| Final | | time | | | 1. Markku Taskinen |  Finland | 1:47.36 | NR | | 2. Olaf Beyer |  East Germany | 1:47.68 | | | 3. Roger Milhau |  France | 1:47.8 | | | 4. Marian Gęsicki |  Poland | 1:48.1 | | | 5. Rolf Gysin |  Switzerland | 1:49.3 | | | 6. Gabriele Ferrero |  Italy | 1:49.5 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 11th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Roger Milhau | France | 1:48.6 | Q | | 2. Marian Gęsicki | Poland | 1:48.9 | Q | | 3. Arno Korneling |  Netherlands | 1:49.2 | | | 4. Pavel Litovchenko |  Soviet Union | 1:50.9 | | | 9. Jón Didriksson |  Iceland | 1:53.7 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 10.Gabriele Ferrero | Italy | 1:56.0 | Q | | 11.Markku Taskinen | Finland | 1:56.1 | Q | | 12.Günther Hasler |  Liechtenstein | 1:56.3 | | | 13.Milovan Savić |  Yugoslavia | 1:56.4 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 5. Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 1:51.0 | Q | | 6. Rolf Gysin | Switzerland | 1:51.2 | Q | | 7. Sermet Timurlenk |  Turkey | 1:51.6 | | | 8. Paweł Szweda | Poland | 1:52.1 | |
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