| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Thomas Schönlebe |  East Germany | 46.97s | | 3 | | 2. José Alonso |  Spain | 47.12s | | 4 | | 3. Mathias Schersing | East Germany | 47.59s | | 2 | | 4. Arjen Visserman |  Netherlands | 47.69s | | 1 |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 22nd February | | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Mathias Schersing | East Germany | 47.75s | Q | | 5. Arjen Visserman | Netherlands | 47.79s | | | 6. Steve Heard |  Great Britain | 47.81s | | | 7. Andreas Rapek |  Austria | 49.29s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany | 47.62s | Q | | 2. José Alonso | Spain | 47.75s | Q | | 4. Ismail Mačev |  Yugoslavia | 47.78s | | | -. Klaus Just |  West Germany | DNS | |
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Heats - Saturday, 22nd February | | Winner of each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. Thomas Schönlebe | East Germany | 47.59s | Q | | 4. Steve Heard | Great Britain | 47.64s | q | | 9. Momchil Kharizanov |  Bulgaria | 48.06s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Mathias Schersing | East Germany | 47.92s | Q | | 8. Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 48.04s | | | 11.šngel Heras | Spain | 48.22s | | | 16.Jindrich Roun |  Czechoslovakia | 49.58s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 6. José Alonso | Spain | 47.95s | Q | | 10.Thomas Futterknecht | Austria | 48.07s | | | 12.Vladimir Krylov |  Soviet Union | 48.35s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Arjen Visserman | Netherlands | 47.43s | Q | | 3. Ismail Mačev | Yugoslavia | 47.62s | q | | 7. Klaus Just | West Germany | 48.02s | q | | -. Dimitar Rangelov | Bulgaria | DNS | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 13.Andreas Rapek | Austria | 48.75s | Q | | 14.Jürgen Koffler | West Germany | 48.83s | | | 15.Timo Kiviniemi |  Finland | 49.21s | |
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