| Final | | time | | | 1. Francis Gonzalez |  France | 1:49.17 | | | 2. Gerhard Stolle |  East Germany | 1:49.32 | | | 3. Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia | 1:49.50 | | | 4. Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:49.62 | | | 5. Jože Međimurec |  Yugoslavia | 1:49.65 | | | 6. Antonio Fernández |  Spain | 1:50.79 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 10th March | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:49.59 | Q | | 8. Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:50.04 | Q | | 10.Rolf Gysin |  Switzerland | 1:50.14 | | | 14.Andre Boonen |  Belgium | 1:50.66 | | | 16.Yves Gringoire | France | 1:51.46 | | | 17.Martin Moser |  Netherlands | 1:52.27 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:48.54 | Q | | 6. Antonio Fernández | Spain | 1:49.83 | Q, NR | | 9. Philippe Meyer | France | 1:50.13 | | | 11.Ján ŀišovský | Czechoslovakia | 1:50.16 | | | 13.András Zsinka |  Hungary | 1:50.46 | | | 15.Jan Reijnders | Netherlands | 1:51.24 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Francis Gonzalez | France | 1:49.21 | Q | | 3. Hans-Henning Ohlert | East Germany | 1:49.54 | Q | | 5. Andrzej Kupczyk |  Poland | 1:49.60 | | | 7. Peter Browne |  Great Britain | 1:49.86 | | | 11.Robert Hoofd | Belgium | 1:50.16 | | | 18.Jozef Samborský | Czechoslovakia | 1:52.60 | |
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