| Final | time | L | | 1. Miloslav Rolko |  TCH | 58.35s | | | 2. Zoltan Verraszto |  HUN | 58.48s | 4 | | 3. Klaus Steinbach |  FRG | 58.60s | 2 | | 4. Lutz Wanja |  GDR | 58.63s | 5 | | 5. Jan Thorell |  SWE | 58.91s | 3 | | 6. Fred Eefting |  NED | 59.18s | 6 | | 7. Michael Tauber | GDR | 59.69s | | | 8. Enrico Bisso |  ITA | 59.90s | 7 |
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Heats - Wednesday, 17th August |
| Heat 1 | time | Rk. | | 1. Enrico Bisso | ITA | 59.66s | 6. | | 2. Michael Tauber | GDR | 59.83s | 7. | | 3. James Carter |  GBR | 59.87s | 9. | | 4. Omelsjenko |  URS | 59.97s | 11. | | 4. Reinold Becker | FRG | 1:00.45 | 13. | | 5. Adrian Horvath |  ROU | 1:01.43 | 17. |
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| Heat 2 | time | Rk. | | 1. Zoltan Verraszto | HUN | 58.48s | 1. | | 2. Fred Eefting | NED | 59.40s | 4. | | 3. Miloslav Rolko | TCH | 59.83s | 7. | | 4. Viktor Kuznetsov | URS | 1:00.33 | 12. | | 5. Michael Soderlund | SWE | 1:00.45 | 13. | | 6. Zafer Atamer |  TUR | 1:06.12 | 18. |
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| Heat 3 | time | Rk. | | 1. Lutz Wanja | GDR | 58.91s | 2. | | 2. Jan Thorell | SWE | 59.34s | 3. | | 3. Klaus Steinbach | FRG | 59.62s | 5. | | 4. Gary Abraham | GBR | 59.89s | 10. | | 5. Stefano Bellon | ITA | 1:00.72 | 15. | | 6. Robert Rudolf | HUN | 1:00.97 | 16. | | 7. Antonio Belo |  POR | 1:04.13 |
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