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| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 20.00 |
| 2 | Larry Black | USA | 20.19 |
| 3 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20.30 |
| 4 | Lawrence Burton | USA | 20.37 |
| 5 | Chuck Smith | USA | 20.55 |
| 6 | Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 20.56 |
| 7 | Martin Jellinghaus | FRG | 20.65 |
| 8 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | GDR | 21.05 |