Heat 1 | time | 1. Steve Cram | GBR | 1:46.59 | 2. Peter Braun | FRG | 1:46.84 | 3. Ryszard Ostrowski | POL | 1:46.89 | 4. Philippe Collard | FRA | 1:46.96 | 5. Vladimir Graudyn | URS | 1:47.50 | 6. Alvaro Silva | POR | 1:47.69 | 7. Valeri Starodubsev | URS | 1:48.37 | 8. Ari Suhonen | FIN | 1:49.67 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Rob Druppers | NED | 1:46.54 | 2. Tom McKean | GBR | 1:46.62 | 3. Sebastian Coe | GBR | 1:47.10 | 4. Viktor Kalinkin | URS | 1;47.41 | 5. Matthias Assmann | FRG | 1:47.45 | 6. Martin Enholm | SWE | 1:49.02 | 7. Hans-Joachim Mogalle | GDR | 1:49.00 | -. Thomas Giessing | FRG | DNF |
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