Final | time | L | 1. Edwin Moses | USA | 47.50s | 2. Harald Schmid | FRG | 48.61s | 3. Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 49.03s | 4. Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.06s | 5. Andre Phillips | USA | 49.24s | 6. David Lee | USA | 49.32s | 7. Amadou Dia Ba | SEN | 49.61s | 8. Ryszard Szparak | POL | 49.78s |
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Semi 1 | time | L | 1. Edwin Moses | USA | 48.11s | 2. Andre Phillips | USA | 48.99s | 3. Amadou Dia Ba | SEN | 49.18s | 4. Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 49.75s | 5. Ahmed Hamada | BHR | 50.04s | 6. Franz Meier | SUI | 50.31s | 7. Rik Tommelein | BEL | 50.54s | -. Toma Tomov | BUL | DNF |
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Semi 2 | time | L | 1. Harald Schmid | FRG | 48.57s | 2. David Lee | USA | 48.63s | 3. Ryszard Szparak | POL | 49.17s | 4. Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.18s | 5. Daniel Ogidi | NGR | 49.51s | 6. Jose Alonso | ESP | 49.91s | 7. Karl Smith | JAM | 49.99s | 8. Krasimir Demirev | BUL | 50.91s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Andre Phillips | USA | 50.44s | 2. Rik Tommelein | BEL | 50.99s | 3. Gary Oakes | GBR | 51.23s | 4. Ian Newhouse | CAN | 51.45s | 5. Meshak Munyoro | KEN | 53.25s | 6. Paiwa Bogela | PNG | 54.68s | -. Aleksandr Yatsevich | URS | DNF |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 50.12s | 2. Sven Nylander | SWE | 50.23s | 3. Jose Alonso | ESP | 50.53s | 4. Vladislav Pecen | TCH | 50.86s | 5. Istvan Takacs | HUN | 50.97s | 6. Peter Rwamuhanda | UGA | 50.99s |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. David Lee | USA | 50.15s | 2. Toma Tomov | BUL | 50.39s | 3. Karl Smith | JAM | 50.64s | 4. Thomas Futterknecht | AUT | 50.68s | 5. Antonio Diaz Ferreira | BRA | 50.76s | 6. Stephen Sole | GBR | 51.80s | 7. Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem | EGY | 52.32s |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Edwin Moses | USA | 49.54s | 2. Daniel Ogidi | NGR | 50.44s | 3. Amadou Dia Ba | SEN | 50.59s | 4. Krasimir Demirev | BUL | 50.62s | 5. Greg Rolle | BAH | 50.92s | 6. Rok Kopitar | YUG | 52.34s | 7. Carlos Azulay | ESP | DQ |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Harald Schmid | FRG | 49.99s | 2. Ryszard Szparak | POL | 50.09s | 3. Franz Meier | SUI | 50.09s | 4. Ahmed Hamada | BHR | 50.53s | 5. Petter Hesselberg | NOR | 51.67s | 6. Georgios Vamvakas | GRE | 51.92s | 7. David Charlton | BAH | 52.02s |
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