| Final | time | gap | L | ||
| 1. Sergey Zabolotnov |  Soviet Union | 1:59.35 | 3 | ||
| 2. Igor Polyanskiy | Soviet Union | 1:59.37 | 0.02s | 4 | |
| 3. Frank Baltrusch |  East Germany | 2:00.22 | 0.87s | 5 | |
| 4. Edvard Edvardsson |  Iceland | 2:02.79 | 2.44s | 7 | |
| 5. Tamas Deutsch |  Hungary | 2:03.18 | 3.83s | 2 | |
| 6. Patrick Kuhl | East Germany | 2:03.30 | 3.95s | 8 | |
| 7. Frank Hoffmeister |  West Germany | 2:03.34 | 3.99s | 6 | |
| 8. Stefano Battistelli |  Italy | 2:03.84 | 4.49s | 1 |
| Final | time | gap | L | ||
| 9. Babis Papanikolaou |  Greece | 2:04.26 | 4 | ||
| 10.Gary Binfield |  Great Britain | 2:04.68 | 0.42s | - | |
| 11.Hans Fredin |  Sweden | 2:05.42 | 1.16s | 3 | |
| 12.Franck Schott |  France | 2:05.67 | 1.41s | 6 | |
| 13.Marek Ranis |  Czechoslovakia | 2:06.17 | 1.91s | 5 | |
| 14.Pavel Vokoun | Czechoslovakia | 2:06.38 | 2.12s | - | |
| 15.Ricardo Aldabe |  Spain | 2:06.79 | 2.53s | - | |
| 16.Christian Beimel | West Germany | 2:07.57 | 3.31s | - |
Heats - Thursday, 20th August |
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 times to Final B. |
| Heats | time | gap | L | ||
| 1. Igor Polyanskiy | Soviet Union | 1:59.43 | - | ||
| 2. Frank Baltrusch | East Germany | 2:02.46 | 3.03s | - | |
| 3. Sergey Zabolotnov | Soviet Union | 2:02.85 | 3.42s | - | |
| 4. Frank Hoffmeister | West Germany | 2:02.96 | 3.53s | - | |
| 5. Tamas Deutsch | Hungary | 2:03.36 | 3.93s | - | |
| 6. Edvard Edvardsson | Iceland | 2:03.62 | 4.19s | - | |
| 7. Stefano Battistelli | Italy | 2:03.82 | 4.39s | - | |
| 8. Patrick Kuhl | East Germany | 2:03.90 | 4.47s | - | |
| 9. Babis Papanikolaou | Greece | 2:04.41 | 4.98s | - | |
| 10.Marek Ranis | Czechoslovakia | 2:04.47 | 5.04s | - | |
| 11.Hans Fredin | Sweden | 2:04.66 | 5.23s | - | |
| 12.Franck Schott | France | 2:04.82 | 5.39s | - | |
| --.Gary Binfield | Great Britain | 2:0-.-- | -.--s | - | |
| --.Pavel Vokoun | Czechoslovakia | 2:0-.-- | -.--s | - | |
| --.Ricardo Aldabe | Spain | 2:0-.-- | -.--s | - | |
| --.Christian Beimel | West Germany | 2:0-.-- | -.--s | - | |
| 17.Patrick Ferland |  Switzerland | 2:06.76 | 6.67s | - | |
| 19.De Rover |  Netherlands | 2:07.30 | 7.87s | - |
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