| Final 20:40 | time | | 1. Harald Schmid | FRG | 48.65s | | 2. Alexandr Vasilyev | URS | 48.76s | | 3. Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.38s | | 4. Toma Tomov | BUL | 49.62s | | 5. Tagir Zemskov | URS | 50.02s | | 6. José Alonso | ESP | 50.30s | | 7. Rik Tommelein | BEL | 50.45s | | 8. Athanassios Kalogiannis | GRE | 51.83s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Harald Schmid | FRG | 49.17s | | 2. José Alonso | ESP | 49.45s | | 3. Tagir Zemskov | URS | 49.47s | | 4. Athanassios Kalogiannis | GRE | 49.86s | | 5. Luca Cosi | ITA | 50.28s | | 6. Philippe Gonigam | FRA | 50.44s | | 7. Philip Beattie | GBR | 50.67s | | -. Peter Scholz | FRG | DQ |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Alexandr Vasilyev | URS | 48.80s | | 2. Sven Nylander | SWE | 48 83s | | 3. Toma Tomov | BUL | 49.51s | | 4. Rik Tommelein | BEL | 49.77s | | 5. Thomas Futterknecht | AUT | 49.82s | | 6. Matthias Kaulin | FRG | 50.00s | | 7. Max Robertson | GBR | 50.06s | | 8. Juzef Kucej | TCH | 50.42s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.80s | | 2. Toma Tomov | BUL | 50.02s | | 3. Jose Alonso | ESP | 50.03s | | 4. Matthias Kaulin | FRG | 50.09s | | 5. Giorgio Rucli | ITA | 50.89s | | 6. Alain Cuypers | BEL | 51.27s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Alexandr Vasilyev | URS | 49.61s | | 2. Peter Scholz | FRG | 49.74s | | 3. Rik Tommelein | BEL | 49.92s | | 4. Thomas Futterknecht | AUT | 50.17s | | 5. Luca Cosi | ITA | 50.69s | | 6. Georgios Vamvakas | GRE | 50.91s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Harald Schmid | FRG | 50.15s | | 2. Philippe Gonigam | FRA | 50.45s | | 3. Mark Robertson | GBR | 50.64s | | 4. Ryszard Szparak | POL | 50.70s | | 5. Oleg Asarov | URS | 50.76s | | 6. UIf Sedlacek | SWE | 51.58s | | 7. Klaus Ehrle | AUT | 51.82s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Tagir Zemskov | URS | 49.85s | | 2. Athanassios Kalogiannis | GRE | 49.96s | | 3. Juzef Kucej | TCH | 50.00s | | 4. Philip Beattie | GBR | 50.00s | | 5. Thomas Nyberg | SWE | 52.16s |
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