| Final | | time | | | 1. Steve Heard |  Great Britain | 1:48.84 | PB | | 2. Rob Druppers |  Netherlands | 1:48.96 | | | 3. Joachim Heydgen |  West Germany | 1:49.75 | | | 4. Claude Diomar |  France | 1:52.37 | | | -. Alfredo Lahuerta |  Spain | DNF | | | -. David Sharpe | Great Britain | DNF | |
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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 5. Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:50.73 | Q | | 6. David Sharpe | Great Britain | 1:51.06 | Q | | 8. Alfredo Lahuerta | Spain | 1:51.22 | Q | | 9. Denis Badie | France | 1:51.32 | | | 10.Markus Trinkler |  Switzerland | 1:51.70 | | | 11.Petr Mareš |  Czechoslovakia | 1:51.72 | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Joachim Heydgen | West Germany | 1:50.01 | Q | | 2. Claude Diomar | France | 1:50.08 | Q | | 3. Steve Heard | Great Britain | 1:50.09 | Q | | 4. José Arconada | Spain | 1:50.25 | | | 7. šlvaro Silva |  Portugal | 1:51.17 | | | 12.Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:52.54 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 18th February | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 5. Rob Druppers | Netherlands | 1:51.05 | Q | | 6. Claude Diomar | France | 1:51.16 | Q | | 7. José Arconada | Spain | 1:51.17 | q | | 8. Petr Mareš | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.19 | q | | 11.šlvaro Silva | Portugal | 1:51.63 | q | | 15.Atle Karlsen |  Norway | 1:52.13 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 9. Alfredo Lahuerta | Spain | 1:51.54 | Q | | 10.Joachim Heydgen | West Germany | 1:51.58 | Q | | 12.David Sharpe | Great Britain | 1:51.66 | q | | 13.Tonny Baltus | Netherlands | 1:51.98 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Markus Trinkler | Switzerland | 1:50.87 | Q | | 2. Tomás De Teresa | Spain | 1:50.91 | Q | | 3. Steve Heard | Great Britain | 1:50.96 | q | | 4. Denis Badie | France | 1:50.97 | q | | 14.Tony Ernst |  Belgium | 1:52.12 | |
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