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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Walter Adams | FRG | 1:46.4 |
| 2 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1:46.5 |
| 3 | Thomas Saisi | KEN | 1:46.6 |
| 4 | Benedict Cayenne | TTO | 1:46.8 |
| 5 | Ronald Kutschinski | USA | 1:47.3 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Dufresne | FRA | 1:51.8 |
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| Eugeny Arzhanov | URS | ||
| Henryk Szordykowski | POL | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ralph Doubell | AUS | 1:45.7 |
| 2 | Wilson Kiprugut | KEN | 1:45.8 |
| 3 | Josef Plachy | TCH | 1:45.9 |
| 4 | Thomas Farrell | USA | 1:46.1 |
| 5 | Robert Ouko | KEN | 1:47.1 |
| 6 | Byron Dyce | JAM | 1:47.2 |
| 7 | Franz-Josef Kemper | FRG | 1:47.3 |
| 8 | David Cropper | GBR | 1:47.6 |