Final | | time | | 1. Sebastian Coe | Great Britain | 1:46.54 | | 2. Erwin Gohlke | East Germany | 1:47.2 | | 3. Rolf Gysin | Switzerland | 1:47.6 | | 4. Viktor Anokhin | Soviet Union | 1:47.7 | | 5. Günther Hasler | Liechtenstein | 1:48.0 | | 6. Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:48.3 | |
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| First 2 from each Semi and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | | time | | 6. Günther Hasler | Liechtenstein | 1:49.6 | Q | 7. Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:49.6 | Q | 8. Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 1:49.6 | | 9. Pavel Litovchenko | Soviet Union | 1:49.7 | | 10.Rainer Burmester | West Germany | 1:50.0 | | 11.Feliks Wawrzon | Poland | 1:53.1 | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 1. Sebastian Coe | Great Britain | 1:48.2 | Q | 2. Erwin Gohlke | East Germany | 1:48.3 | Q | 3. Rolf Gysin | Switzerland | 1:48.4 | q | 4. Viktor Anokhin | Soviet Union | 1:48.7 | q | 5. Robert Hoofd | Belgium | 1:49.5 | | -. Carlo Grippo | Italy | DNF | |
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Heats - Saturday, 12th March | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Antonio Páez | Spain | 1:48.8 | Q | 4. Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 1:49.7 | Q | 6. Carlo Grippo | Italy | 1:49.9 | q | 7. Pavel Litovchenko | Soviet Union | 1:50.4 | q | 8. Robert Hoofd | Belgium | 1:50.4 | q |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 2. Erwin Gohlke | East Germany | 1:49.5 | Q | 3. Viktor Anokhin | Soviet Union | 1:49.6 | Q | 4. Günther Hasler | Liechtenstein | 1:49.7 | q | 9. Kees Ruyter | Netherlands | 1:50.4 | | 17.Eric Charron | France | 1:52.5 | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 11.Rainer Burmester | West Germany | 1:50.7 | Q | 12.Rolf Gysin | Switzerland | 1:50.7 | Q | 14.Milovan Savić | Yugoslavia | 1:50.9 | | 18.Stavros Mermingis | Greece | 1:52.9 | | 20.Jan Willem Boogman | Netherlands | 2:02.2 | | 21.Markku Taskinen | Finland | 2:31.6 | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 10.Sebastian Coe | Great Britain | 1:50.5 | Q | 13.Feliks Wawrzon | Poland | 1:50.8 | Q | 14.Gabriele Ferrero | Italy | 1:50.9 | | 14.Reinhard Aechtle | West Germany | 1:50.9 | | 16.Arie Ruyter | Netherlands | 1:52.0 | | 19.Roger Milhau | France | 1:54.8 | |
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