| Final | | time | | | 1. Rob Harrison |  Great Britain | 1:49.09 | | | 2. Petru Drăgoescu |  Romania | 1:49.38 | | | 3. Leonid Masunov |  Soviet Union | 1:49.59 | | | 4. Viktor Kalinkin | Soviet Union | 1:49.92 | | | 5. Axel Harries |  West Germany | 1:50.00 | | | 6. Benjamín González |  Spain | 1:50.05 | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Petru Drăgoescu | Romania | 1:47.21 | Q, NR | | 2. Leonid Masunov | Soviet Union | 1:47.52 | Q | | 3. Benjamín González | Spain | 1:47.55 | Q | | 7. Marco Mayr |  Switzerland | 1:48.50 | | | 9. Thierry Tonnelier |  France | 1:50.13 | | | 11.Herwig Tavernaro |  Austria | 1:53.61 | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 4. Rob Harrison | Great Britain | 1:47.72 | Q, PB | | 5. Axel Harries | West Germany | 1:47.84 | Q | | 6. Viktor Kalinkin | Soviet Union | 1:48.38 | Q | | 8. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:49.08 | | | 10.Slobodan Popović |  Yugoslavia | 1:51.35 | | | -. Christoph Ulmer | Switzerland | DNF | |
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Heats - Saturday, 2nd March | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 6 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 7. Axel Harries | West Germany | 1:49.12 | Q | | 8. Petru Drăgoescu | Romania | 1:49.20 | Q | | 10.Rob Harrison | Great Britain | 1:49.36 | q | | 14.Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:50.44 | | | 15.Philippos Stylianoudis |  Cyprus | 1:50.48 | | | 18.Boyko Trayanov |  Bulgaria | 1:52.62 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Viktor Kalinkin | Soviet Union | 1:48.69 | Q | | 4. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:49.00 | Q | | 9. Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:49.30 | q | | 12.Christoph Ulmer | Switzerland | 1:49.77 | q | | 13.Alberto Barsotti |  Italy | 1:49.99 | | | 17.Thomas Wilking | West Germany | 1:50.71 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Benjamín González | Spain | 1:48.68 | Q | | 3. Slobodan Popović | Yugoslavia | 1:48.77 | Q | | 4. Leonid Masunov | Soviet Union | 1:49.00 | q | | 6. Marco Mayr | Switzerland | 1:49.09 | q | | 11.Herwig Tavernaro | Austria | 1:49.66 | q | | 16.Peter Braun | West Germany | 1:50.50 | |
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