Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 50m | 100m | 150m | 1. Nick Nevid | United States | 2:16.37 | CR | | 8 | _ | 30.96s | 1:06.24 | 1:41.88 | 2. Arsens Miskarovs | Soviet Union | 2:16.42 | | +0.05s | 1 | 17 | 31.52s | 1:06.97 | 1:42.81 | 3. Walter Kusch | West Germany | 2:20.16 | | +3.79s | 3 | 24 | 32.39s | 1:08.72 | 1:44.92 | 4. Duncan Goodhew | Great Britain | 2:20.49 | | +4.12s | 2 | 21 | 31.59s | 1:07.23 | 1:43.91 | 5. Robertas Zulpa | Soviet Union | 2:20.53 | | +4.16s | 5 | 18 | 32.21s | 1:08.16 | 1:44.99 | 6. Alban Vermes | Hungary | 2:20.81 | NR | +4.44s | 7 | 21 | 32.78s | 1:09.16 | 1:45.02 | 7. Graham Smith | Canada | 2:20.91 | | +4.54s | 6 | 20 | 32.75s | 1:08.95 | 1:44.64 | 8. Jeff Freeman | United States | 2:22.13 | | +5.76s | 4 | _ | 32.50s | 1:09.56 | 1:46.29 |
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World Record: David Wilkie, Great Britain 2:15.11 (31.24s, 1:06.49, 1:40.84) | Championship Record: David Wilkie, Great Britain 2:18.23 (31.74s, 1:07.60, 1:42.46) 1975 |
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Heats - Wednesday, 23rd August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Walter Kusch | West Germany | 2:21.30 | | +0.67s | - | 24 | 1. | 9. Shigehiro Takahashi | Japan | 2:22.39 | | +1.76s | - | 17 | 2. | 10.Jurgen Bruin | West Germany | 2:22.59 | | +1.96s | - | _ | 3. | 11.Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:23.79 | | +3.16s | - | _ | 4. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 6. Alban Vermes | Hungary | 2:22.08 | | +1.45s | - | 21 | 1. | 7. Arsens Miskarovs | Soviet Union | 2:22.14 | | +1.51s | - | 17 | 2. | 8. Nick Nevid | United States | 2:22.34 | | +1.71s | - | _ | 3. |
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