| Final 16:15 | time | | | 1. Rudolf Harbig |  Germany | 1:50.6 | CR NR | | 2. Jacques Lévèque |  France | 1:51.8 | | | 3. Mario Lanzi |  Italy | 1:52.0 | | | 4. Sjabbe Bouman |  Netherlands | 1:52.3 | NR | | 5. Bertil Andersson |  Sweden | 1:53.0 | | | 6. Tauno Peussa |  Finland | 1:55.5 | | | 7. Paul Faure | France | No time | | | 8. Lennart Nilsson | Sweden | No time | | | 9. Paul Minder |  Switzerland | No time | | | -. Gusztáv Harsányi |  Hungary | DNF | |
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| History Men 800m | | World and European Record: Wooderson (GBR) 1:48.4 | | Championship Record: Szabo (HUN) 1:52.0 |
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| | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Mario Lanzi | Italy | 1:53.6 | Q | | 2. Jacques Lévèque | France | 1:54.1 | Q | | 3. Lennart Nilsson | Sweden | 1:54.2 | Q | | 4. Francis Handley |  Great Britain | 1:55.0 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Rudolf Harbig | Germany | 1:54.3 | Q | | 2. Bertil Andersson | Sweden | 1:54.9 | Q | | 3. Paul Faure | France | 1:55.2 | Q | | 4. Ferenc Temesvári | Hungary | 1:55.4 | | | 5. Alfred Baldwin | Great Britain | 1:56.6 | | | 6. Emil Goršek |  Yugoslavia | 2:01.4 | | | 7. Charles Stein |  Luxembourg | No time | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Sjabbe Bouman | Netherlands | 1:56.8 | Q | | 2. Tauno Peussa | Finland | 1:57.7 | Q | | 3. Gusztáv Harsányi | Hungary | 1:58.4 | Q | | 4. Paul Minder | Switzerland | 1:58.6 | Q | | 5. Eraldo Colombo | Italy | 1:58.8 | | | 6. Antonio Calado |  Portugal | 1:58.8 | | | 7. Wacław Gąssowski |  Poland | 2:02.0 | |
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| Participants | | 1. Mario Lanzi |  Italy | 3. | | 2. Rudolph Harbig |  Germany | 1. | | 3. Gassowski |  Poland | -?? | | 4. Bertil Andersson |  Sweden | 5. | | 5. Sjabbe Bouman |  Netherlands | 4. | | 6. Eichnerger | Germany | -?? | | 7. Gorsek |  Yugoslavia | -?? | | 8. Tauno Peussa |  Finland | 6. | | 9. S. Nilsson | Sweden | H 3. | | 10.Paul Faure |  France | H 3. | | 11.Handley |  Great Britain | H 4. | | 12.Baldwin | Great Britain | H 5. | | 13.Temesvari |  Hungary | H 4. | | 14.G. Harsanki | Hungary | H 3. | | 15.Jacques Leveque | France | 2. | | 16.E. Colombo | Italy | H 5. | | 17.Krastins |  Latvia | -?? | | 18.Stein |  Luxembourg | -?? | | 19.Calado |  Portugal | H 6. | | 20.Minder |  Switzerland | H 4. | | 21.Ragip |  Albania | -?? | | 22.Lonja | Albania | -?? |
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