| Final | | time | | | 1. Alfons Brijdenbach |  Belgium | 46.60s | | | 2. Andreas Scheibe |  East Germany | 46.80s | NR | | 3. Günther Arnold | East Germany | 46.94s | | | 4. Francis Demarthon |  France | 47.08s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 9th March | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Alfons Brijdenbach | Belgium | 46.85s | Q | | 4. Andreas Scheibe | East Germany | 47.41s | Q, NR | | 6. Falko Geiger |  West Germany | 47.88s | | | 7. Kyriakos Onissiforou |  Greece | 48.73s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Günther Arnold | East Germany | 47.15s | Q, NR | | 3. Francis Demarthon | France | 47.36s | Q | | 5. Michael Fredriksson |  Sweden | 47.64s | |
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