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| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Edwin Moses | USA | 47.64 |
| 2 | Michael Shine | USA | 48.69 |
| 3 | Evgeniy Gavrilenko | URS | 49.45 |
| 4 | Quentin Wheeler | USA | 49.86 |
| 5 | Jose Jesus Carvalho | POR | 49.94 |
| 6 | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 50.03 |
| 7 | Damaso Alfonso | CUB | 50.19 |
| 8 | Alan Pascoe | GBR | 51.29 |