| Final | time | L | | 1. Robert McGregor | GBR | 53.7s | 5 | | 2. Leonid Ilichev | URS | 54.3s | 4 | | 3. Udo Poser | GDR | 54.8s | 3 | | 4. Georgiy Kulikov | URS | 54.9s | - | | 5. Horst-Gunter Gregor | GDR | 55.0s | 6 | | 6. Wolfgang Kremer | FRG | 55.2s | 8 | | 7. Jan Lundin | SWE | 55.3s | - | | 8. Hans-Joachim Klein | FRG | 56.2s | - |
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| Semi-Finals - Sunday 21.08 |
| Semi 1 | time | Rk. | | 1. Leonid Ilichev |  URS | 54.1s | 1. | | 1. Robert McGregor |  GBR | 54.3s | 2. | | 2. Udo Poser |  GDR | 54.7s | 3. | | 2. Horst-Gunter Gregor | GDR | 54.8s | 4. | | 3. Georgiy Kulikov | URS | 55.0s | 5. | | 3. Jan Lundin |  SWE | 55.0s | 5. | | 4. Hans-Joachim Klein |  FRG | 55.0s | 5. | | 5. Wolfgang Kremer | FRG | 55.-s | 8. | | 4. Lester Ericsson | SWE | 55.7s | 9. | | 5. Timo Huttunen |  FIN | 56.0s | 10. | | 6. Petr Lohnicky |  TCH | 56.0s | 10. | | 6. Mike Turner | GBR | 56.1s | 12. | | 7. Pano Caperonis |  SUI | 56.1s | 12. | | 8. Francois Simons |  BEL | 56.2s | 14. | | 7. Raymond Cesaire |  FRA | 56.6s | 15. | | 8. Istvan Szentirmal |  HUN | 56.8s | 16. |
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| Heat 1 | time | Rk. | | 1. Leonid Ilichev | URS | 55.2s | 4. | | 2. Jan Lundin | SWE | 55.3s | 7. | | 3. Timo Huttunen | FIN | 55.7s | 10. | | 4. Pano Caperonis | SUI | 55.8s | 13. | | 5. Laszlo Csaba | HUN | 56.5s | 18. | | 6. Orjan Madsen |  NOR | 56.8s | 24. | | 7. Gerhard Wieland |  AUT | 57.7s | 27. | | 8. Jorge Andersen | NOR | 1:02.0 | 35 |
| Heat 2 | time | Rk. | | 1. Horst-Gunter Gregor | GDR | 55.2s | 4. | | 2. Mike Turner | GBR | 55.6s | 8. | | 3. Istvan Szentirmal | HUN | 56.2s | 16. | | 4. Pietro Boscaini |  ITA | 56.9s | 25. | | 5. Jose Espinosa |  ESP | 56.9s | 25. | | 6. Georges Welbes |  LUX | 58.2s | 30. | | 7. Ayhan Karatas |  TUR | 1:01.0 | 34 |
| Heat 3 | time | Rk. | | 1. Lester Ericsson | SWE | 55.7s | 10. | | 2. Wolfgang Kremer | FRG | 55.7s | 10. | | 3. Bernard Gruener | FRA | 56.4s | 17. | | 4. Jan Erik Kostvold | NOR | 56.5s | 18. | | 5. Gert Kolli | AUT | 56.5s | 18. | | 6. Gosho Iliev |  BUL | 58.1s | 29. | | 7. Demetre Karydis |  GRE | 59.9s | 33. |
| Heat 4 | time | Rk. | | 1. Robert McGregor | GBR | 55.0s | 2. | | 2. Francois Simons | BEL | 55.6s | 8. | | 3. Hans-Joachim Klein | FRG | 55.9s | 14. | | 4. Raymond Cesaire | FRA | 55.9s | 14. | | 5. Valentin Popov | BUL | 57.8s | 28. | | 6. John Bertelsen |  DEN | 58.3s | 31. | | 7. Aris Caperonis | SUI | 59.5s | 32. |
| Heat 5 | time | Rk. | | 1. Udo Poser | GDR | 54.7s | 1. | | 3. Petr Lohnicky | TCH | 55.0s | 2. | | 2. Georgiy Kulikov | URS | 55.2s | 4. | | 4. Massimo Borracci | ITA | 56.5s | 18. | | 5. Jose Chicoy | ESP | 56.6s | 22. | | 6. Herman Verbawen | BEL | 56.6s | 22. |
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