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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Volker Beck | GDR | 50.36 |
| 2 | Rok Kopitar | YUG | 50.55 |
| 3 | Horia Toboc | ROU | 50.58 |
| 4 | Harry Schulting | NED | 50.61 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 50.64 |
| 6 | Jozsef Szalai | HUN | 51.06 |
| 7 | Antonio Ferreira | BRA | 52.31 |
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| Christer Gullstrand | SWE | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Vasili Arkhipenko | URS | 49.80 |
| 2 | Nikolai Vasiliev | URS | 49.87 |
| 3 | Gary Oakes | GBR | 50.07 |
| 4 | Franz Meier | SUI | 50.12 |
| 5 | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 50.17 |
| 6 | Ryszard Szparak | POL | 50.41 |
| 7 | John Aki-Bua | UGA | 51.10 |
| 8 | Juan Lloveras | ESP | 51.86 |