| 1 | Willi Wülbeck | FRG | |
1:43,65 | NR |
| 2 | Rob Druppers | NED | |
1:44,20 | NR |
| 3 | Joaquim Cruz | BRA | |
1:44,27 | |
| 4 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 1:44,87 | ||
| 5 | James Robinson | USA | 1:45,12 | ||
| 6 | Agberto Guimarães | BRA | 1:45,46 | ||
| 7 | Hans-Peter Ferner | FRG | 1:45,74 | ||
| 8 | David Patrick | USA | 1:46,56 |