| Final | | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz |  Italy | 6.52s | WB | | 2. Günther Nickel |  West Germany | 6.68s | | | 3. Milan Kotik |  Czechoslovakia | 6.73s | | | 4. Adam Kołodziejczyk |  Poland | 6.78s | | | 5. Viktor Balikhin |  Soviet Union | 6.79s | | | 6. Valentin Chistyakov | Soviet Union | 6.95s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 3. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 6.73s | Q | | 4. Adam Kołodziejczyk | Poland | 6.73s | Q | | 5. Valentin Chistyakov | Soviet Union | 6.76s | Q | | 7. Alan Pascoe |  Great Britain | 6.78s | | | 10.Patrick Malrieux |  France | 6.84s | | | 11.Sergio Liani | Italy | 6.86s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz | Italy | 6.62s | Q | | 2. Milan Kotik | Czechoslovakia | 6.72s | Q | | 5. Viktor Balikhin | Soviet Union | 6.76s | Q | | 8. Hinrich John | West Germany | 6.79s | | | 9. Kjellfred Weum |  Norway | 6.80s | | | -. Pierre Schoebel | France | DNF | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. Hinrich John | West Germany | 6.74s | Q | | 7. Viktor Balikhin | Soviet Union | 6.84s | Q | | 11.Sergio Liani | Italy | 6.94s | Q | | 13.Patrick Malrieux | France | 6.96s | Q | | 12.Werner Kuhn |  Switzerland | 6.99s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Alan Pascoe | Great Britain | 6.74s | Q | | 4. Milan Kotik | Czechoslovakia | 6.76s | Q | | 5. Kjellfred Weum | Norway | 6.82s | Q | | 10.Pierre Schoebel | France | 6.92s | Q | | 13.Rafael Cano |  Spain | 7.02s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz | Italy | 6.64s | Q | | 5. Adam Kołodziejczyk | Poland | 6.82s | Q | | 8. Valentin Chistyakov | Soviet Union | 6.89s | Q | | 9. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 6.89s | Q | | 12.Dan Hidiosanu |  Romania | 6.95s | |
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