| Final 19:40 | time | | | 1. Roberto Frinolli |  ITA | 49.8s | | | 2. Gerd Lössdorfer |  FRG | 50.3s | | | 3. Robert Poirier |  FRA | 50.5s | | | 4. Vasiliy Anisimov |  URS | 50.5s | | | 5. Jaakko Tuominen |  FIN | 50.9s | | | 6. Horst Gieseler | FRG | 51.2s | | | 7. Jean-Jacques Behm | FRA | 51.3s | | | 8. Alain Hébrard | FRA | 52.9s | |
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Semi-Finals - Thursday 01.09 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Roberto Frinolli | ITA | 50.3s | Q | | 2. Alain Hébrard | FRA | 50.7s | Q | | 3. Gerd Lössdorfer | FRG | 50.7s | Q | | 4. Jaakko Tuominen | FIN | 50.9s | Q | | 5. Bertil Vistam |  SWE | 52.1s | | | 6. Robin Woodland |  GBR | 52.3s | | | 7. Edvīns Zāģeris | URS | 52.3s | | | 8. Helmut Haid |  AUT | 53.6s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Horst Gieseler | FRG | 50.5s | Q | | 2. Robert Poirier | FRA | 50.6s | Q | | 3. Vasiliy Anisimov | URS | 50.7s | Q | | 4. Jean-Jacques Behm | FRA | 50.7s | Q | | 5. John Sherwood | GBR | 50.7s | | | 6. Wilfried Geeroms |  BEL | 51.0s | | | 7. Stanisław Gubiec |  POL | 51.7s | | | 8. Peter Warden | GBR | 53.4s | |
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| Heats - Wednesday 31.08 17:00 | | First 4 progress to Semi-Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Gerd Lössdorfer | FRG | 52.0s | Q | | 2. Alain Hébrard | FRA | 52.1s | Q | | 3. Helmut Haid | AUT | 52.8s | Q | | 4. John Sherwood | GBR | 54.2s | Q | | 5. Cengiz Akıncı |  TUR | 55.0s | | | 6. Vincenc Kacagjeli |  ALB | 55.8s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Roberto Frinolli | ITA | 51.0s | Q | | 2. Jean-Jacques Behm | FRA | 52.2s | Q | | 3. Bertil Vistam | SWE | 52.3s | Q | | 4. Robin Woodland | GBR | 52.7s | Q | | 5. Gerd Hennige | FRG | 54.6s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Horst Gieseler | FRG | 51.1s | Q | | 2. Vasiliy Anisimov | URS | 51.8s | Q | | 3. Stanisław Gubiec | POL | 52.1s | Q | | 4. Peter Warden | GBR | 52.4s | Q | | 5. John Skjelvaag |  NOR | 52.6s | | | 6. Ferenc Oros |  HUN | 53.4s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Robert Poirier | FRA | 51.3s | Q | | 2. Jaakko Tuominen | FIN | 51.6s | Q | | 3. Edvīns Zāģeris | URS | 52.1s | Q | | 4. Wilfried Geeroms | BEL | 52.4s | Q | | 5. Leif Librand | SWE | 52.6s | | | 6. Luigi Carrozza | ITA | 52.9s | |
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