| Final | | time | | | 1. Donato Sabia |  Italy | 1:48.05 | | | 2. André Lavie |  France | 1:48.35 | | | 3. Phil Norgate |  Great Britain | 1:48.39 | | | 4. Ikem Billy | Great Britain | 1:48.41 | | | 5. Ronny Olsson |  Sweden | 1:48.75 | | | 6. Piotr Piekarski |  Poland | 1:51.98 | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. André Lavie | France | 1:50.01 | Q | | 3. Phil Norgate | Great Britain | 1:50.23 | Q | | 7. Dieter Riebe |  West Germany | 1:50.62 | | | 8. Krzysztof Prądzyński | Poland | 1:52.45 | | | -. Tonino Viali | Italy | DQ | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Ikem Billy | Great Britain | 1:49.85 | Q | | 4. Piotr Piekarski | Poland | 1:50.28 | Q | | 5. Donato Sabia | Italy | 1:50.44 | q | | 6. Ronny Olsson | Sweden | 1:50.62 | q | | 9. Frode Hansen |  Norway | 1:52.56 | |
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