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