Final | | time | | gap | L | 1. Roland Matthes | East Germany | 58.9s | | | 4 | 2. Santiago Esteva | Spain | 59.9s | | 1.0s | 5 | 3. Bob Schoutsen | Netherlands | 1:00.4 | NR | 0.5s | 3 | 4. Volker Werner | East Germany | 1:00.7 | | 1.8s | 8 | 5. Michael Richards | Great Britain | 1:00.9 | NR | 2.0s | 7 | 6. Cseh László | Hungary | 1:01.1 | | 2.2s | 2 | 7. Ejvind Pedersen | Denmark | 1:01.5 | | 2.6s | 6 | 8. Viktor Kraszko | Soviet Union | 1:01.7 | | 2.8s | 1 |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 1. Roland Matthes | East Germany | 59.7s | Q, ECR | 7. Volker Werner | East Germany | 1:01.7 | Q | 12.Svante Zetherlund | Sweden | 1:02.3 | NR | 12.Hans Tageback | Sweden | 1:02.3 | | 14.Viktor Mazanov | Soviet Union | 1:02.4 | | 19.Clive Rushton | Great Britain | 1:02.9 | | 24.Szpirosz Kapralosz | Greece | 1:08.6 | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 2. Santiago Esteva | Spain | 59.8s | Q, NR, ECR | 6. Michael Richards | Great Britain | 1:01.6 | Q, NR | 14.Predrag Miloš | Yugoslavia | 1:02.4 | | 14.Roberto Chimisso | Italy | 1:02.4 | | 20.Pierre Baehr | France | 1:03.3 | | 21.Lars Borgesen | Denmark | 1:04.4 | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 3. Bob Schoutsen | Netherlands | 1:00.9 | Q, NR, ECR | 4. Ejvind Pedersen | Denmark | 1:01.4 | Q, NR | 9. Enrique Meló | Spain | 1:01.9 | | 14.Norbert Verweyen | West Germany | 1:02.4 | | 18.Nenad Miloš | Yugoslavia | 1:02.5 | | 23.Pierre Wagner | Luxemburg | 1:06.8 | |
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Heat 1 | | time | | 5. Cseh László | Hungary | 1:01.5 | Q, ECR | 7. Viktor Kraszko | Soviet Union | 1:01.7 | Q | 10.Jean Paul Berjeau | France | 1:02.0 | | 11.Ralf Beckmann | West Germany | 1:02.1 | | 22.Helmut Podolan | Austria | 1:06.3 | |
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