| Final | | time | | | 1. Peter Braun |  West Germany | 1:48.96 | | | 2. Colomán Trabado |  Spain | 1:49.12 | | | 3. Thierry Tonnelier |  France | 1:49.51 | | | 4. Philippe Collard | France | 1:49.79 | | | 5. Axel Harries | West Germany | 1:50.04 | | | 6. Jussi Udelhoven | West Germany | 1:53.78 | |
|
|
|
Semi-Finals - Saturday, 22nd February | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Jussi Udelhoven | West Germany | 1:50.03 | Q | | 3. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:50.54 | Q | | 6. Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:50.95 | Q | | 7. Sergey Kutsebo |  Soviet Union | 1:51.21 | | | 8. Sotirios Moutsanas |  Greece | 1:51.26 | | | 12.Herwig Tavernaro |  Austria | 1:54.88 | |
|
|
| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Peter Braun | West Germany | 1:50.34 | Q | | 4. Philippe Collard | France | 1:50.58 | Q | | 5. Axel Harries | West Germany | 1:50.81 | Q | | 9. Martin Enholm |  Sweden | 1:51.76 | | | 10.André Lavie | France | 1:54.16 | | | 11.Ari Suhonen |  Finland | 1:54.23 | |
|
|
Heats - Saturday, 22nd February | | First 2 of each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 12.Peter Braun | West Germany | 1:53.58 | Q | | 14.Sotirios Moutsanas | Greece | 1:53.68 | Q | | 15.Javier Nieto | Spain | 1:53.79 | | | 16.David Sharpe |  Great Britain | 1:53.93 | |
|
|
| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Axel Harries | West Germany | 1:51.99 | Q | | 3. André Lavie | France | 1:52.12 | Q | | 4. Sergey Kutsebo | Soviet Union | 1:52.23 | q | | 6. Ari Suhonen | Finland | 1:52.40 | q | | 19.Avelino Baldachino |  Gibraltar | 2:00.28 | NR |
|
| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Thierry Tonnelier | France | 1:52.08 | Q | | 5. Jussi Udelhoven | West Germany | 1:52.34 | Q | | 7. Martin Enholm | Sweden | 1:52.76 | q | | 9. Herwig Tavernaro | Austria | 1:52.91 | q | | 10.Mário Silva |  Portugal | 1:52.91 | |
|
|
| Heat 4 | | time | | | 8. Colomán Trabado | Spain | 1:52.78 | Q | | 11.Philippe Collard | France | 1:53.25 | Q | | 13.Ronny Olsson | Sweden | 1:53.59 | | | 17.Peter Svaricek | Austria | 1:53.98 | | | 18.Serafim Pallikaris | Greece | 1:55.29 | |
|
| 