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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 1:50.0 |
| 2 | Malvin Whitfield | USA | 1:50.1 |
| 3 | Albert Webster | GBR | 1:50.1 |
| 4 | Audun Boysen | NOR | 1:50.4 |
| 5 | Urban Cleve | GER | 1:51.6 |
| 6 | Bill Parnell | CAN | 1:52.7 |
| 7 | Pyotr Chevgun | URS | 1:52.8 |
| 8 | Donald MacMillan | AUS | 1:58.4 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Arthur Wint | JAM | 1:52.7 |
| 2 | Gunther Steines | GER | 1:52.9 |
| 3 | Hans Ring | SWE | 1:53.0 |
| 4 | John Barnes | USA | 1:53.4 |
| 5 | Charles White | GBR | 1:53.6 |
| 6 | Ludvik Liska | TCH | 1:54.8 |
| 7 | Gennady Modoy | URS | 1:55.7 |
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| Patrick El-Mabrouk | FRA | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Heinz Ulzheimer | GER | 1:51.9 |
| 2 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | SWE | 1:52.4 |
| 3 | Reginald Pearman | USA | 1:52.5 |
| 4 | John Hutchins | CAN | 1:52.8 |
| 5 | Edmund Potrzebowski | POL | 1:53.7 |
| 6 | Sohan Singh Dhanoa | IND | 1:54.9 |
| 7 | Jeno Bakos | HUN | 1:55.5 |
| 8 | Frank Evans | GBR | 1:56.8 |