| Final 19:00 | time | | 1. Sebastian Coe |  GBR | 1:44.50 | | 2. Tom McKean | GBR | 1:44.61 | | 3. Steve Cram | GBR | 1:44.88 | | 4. Rob Druppers |  NED | 1:45.53 | | 5. Ryszard Ostrowski |  POL | 1:45.54 | | 6. Peter Braun |  FRG | 1:45.83 | | 7. Phillipe Collard |  FRA | 1:45.96 | | 8. Viktor Kalinkin |  URS | 1:47.36 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Steve Cram | GBR | 1:46.59 | | 2. Peter Braun | FRG | 1:46.84 | | 3. Ryszard Ostrowski | POL | 1:46.89 | | 4. Philippe Collard | FRA | 1:46.96 | | 5. Vladimir Graudyn | URS | 1:47.50 | | 6. Alvaro Silva |  POR | 1:47.69 | | 7. Valeri Starodubsev | URS | 1:48.37 | | 8. Ari Suhonen |  FIN | 1:49.67 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Rob Druppers | NED | 1:46.54 | | 2. Tom McKean | GBR | 1:46.62 | | 3. Sebastian Coe | GBR | 1:47.10 | | 4. Viktor Kalinkin | URS | 1;47.41 | | 5. Matthias Assmann | FRG | 1:47.45 | | 6. Martin Enholm |  SWE | 1:49.02 | | 7. Hans-Joachim Mogalle |  GDR | 1:49.00 | | -. Thomas Giessing | FRG | DNF |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Peter Braun | FRG | 1:48.38 | | 2. Ryszard Ostrowski | POL | 1:48.39 | | 3. Rob Druppers | NED | 1:48.42 | | 4. Vladimir Graudyn | URS | 1:48... | | 5. Slobodan Popovic |  YUG | 1:48.68 | | 6. Gert Kilbert |  SUI | 1:49.82 | | 7. Spyros Spyrou |  CYP | 1:53.36 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Tom McKean | GBR | 1:48.37 | | 2. Valeri Starodubzev | URS | 1:48.46 | | 3. Matthias Assmann | FRG | 1:48.65 | | 4. Ronny Olsson | SWE | 1:48.78 | | 5. Robin Van Helden | NED | 1:48.88 | | 6. Colomán Trabado |  ESP | 1:49.42 | | 7. Muecteba Apaydin |  TUR | 1:52.41 |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Sebastina Coe | GBR | 1:47.64 | | 2. Ari Suhonen | FIN | 1:47.71 | | 3. Philippe Collard | FRA | 1;47.72 | | 4. Thomas Giessing | FRG | 1:48.03 | | 5. Alberto Barsotti |  ITA | 1:48.53 | | 6. Marc Corstjens |  BEL | 1:48.55 | | 7. John Chappory |  GIB | 1:57.45 |
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| Heat 4 | time | | -. Steve Cram | GBR | | | -. Viktor Kalinkin | URS | | | -. Alvaro Silva | POR | | | -. Hans-Joachim Mogalle | GDR | |
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