| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Nyikolay Pankin |  Soviet Union | 1:06.8 | ECR | | 4 | | 2. Roger Menu |  France | 1.07.8 | | 1.0s | 6 | | 3. Rolf Klees |  West Germany | 1:08.1 | | 1.3s | 3 | | 4. Egon Henninger |  East Germany | 1:08.6 | | 1.8s | 7 | | 5. Thomas Aretz | West Germany | 1:08.7 | | 1.9s | 5 | | 6. Vlagyimir Koszinszkij | Soviet Union | 1:08.9 | | 2.1s | 2 | | 7. Pedro Balcells |  Spain | 1:09.4 | NR | 2.6s | 8 | | 8. Thomas Johnsson |  Sweden | 1:09.6 | | 2.8s | 1 |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Thomas Aretz | West Germany | 1:08.0 | Q | | 4. Roger Menu | France | 1:08.2 | Q | | 7. Thomas Johnsson | Sweden | 1:09.3 | Q, NR | | 10.Angel Csakarov |  Bulgaria | 1:10.7 | NR | | 13.Slavko Kurbanović |  Yugoslavia | 1:10.9 | | | 21.Császári Attila |  Hungary | 1:15.6 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Egon Henninger | East Germany | 1:08.6 | Q | | 9. Ladislau Koszta |  Romania | 1:09.9 | | | 12.Pavel PejÅ¡a |  Czechoslovakia | 1:10.8 | | | 15.Csinger Márton | Hungary | 1:11.5 | | | 17.Ernst May |  Austria | 1:11.7 | | | 19.Leiknir Jónsson |  Iceland | 1:12.5 | | | 20.Cezary ÅÅ¡miglak |  Poland | 1:13.2 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Nyikolay Pankin | Soviet Union | 1:07.9 | Q, ECR | | 2. Rolf Klees | West Germany | 1:08.1 | Q | | 5. Vlagyimir Koszinszkij | Soviet Union | 1:08.5 | Q | | 8. Pedro Balcells | Spain | 1:09.7 | Q | | 10.Steffen Kriechbaum | Austria | 1:10.7 | | | 13.José Durán | Spain | 1:10.9 | | | 16.Teodorosz Kotomanisz |  Greece | 1:11.7 | NR | | 17.David Wilkie |  Great Britain | 1:12.4 | |
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