| Final 16:30 | time | | | | 1. Yuriy Lituyev |  URS | 51.1s | | | 2. Per-Ove Trollsås |  SWE | 51.6s | | | 3. Bruno Galliker |  SUI | 51.8s | NR | | 4. Tom Farrell |  GBR | 52.0s | | | 5. Anatoliy Yulin | URS | 52.3s | | | 6. Chris Goudge | GBR | 53.6s | |
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Semi-Finals - Thursday 21.08 15:50 | | First 3 proress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | | 1. Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 51.0s | Q | | 2. Bruno Galliker | SUI | 51.8s | NR Q | | 3. Chris Goudge | GBR | 52.0s | Q | | 4. Helmut Janz |  FRG | 52.5s | | | 5. Janusz Kotliński |  POL | 53.2s | | | 6. Moreno Martini |  ITA | 53.7s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | | 1. Per-Ove Trollsås | SWE | 51.0s | NR Q | | 2. Anatoliy Yulin | URS | 51.3s | Q | | 3. Tom Farrell | GBR | 51.8s | Q | | 4. Sven-Oswald Mildh |  FIN | 51.8s | | | 5. Hans Dittner |  DDR | 53.3s | | | -. Ilie Savel |  ROU | DQ | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | | 1. Sven-Oswald Mildh | FIN | 52.7s | Q | | 2. Hans Dittner | DDR | 53.0s | Q | | 3. Chris Goudge | GBR | 53.1s | Q | | 4. Germano Gimelli | ITA | 53.3s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | | 1. Anatoliy Yulin | URS | 52.5s | Q | | 2. Per-Ove Trollsås | SWE | 52.8s | Q | | 3. Janusz Kotliński | POL | 53.4s | Q | | 4. Ioannis Kambadellis |  GRE | 53.6s | | | 5. Jussi Rintamäki | FIN | 54.5s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | | 1. Ilie Savel | ROU | 52.2s | Q | | 2. Moreno Martini | ITA | 52.6s | Q | | 3. Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 53.0s | Q | | 4. Jan Guldbrandsen |  NOR | 53.6s | | | 5. Emil Weber | SUI | 54.8s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | | 1. Helmut Janz | FRG | 52.1s | Q | | 2. Tom Farrell | GBR | 52.5s | Q | | 3. Bruno Galliker | SUI | 53.0s | Q | | 4. Kai Sjøberg | NOR | 53.2s | | | 5. Hans Lindgren | SWE | 53.6s | |
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