | IRL | 1:50.8 | Q | 2. François Châtelet | FRA | 1:51.3 | Q | 3. Alberto Esteban | ESP | 1:51.9 | | 4. Joseph Lambrechts | BEL | DNF | |
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