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Date: 24 July 1980 / 25 July 1980 / 26 July 1980
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 1:45.4 |
| 2 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 1:45.9 |
| 3 | Nikolay Kirov | URS | 1:46.0 |
| 4 | Agberto Guimaraes | BRA | 1:46.2 |
| 5 | Andreas Busse | GDR | 1:46.9 |
| 6 | Detlef Wagenknecht | GDR | 1:47.0 |
| 7 | Jose Marajo | FRA | 1:47.3 |
| 8 | David Warren | GBR | 1:49.3 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Binko Kolev | BUL | 1:47.3 |
| 10 | William Wuycke | VEN | 1:47.4 |
| 11 | Owen Hamilton | JAM | 1:47.6 |
| 11 | Olaf Beyer | GDR | 1:47.6 |
| 11 | Milovan Savic | YUG | 1:47.6 |
| 14 | Antonio Paez | ESP | 1:47.8 |
| 15 | Roger Milhau | FRA | 1:48.1 |
| 15 | Coloman Trabado | ESP | 1:48.1 |
| 17 | Mehdi Aidet | ALG | 1:48.2 |
| 17 | Anatoli Reshetniak | URS | 1:48.2 |
| 19 | Carlo Grippo | ITA | 1:48.7 |
| 20 | Andras Paroczai | HUN | 1:48.8 |
| 21 | Sriram Singh | IND | 1:49.0 |
| 22 | Philippe Dupont | FRA | 1:49.7 |
| 23 | Musa Luliga | TAN | 1:51.5 |
| 24 | Derradji Harrek | ALG | 1:51.9 |
| Heats | |||
| 25 | Salem el-Margini | LBA | 1:50.0 |
| 26 | Abebe Zerihun | ETH | 1:50.3 |
| 27 | Tisbite Rakotoarisoa | MAD | 1:50.5 |
| 28 | Jon Didriksson | ISL | 1:51.1 |
| 28 | Nigusse Bekele | ETH | 1:51.1 |
| 30 | Archfel Musango | ZAM | 1:51.6 |
| 31 | Mohammad Makhlouf | SYR | 1:52.3 |
| 32 | Langa Mudongo | BOT | 1:52.5 |
| 33 | Atre Bezabeh | ETH | 1:52.7 |
| 34 | George Branche | SLE | 1:54.6 |
| 34 | Khalid Mahmoud | KUW | 1:54.6 |
| 36 | Kenneth Hlasa | LES | 1:56.1 |
| 37 | Sekou Camara | GUI | 1:58.9 |
| 38 | Adam Assimi | BEN | 1:59.9 |
| 39 | Jimmy Massallay | SLE | 2:04.4 |
| 40 | Vongdeuane Phongsavanh | LAO | 2:05.5 |
| 41 | Sahr Kendor | SLE | 2:06.5 |