Final | | time | | 1. Alfons Brijdenbach | Belgium | 46.60s | | 2. Andreas Scheibe | East Germany | 46.80s | NR | 3. Günther Arnold | East Germany | 46.94s | | 4. Francis Demarthon | France | 47.08s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 9th March | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Alfons Brijdenbach | Belgium | 46.85s | Q | 4. Andreas Scheibe | East Germany | 47.41s | Q, NR | 6. Falko Geiger | West Germany | 47.88s | | 7. Kyriakos Onissiforou | Greece | 48.73s | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 2. Günther Arnold | East Germany | 47.15s | Q, NR | 3. Francis Demarthon | France | 47.36s | Q | 5. Michael Fredriksson | Sweden | 47.64s | |
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