Final | | time | | F | 1. Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 45.56s | WB | 3 | 2. Klaus Just | West Germany | 45.90s | | 4 | 3. José Alonso | Spain | 46.52s | | 5 | 4. Roberto Tozzi | Italy | 46.66s | | 1 | 5. šngel Heras | Spain | 46.68s | | 2 |
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| First 2 from each Semi and next 1 Best advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | | time | | 1. Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 46.45s | Q | 2. Klaus Just | West Germany | 46.63s | Q | 5. José Alonso | Spain | 46.98s | q | 6. Roberto Ribaud | Italy | 47.18s | | 8. Gusztáv Menczer | Hungary | 47.38s | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 3. šngel Heras | Spain | 46.70s | Q | 4. Roberto Tozzi | Italy | 46.97s | Q | 7. Andrzej Stępień | Poland | 47.23s | | 9. Roger Black | Great Britain | 49.67s | | -. Uwe Wegner | West Germany | DNF | |
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Heats - Saturday, 2nd March | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Todd Bennett | Great Britain | 46.71s | Q | 3. Andrzej Stępień | Poland | 47.08s | Q, PB | 5. Gusztáv Menczer | Hungary | 47.20s | q | 11.Marcel Arnold | Switzerland | 47.41s | | 17.Andreas Rapek | Austria | 48.05s | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 2. šngel Heras | Spain | 46.83s | Q | 7. Roberto Ribaud | Italy | 47.30s | Q | 13.Kriss Akabusi | Great Britain | 47.58s | | 16.Jari Niemelä | Finland | 47.91s | | 18.Ján Tomko | Czechoslovakia | 48.06s | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 4. Klaus Just | West Germany | 47.16s | Q | 6. Roberto Tozzi | Italy | 47.26s | Q | 8. Roger Black | Great Britain | 47.36s | q | 14.István Szabó | Hungary | 47.66s | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 9. Uwe Wegner | West Germany | 47.37s | Q | 10.José Alonso | Spain | 47.39s | Q | 12.Arjen Visserman | Netherlands | 47.48s | | 15.Athanassios Kalogiannis | Greece | 47.76s | |
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