| Final 20:45 | time | | | 1. Salvatore Morale |  ITA | 49.2s | WR | | 2. Jörg Neumann |  GDR | 50.3s | | | 3. Helmut Janz |  FRG | 50.5s | | | 4. Jussi Rintamäki |  FIN | 50.8s | | | 5. Boris Kryunov |  URS | 51.3s | | | 6. Vasiliy Anisimov | URS | 54.2s | |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | | | 1. Salvatore Morale | ITA | 50.0s | CR Q | | 2. Jörg Neumann | GDR | 50.6s | Q | | 3. Boris Kryunov | URS | 50.9s | Q | | 4. Edmond Van Praagh |  FRA | 51.3s | NR | | 5. Bruno Galliker |  SUI | 51.3s | | | 6. Joachim Singer | GDR | 51.4s | |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | | | 1. Vasiliy Anisimov | URS | 51.0s | Q | | 2. Jussi Rintamäki | FIN | 51.0s | Q | | 3. Helmut Janz | FRG | 51.1s | Q | | 4. Georgiy Chevychalov | URS | 51.6s | | | 5. Chris Surety |  GBR | 52.0s | | | 6. Valeriu Jurcă |  ROU | 52.8s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Helmut Janz | FRG | 51.0s | Q | | 2. Boris Kryunov | URS | 51.7s | Q | | 3. Valeriu Jurcă | ROU | 52.0s | Q | | 4. Helmut Haid |  AUT | 52.7s | | | 5. Hannu Ehoniemi | FIN | 52.8s | | | 6. Fahir Özgüden |  TUR | 54.4s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Salvatore Morale | ITA | 51.4s | Q | | 2. Jussi Rintamäki | FIN | 52.4s | Q | | 3. Chris Surety | GBR | 52.8s | Q | | 4. Dimitar Dimitrov |  BUL | 53.1s | | | 5. François Van Cauwenbergh |  BEL | 53.5s | | | 6. Athanasios Mylonopoulos |  GRE | 54.9s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Edmond Van Praagh | FRA | 51.4s | NR Q | | 2. Georgiy Chevychalov | URS | 52.0s | Q | | 3. Joachim Singer | GDR | 52.0s | Q | | 4. John Cooper | GBR | 52.4s | | | 5. Zdzisław Kumiszcze |  POL | 52.6s | | | -. Frinolli | ITA | DNS | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Vasiliy Anisimov | URS | 51.8s | Q | | 2. Bruno Galliker | SUI | 52.2s | Q | | 3. Jörg Neumann | GDR | 52.8s | Q | | 4. Robin Woodland | GBR | 53.1s | | | 5. Jan Gulbrandsen |  NOR | 53.8s | |
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