Final | | time | | 1. Sergey Lovachov | Soviet Union | 46.72s | NR | 2. Roberto Tozzi | Italy | 47.01s | | 3. Didier Dubois | France | 47.29s | | 4. Thomas Futterknecht | Austria | 47.29s | |
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| First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Sergey Lovachov | Soviet Union | 47.33s | Q | 2. Didier Dubois | France | 47.50s | Q | -. Athanassios Kaloyannis | Greece | DQ | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 3. Roberto Tozzi | Italy | 47.55s | Q | 4. Thomas Futterknecht | Austria | 47.69s | Q | 5. Ulf Sedlacek | Sweden | 47.70s | | 6. Bo Breigan | Norway | 48.73s | |
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