| Final | | time | | | 1. Cayetano Cornet |  Spain | 46.21s | | | 2. Brian Whittle |  Great Britain | 46.49s | | | 3. Klaus Just |  West Germany | 46.80s | | | 4. Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 47.16s | | | 5. Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 47.45s | | | 6. Vito Petrella |  Italy | 47.83s | | | Final | | time | |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 18th February | | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
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| 1. Cayetano Cornet | Spain | 46.70s | Q | | 3. Klaus Just | West Germany | 46.79s | Q | | 4. Vito Petrella | Italy | 47.16s | q | | 6. Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 47.36s | q | | 7. Aldo Canti |  France | 47.41s | |
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| 2. Brian Whittle | Great Britain | 46.75s | Q | | 5. Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 47.25s | Q | | 8. Arjen Visserman |  Netherlands | 47.53s | | | 9. Slobodan Branković |  Yugoslavia | 48.21s | | | -. Momchil Kharizanov |  Bulgaria | DQ | |
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