| Final | | time | | | 1. Yevgeniy Arzhanov |  Soviet Union | 1:51.0 | | | 2. Juan Borraz |  Spain | 1:51.9 | | | 3. Jože Međimurec |  Yugoslavia | 1:51.9 | | | 4. Franz-Josef Kemper |  West Germany | 1:51.9 | | | 5. Andrzej Kupczyk |  Poland | 1:52.0 | | | 6. Colin Campbell |  Great Britain | 1:52.0 | | | 7. Noel Carroll |  Ireland | 1:52.1 | | | 8. Sergey Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1:54.0 | |
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| 1. Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:50.1 | Q | | 2. Franz-Josef Kemper | West Germany | 1:50.4 | Q | | 3. Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:50.5 | Q | | 4. Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:50.6 | q | | 5. Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 1:51.3 | q | | 6. Dimko Deribeyev |  Bulgaria | 1:51.8 | | | Heat 1 | | time | |
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| 1. Colin Campbell | Great Britain | 1:51.7 | Q | | 2. Juan Borraz | Spain | 1:51.8 | Q | | 3. Sergey Kryuchok | Soviet Union | 1:51.9 | Q | | 4. Ján ŀišovský |  Czechoslovakia | 1:52.0 | | | 5. Nils-Erik Emilsson |  Sweden | 1:52.6 | | | 6. Gilbert Van Manshoven |  Belgium | 1:53.1 | | | Heat 2 | | time | |
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