| Final | | time | | | 1. Colomán Trabado |  Spain | 1:46.91 | | | 2. Peter Elliott |  Great Britain | 1:47.58 | | | 3. Thierry Tonnelier |  France | 1:47.68 | | | 4. Petru Drăgoescu |  Romania | 1:47.91 | | | 5. Binko Kolev |  Bulgaria | 1:51.94 | | | 6. Andres Garcia | France | 2:04.91 | |
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| | First 2 from each Semi and Best 2 times advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 5. Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:50.08 | Q | | 6. Binko Kolev | Bulgaria | 1:50.26 | Q | | 7. Andrés Vera | Spain | 1:50.42 | | | 8. Hans Lang |  West Germany | 1:50.64 | | | 9. Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.69 | | | 10.Viktor Zemlyanskiy |  Soviet Union | 1:54.44 | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:48.39 | Q | | 2. Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 1:48.79 | Q | | 3. Petru Drăgoescu | Romania | 1:48.94 | q | | 4. Andres Garcia | France | 1:49.62 | q | | -. Rob Druppers |  Netherlands | DNF | | | -. András Paróczai |  Hungary | DNS | |
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Heats - Saturday, 5th March | | First 3 from each Heat and Best 3 times advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Viktor Zemlyanskiy | Soviet Union | 1:49.26 | Q | | 2. Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:49.28 | Q | | 3. Andres Garcia | France | 1:49.45 | Q | | 4. Hans Lang | West Germany | 1:49.52 | q | | 7. András Paróczai | Hungary | 1:50.07 | q |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:49.82 | Q | | 10.Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:50.20 | Q | | 12.Binko Kolev | Bulgaria | 1:50.40 | Q | | 14.Reinhold Studer |  Switzerland | 1:51.18 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 6. Peter Elliott | Great Britain | 1:50.06 | Q | | 8. Andrés Vera | Spain | 1:50.09 | Q | | 9. Didier Le Guillou | France | 1:50.16 | Q | | 11.Petru Drăgoescu | Romania | 1:50.07 | q | | 13.Zsolt Szabó | Hungary | 1:50.62 | |
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