| 1 | Józef Plachý | TCH | |
1:48,84 | NR |
| 2 | Ivan Ivanov | URS | |
1:49,05 | |
| 3 | Francis González | FRA | |
1:49,17 | |
| 4 | András Zsinka | HUN | 1:50,62 | ||
| 5 | Peter Browne | GBR | 1:51,27 | ||
| 6 | Manuel Gayoso | ESP | 1:52,15 | ||
| 7 | Thorstein Thorsteinsson | ISL | 1:53,26 | NR | |
| Ján Reijnders | NED | DNF |