| Final | | time | | | 1. Roger Milhau |  France | 1:50.2 | | | 2. András Paróczai |  Hungary | 1:50.3 | | | 3. Herbert Wursthorn |  West Germany | 1:50.4 | | | 4. Klaus-Peter Nabein | West Germany | 1:51.4 | | | 5. Koen Gijsbers |  Netherlands | 1:51.6 | | | -. Colomán Trabado |  Spain | DQ | |
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Heats - Saturday, 1st March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. András Paróczai | Hungary | 1:49.7 | Q | | 2. Roger Milhau | France | 1:49.9 | Q | | 3. Herbert Wursthorn | West Germany | 1:50.0 | q | | 4. Koen Gijsbers | Netherlands | 1:50.2 | q | | 7. Jiří Dlouhý |  Czechoslovakia | 1:50.8 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:50.4 | Q | | 6. Klaus-Peter Nabein | West Germany | 1:50.7 | Q | | 7. Binko Kolev |  Bulgaria | 1:50.8 | | | 9. Pavel Jehlička | Czechoslovakia | 1:51.1 | | | 10.Sermet Timurlenk |  Turkey | 1:51.9 | |
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