| Final | | time | | | 1. Yevgeniy Arzhanov |  Soviet Union | 1:48.7 | | | 2. Phil Lewis |  Great Britain | 1:50.5 | | | 3. Andrzej Kupczyk |  Poland | 1:50.5 | | | 4. John Davies | Great Britain | 1:51.1 | | | 5. Petar Kyatovski |  Bulgaria | 1:52.0 | | | 6. Antonio Fernández |  Spain | 1:52.7 | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. John Davies | Great Britain | 1:51.8 | Q | | 2. Petar Kyatovski | Bulgaria | 1:51.9 | Q | | 3. Slavko Koprivica |  Yugoslavia | 1:52.5 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Antonio Fernández | Spain | 1:54.0 | Q | | 2. Phil Lewis | Great Britain | 1:54.3 | Q | | 3. Atanas Atanasov | Bulgaria | 1:54.4 | | | 4. Stavros Mermingis |  Greece | 1:57.8 | | | 5. Ali Erte |  Turkey | 1:58.0 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:54.1 | Q | | 2. Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:54.3 | Q | | 3. Ján ŀišovský |  Czechoslovakia | 1:54.7 | | | 4. Eric Reygaert |  Belgium | 1:56.5 | |
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| All Times | | Final | | time | | | 1. Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:48.7 | | | 2. Phil Lewis | Great Britain | 1:50.5 | | | 3. Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:50.5 | | | 4. John Davies | Great Britain | 1:51.1 | | | 5. Petar Kyatovski | Bulgaria | 1:52.0 | | | 6. Antonio Fernández | Spain | 1:52.7 | | | Heat 1 | | time | | | Heat 2 | | time | | | Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. John Davies | Great Britain | 1:51.8 | Q | | 2. Petar Kyatovski | Bulgaria | 1:51.9 | Q | | 3. Slavko Koprivica | Yugoslavia | 1:52.5 | | | 1. Antonio Fernández | Spain | 1:54.0 | Q | | 2. Phil Lewis | Great Britain | 1:54.3 | Q | | 3. Atanas Atanasov | Bulgaria | 1:54.4 | | | 4. Stavros Mermingis | Greece | 1:57.8 | | | 5. Ali Erte | Turkey | 1:58.0 | | | 1. Yevgeniy Arzhanov | Soviet Union | 1:54.1 | Q | | 2. Andrzej Kupczyk | Poland | 1:54.3 | Q | | 3. Ján ŀišovský | Czechoslovakia | 1:54.7 | | | 4. Eric Reygaert | Belgium | 1:56.5 | |
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