| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Points | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torsten Voss | 
                                         
                                        GDR
                                     | 
                                    48.02 | ||
| 2 | Jürgen Hingsen | 
                                         
                                        FRG
                                     | 
                                    48.08 | ||
| 3 | Siegfried Wentz | 
                                         
                                        FRG
                                     | 
                                    48.09 | ||
| 4 | Stefan Niklaus | 
                                         
                                        SUI
                                     | 
                                    48.12 | ||
| 4 | Daley Thompson | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    48.12 | ||
| 6 | Uwe Freimuth | 
                                         
                                        GDR
                                     | 
                                    48.43 | ||
| 7 | Guido Kratschmer | 
                                         
                                        FRG
                                     | 
                                    48.61 | ||
| 8 | Dariusz Ludwig | 
                                         
                                        POL
                                     | 
                                    48.84 | ||
| 9 | Steffen Grummt | 
                                         
                                        GDR
                                     | 
                                    48.97 | ||
| 10 | Trond Skramstad | 
                                         
                                        NOR
                                     | 
                                    49.13 | ||
| 11 | Aleksandr Nevskiy | 
                                         
                                        URS
                                     | 
                                    49.35 | ||
| 12 | Konstantin Akhapkin | 
                                         
                                        URS
                                     | 
                                    49.43 | ||
| 13 | Robert de Wit | 
                                         
                                        NED
                                     | 
                                    49.46 | ||
| 14 | Harri Sundell | 
                                         
                                        FIN
                                     | 
                                    49.49 | ||
| 15 | Martin Machura | 
                                         
                                        TCH
                                     | 
                                    50.24 | ||
| 16 | Thráinn Hafsteinsson | 
                                         
                                        ISL
                                     | 
                                    50.47 | ||
| 17 | Joško Vlašic | 
                                         
                                        YUG
                                     | 
                                    51.01 | ||
| 18 | Conny Silfver | 
                                         
                                        SWE
                                     | 
                                    51.55 | ||
| 19 | John Crist | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    51.67 | ||
| 20 | Angel Diaz | 
                                         
                                        GUA
                                     | 
                                    52.01 | ||
| 21 | Claudio Escauriza | 
                                         
                                        PAR
                                     | 
                                    52.98 | ||
| 22 | Niulolo Pelesikoti | 
                                         
                                        TGA
                                     | 
                                    53.13 | ||
| Grigoriy Degtyaryev | 
                                         
                                        URS
                                     | 
                                    DNS |