Final | | time | | 1. Andrzej Badeński | Poland | 47.04s | WB | 2. Aleksandr Bratchikov | Soviet Union | 47.3s | | 3. Jan Balachowski | Poland | 47.3s | | 4. Colin Campbell | Great Britain | 47.6s | |
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Heats - Sunday, 10th March | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Jan Balachowski | Poland | 47.50s | Q | 5. Hans Reinermann | West Germany | 48.2s | | 6. Ramón Magariños | Spain | 48.3s | | 10.Igor Krupička | Czechoslovakia | 49.7s | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 3. Colin Campbell | Great Britain | 47.74s | Q | 4. Aleksandr Bratchikov | Soviet Union | 47.8s | q | 8. Noel Carroll | Ireland | 48.7s | |
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