| Final 16:15 | time | | 1. Rudolf Harbig |  GER | 1:50.6 | CR NR | | 2. Jacques Lévèque |  FRA | 1:51.8 | | | 3. Mario Lanzi |  ITA | 1:52.0 | | | 4. Sjabbe Bouman |  NED | 1:52.3 | NR | | 5. Bertil Andersson |  SWE | 1:53.0 | | | 6. Tauno Peussa |  FIN | 1:55.5 | | | 7. Paul Faure | FRA | No time | | | 8. Lennart Nilsson | SWE | No time | | | 9. Paul Minder |  SUI | No time | | | -. Gusztáv Harsányi |  HUN | DNF | |
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| History Men 800m | | World and European Record: Wooderson (GBR) 1:48.4 | | Championship Record: Szabo (HUN) 1:52.0 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Mario Lanzi | ITA | 1:53.6 | Q | | 2. Jacques Lévèque | FRA | 1:54.1 | Q | | 3. Lennart Nilsson | SWE | 1:54.2 | Q | | 4. Francis Handley |  GBR | 1:55.0 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Rudolf Harbig | GER | 1:54.3 | Q | | 2. Bertil Andersson | SWE | 1:54.9 | Q | | 3. Paul Faure | FRA | 1:55.2 | Q | | 4. Ferenc Temesvári | HUN | 1:55.4 | | | 5. Alfred Baldwin | GBR | 1:56.6 | | | 6. Emil Goršek |  YUG | 2:01.4 | | | 7. Charles Stein |  LUX | No time | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Sjabbe Bouman | NED | 1:56.8 | Q | | 2. Tauno Peussa | FIN | 1:57.7 | Q | | 3. Gusztáv Harsányi | HUN | 1:58.4 | Q | | 4. Paul Minder | SUI | 1:58.6 | Q | | 5. Eraldo Colombo | ITA | 1:58.8 | | | 6. Antonio Calado |  POR | 1:58.8 | | | 7. Wacław Gąssowski |  POL | 2:02.0 | |
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| Participants | | 1. Mario Lanzi | ITA | 3. | | 2. Rudolph Harbig | GER | 1. | | 3. Gassowski | POL | -?? | | 4. Bertil Andersson | SWE | 5. | | 5. Sjabbe Bouman | NED | 4. | | 6. Eichnerger | GER | -?? | | 7. Gorsek | YUG | -?? | | 8. Tauno Peussa | FIN | 6. | | 9. S. Nilsson | SWE | H 3. | | 10.Paul Faure | FRA | H 3. | | 11.Handley | GBR | H 4. | | 12.Baldwin | GBR | H 5. | | 13.Temesvari | HUN | H 4. | | 14.G. Harsanki | HUN | H 3. | | 15.Jacques Leveque | FRA | 2. | | 16.E. Colombo | ITA | H 5. | | 17.Krastins | LAT | -?? | | 18.Stein | LUX | -?? | | 19.Calado | POR | H 6. | | 20.Minder | SUI | H 4. | | 21.Ragip | ALB | -?? | | 22.Lonja | ALB | -?? |
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