| Final | | time | | | 1. Gerhard Stolle |  East Germany | 1:49.8 | | | 2. Ivo Van Damme |  Belgium | 1:50.1 | | | 3. Vladimir Ponomaryev |  Soviet Union | 1:50.2 | | | 4. Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia | 1:50.2 | | | 5. Marian Gęsicki |  Poland | 1:50.4 | | | 6. Reinhold Soyka |  West Germany | 1:53.3 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 8th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:50.6 | Q | | 2. Ivo Van Damme | Belgium | 1:50.8 | Q | | 4. Reinhold Soyka | West Germany | 1:51.7 | q | | 9. Erwin Gohlke | East Germany | 1:54.3 | | | 10.Viktor Solonetskiy | Soviet Union | 1:54.7 | | | 11.Waldemar Gondek | Poland | 1:55.8 | | | 13.Åke Svenson |  Sweden | 1:57.9 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Vladimir Ponomaryev | Soviet Union | 1:51.6 | Q | | 5. Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:51.9 | Q | | 6. Marian Gęsicki | Poland | 1:51.9 | q | | 7. Ladislav Kárský | Czechoslovakia | 1:52.6 | | | 8. Robert Hoofd | Belgium | 1:52.7 | | | 12.Krzysztof Linkowski | Poland | 1:57.2 | |
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