| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Nikolay Chernyetskiy |  Soviet Union | 46.29s | | 4 | | 2. Karel Kolář |  Czechoslovakia | 46.55s | | 2 | | 3. Remigijus Valiulis | Soviet Union | 46.75s | | 3 | | 4. Horia Toboc |  Romania | 46.95s | | 1 |
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| | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Karel Kolář | Czechoslovakia | 46.89s | Q | | 3. Remigijus Valiulis | Soviet Union | 47.17s | Q | | 4. Viktor Burakov | Soviet Union | 47.18s | | | -. Stefano Malinverni |  Italy | DNF | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Nikolay Chernyetskiy | Soviet Union | 47.15s | Q | | 5. Horia Toboc | Romania | 47.47s | Q | | 6. Christer Gullstrand |  Sweden | 47.62s | | | 7. Alfonso Di Guida | Italy | 47.97s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 1st March | | First 1 from each Heat and next Best 3 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 6. Christer Gullstrand | Sweden | 47.28s | Q | | 11.Benjamín González |  Spain | 47.94s | | | 13.Rolf Gisler |  Switzerland | 47.99s | | | 18.Andreas Provelengios |  Greece | 48.95s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Stefano Malinverni | Italy | 47.17s | Q | | 9. Stavros Tziortzis | Greece | 47.72s | | | 12.Wolfgang Richter |  West Germany | 47.95s | | | 15.Stein-Are Agledal |  Norway | 48.14s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Nikolay Chernyetskiy | Soviet Union | 46.85s | Q | | 4. Horia Toboc | Romania | 47.07s | q | | 10.Vladimir Ivanov |  Bulgaria | 47.80s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Karel Kolář | Czechoslovakia | 46.47s | Q | | 3. Remigijus Valiulis | Soviet Union | 47.00s | q | | 7. Alfonso Di Guida | Italy | 47.36s | q | | 8. Peter Haas | Switzerland | 47.59s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 14.Viktor Burakov | Soviet Union | 48.03s | Q | | 16.József Szalai |  Hungary | 48.32s | | | 17.Ludger Zander | West Germany | 48.80s | | | -. Urs Kamber | Switzerland | DQ | |
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