| Final | | time | gap | | 1. András Hargitay |  Hungary | 2:06.82 | | | 2. Andrey Smirnov |  Soviet Union | 2:07.26 | +0.44s | | 3. Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 2:08.80 | +0.98s | | 4. Jörg Walter |  East Germany | 2:09.14 | +2.42s | | 5. Fred Eefting |  Netherlands | 2:10.49 | +3.67s | | 6. HaJo Geisler |  West Germany | 2:10.60 | +3.78s | | 7. Csaba Sós | Hungary | 2:10.90 | +4.02s | | 8. Bengt Svensson |  Sweden | 2:12.19 | +5.37s |
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| Heat 3 | | time | gap | | 1. Andrey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 2:09.55 | | | 2. HaJo Geisler |  Germany | 2:10.71 | | | 3. Jörg Walter | East Germany | 2:11.03 | | | 4. Fred Eefting | Netherlands | 2:11.59 | | | 5. Henrik Rasmussen |  Denmark | 2:14.29 | | | 6. Georgi Dangalakov |  Bulgaria | 2:14.92 | | | -. Jos Walwert |  Luxembourg | [2:22.49] | DQ |
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| Pos. Athlete(s) |  Country | Mark | | 1. Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 2:09.90 | | | 2. Csaba Sós | Hungary | 2:10.72 | | | 3. Bengt Svensson | Sweden | 2:10.94 | | | 4. René van der Kuil | Netherlands | 2:11.81 | | | 5. Duncan Cleworth |  Great Britain | 2:13.52 | | | 6. Rui de Abreu |  Portugal | 2:17.41 | | | 7. Murat Ŷ"züak |  Turkey | 2:24.10 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | gap | | 1. András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.77 | | | 2. Alan McClatchey | Great Britain | 2:12.00 | | | 3. Anders Ottosson | Sweden | 2:12.95 | | | 4. Gilles Plançon |  France | 2:13.44 | | | 5. Jürgen Könneker | Germany | 2:13.68 | |
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