| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 6 | David Mack |
USA |
1:45.84 |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Rob Druppers |
NED |
1:46.12 |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Joaquim Cruz |
BRA |
1:46.12 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | James Robinson |
USA |
1:46.32 |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Jorma Härkönen |
FIN |
1:46.39 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Garry Cook |
GBR |
1:46.44 |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Peter Elliott |
GBR |
1:46.53 |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Willi Wülbeck |
FRG |
1:46.55 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Viktor Kalinkin |
URS |
1:46.57 |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Philippe Dupont |
FRA |
1:46.62 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | David Patrick |
USA |
1:46.76 |
| 12 | 4 | 6 | José Marajo |
FRA |
1:46.78 |
| 13 | 5 | 6 | Coloman Trabado |
ESP |
1:47.10 |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Peter Pearless |
NZL |
1:47.22 |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | Mike Solomon |
TTO |
1:47.30 |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Matthias Assmann |
FRG |
1:47.45 |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | José LuÃz Barbosa |
BRA |
1:47.47 |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Binko Kolev |
BUL |
1:47.49 |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | Babacar Niang |
SEN |
1:47.54 |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | Donato Sabia |
ITA |
1:47.62 |
| 21 | 5 | 7 | Faouzi Lahbi |
MAR |
1:47.76 |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Christoph Ulmer |
SUI |
1:47.98 |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | Peter Bourke |
AUS |
1:48.15 |
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Sotirios Moutsanas |
GRE |
1:48.23 |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | Agberto Guimarães |
BRA |
1:48.30 |
| 26 | 5 | 2 | Petre Dragoescu |
ROU |
1:48.33 |
| 27 | 1 | 8 | Hans-Peter Ferner |
FRG |
1:48.34 |
| 28 | 6 | 6 | Bock-Ju Kim |
KOR |
1:48.40 |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Alberto Juantorena |
CUB |
1:48.40 |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | Juma Ndiwa |
KEN |
1:48.40 |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Michael Hillardt |
AUS |
1:48.44 |
| 32 | 3 | 8 | James Maina Boi |
KEN |
1:48.69 |
| 33 | 5 | 1 | Jama Aden |
SOM |
1:48.69 |
| 34 | 4 | 8 | Mark Handelsman |
ISR |
1:49.02 |
| 35 | 5 | 8 | Mohamed Alouini |
TUN |
1:49.09 |
| 36 | 6 | 7 | Gawain Guy |
JAM |
1:49.19 |
| 37 | 1 | 4 | Detlef Wagenknecht |
GDR |
1:49.20 |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Sammy Koskei |
KEN |
1:49.35 |
| 39 | 4 | 5 | Mohamed Zahafi |
MAR |
1:49.43 |
| 40 | 6 | 2 | Bo Breigan |
NOR |
1:49.53 |
| 41 | 3 | 4 | Omer Khalifa |
SUD |
1:49.67 |
| 42 | 4 | 4 | Ronny Olsson |
SWE |
1:49.72 |
| 43 | 5 | 4 | Simon Hoogewerf |
CAN |
1:49.92 |
| 44 | 7 | 2 | Mohammed Darwish |
IRQ |
1:50.68 |
| 45 | 7 | 6 | Tisbite Rakotoarisoa |
MAD |
1:50.70 |
| 46 | 6 | 8 | William Wuyke |
VEN |
1:50.71 |
| 47 | 5 | 5 | Gordan Hinds |
BAR |
1:50.92 |
| 48 | 6 | 1 | Paul Gilbert |
AUS |
1:51.39 |
| 49 | 7 | 7 | John Chappory |
GIB |
1:52.30 |
| 50 | 6 | 5 | Didier Le Guillou |
FRA |
1:52.49 |
| 51 | 7 | 1 | Khaled Khalifa |
KUW |
1:52.84 |
| 52 | 7 | 3 | Vincent Confait |
SEY |
1:55.04 |
| 53 | 8 | 3 | Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa |
RWA |
1:55.12 |
| 54 | 7 | 5 | Ruthsel Martina |
AHO |
1:55.67 |
| 55 | 7 | 8 | Luis Ramirez |
NCA |
1:55.77 |
| 56 | 8 | 6 | Antonio Cadio Paraiso |
STP |
1:58.47 |
| 57 | 8 | 1 | Sekou Camara |
GUI |
1:59.90 |
| 58 | 8 | 8 | Clive Williams |
BIZ |
2:03.64 |
| 4 | Charlie Oliver |
SOL |
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| 4 | Ryszard Ostrowski |
POL |
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