Final | | time | | 1. Hartmut Koch | East Germany | 47.9s | | 2. Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 48.3s | | 3. Vasyl Anisimov | Soviet Union | 49.0s | | 4. Nicholas Overhead | Great Britain | 49.0s | |
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Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Manfred Kinder | West Germany | 49.9s | Q | 2. Miroslav Veruk | Czechoslovakia | 50.2s | | 3. Willy Vandenwyngaerden | Belgium | 50.4s | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 1. Hartmut Koch | East Germany | 48.5s | Q | 2. Nicholas Overhead | Great Britain | 49.0s | q | 3. Vasyl Anisimov | Soviet Union | 49.2s | q | 4. Josef Trousil | Czechoslovakia | 49.4s | | 5. Jean-Louis Descloux | Switzerland | 49.5s | |
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