| Final | | time | | | 1. Noel Carroll |  Ireland | 1:49.7 | | | 2. Tomáš Jungwirth |  Czechoslovakia | 1:50.8 | | | 3. Herbert Missalla |  West Germany | 1:51.0 | | | 4. Alberto Estebán |  Spain | 1:51.3 | | | 5. Gérard Vervoort |  France | 1:52.4 | | | 6. Imre Nagy |  Hungary | 1:52.9 | | | -. Arnd Krüger | West Germany | DNF | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Herbert Missalla | West Germany | 1:54.8s | Q | | 2. Noel Carroll | Ireland | 1:54.9s | Q | | 3. Gérard Vervoort | France | 1:56.7s | q | | -. Karel Brems |  Belgium | DNF | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Alberto Estebán | Spain | 1:53.9s | Q | | 2. Tomáš Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 1:54.7s | Q | | 3. Arnd Krüger | West Germany | 1:55.1s | q | | 4. Imre Nagy | Hungary | 1:55.8s | q |
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