Final | | time | | 1. Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:49.8 | | 2. Ivo Van Damme | Belgium | 1:50.1 | | 3. Vladimir Ponomaryev | Soviet Union | 1:50.2 | | 4. Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:50.2 | | 5. Marian Gęsicki | Poland | 1:50.4 | | 6. Reinhold Soyka | West Germany | 1:53.3 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 8th March | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 1:50.6 | Q | 2. Ivo Van Damme | Belgium | 1:50.8 | Q | 4. Reinhold Soyka | West Germany | 1:51.7 | q | 9. Erwin Gohlke | East Germany | 1:54.3 | | 10.Viktor Solonetskiy | Soviet Union | 1:54.7 | | 11.Waldemar Gondek | Poland | 1:55.8 | | 13.Åke Svenson | Sweden | 1:57.9 | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 3. Vladimir Ponomaryev | Soviet Union | 1:51.6 | Q | 5. Gerhard Stolle | East Germany | 1:51.9 | Q | 6. Marian Gęsicki | Poland | 1:51.9 | q | 7. Ladislav Kárský | Czechoslovakia | 1:52.6 | | 8. Robert Hoofd | Belgium | 1:52.7 | | 12.Krzysztof Linkowski | Poland | 1:57.2 | |
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