Final | | time | gap | 1. András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:06.82 | | 2. Andrey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 2:07.26 | +0.44s | 3. Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 2:08.80 | +0.98s | 4. Jörg Walter | East Germany | 2:09.14 | +2.42s | 5. Fred Eefting | Netherlands | 2:10.49 | +3.67s | 6. HaJo Geisler | West Germany | 2:10.60 | +3.78s | 7. Csaba Sós | Hungary | 2:10.90 | +4.02s | 8. Bengt Svensson | Sweden | 2:12.19 | +5.37s |
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Heat 3 | | time | gap | 1. Andrey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 2:09.55 | | 2. HaJo Geisler | Germany | 2:10.71 | | 3. Jörg Walter | East Germany | 2:11.03 | | 4. Fred Eefting | Netherlands | 2:11.59 | | 5. Henrik Rasmussen | Denmark | 2:14.29 | | 6. Georgi Dangalakov | Bulgaria | 2:14.92 | | -. Jos Walwert | Luxembourg | [2:22.49] | DQ |
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Pos. Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | 1. Aleksandr Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 2:09.90 | | 2. Csaba Sós | Hungary | 2:10.72 | | 3. Bengt Svensson | Sweden | 2:10.94 | | 4. René van der Kuil | Netherlands | 2:11.81 | | 5. Duncan Cleworth | Great Britain | 2:13.52 | | 6. Rui de Abreu | Portugal | 2:17.41 | | 7. Murat Ŷ"züak | Turkey | 2:24.10 | |
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Heat 1 | | time | gap | 1. András Hargitay | Hungary | 2:09.77 | | 2. Alan McClatchey | Great Britain | 2:12.00 | | 3. Anders Ottosson | Sweden | 2:12.95 | | 4. Gilles Plançon | France | 2:13.44 | | 5. Jürgen Könneker | Germany | 2:13.68 | |
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