| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Moses |  USA | 47.50 | |
| 2 | Harald Schmid |  FRG | 48.61 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Kharlov |  URS | 49.03 | |
| 4 | Sven Nylander |  SWE | 49.06 | |
| 5 | Andre Phillips |  USA | 49.24 | |
| 6 | David Lee |  USA | 49.32 | |
| 7 | Amadou Dia Ba |  SEN | 49.61 | |
| 8 | Ryszard Szparak |  POL | 49.78 |