| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Viktor Myasnikov | Soviet Union | 7.78s | | 3 | | 2. Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 7.80s | | 4 | | 3. Zbigniew Jankowski | Poland | 7.92s | | 2 | | 4. Jiří Ŭeřovský | Czechoslovakia | 7.97s | | 5 | | 5. Eduard Pereverzev | Soviet Union | 8.00s | | 1 | | 6. László Bognár | Hungary | 8.02s | | 6 |
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Semi-Finals - Sunday, 22nd February | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Viktor Myasnikov | Soviet Union | 7.87s | Q | | 2. Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 7.91s | Q | | 5. László Bognár | Hungary | 8.02s | Q | | 6. Jorge Zapata | Spain | 8.03s | | | 7. Georgios Mandellos | Greece | 8.03s | | | 8. Adam Galant | Poland | 8.05s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Zbigniew Jankowski | Poland | 7.97s | Q | | 4. Eduard Pereverzev | Soviet Union | 8.00s | Q | | 8. Jiří Ŭeřovský | Czechoslovakia | 8.05s | Q | | 10.Arto Bryggare | Finland | 8.09s | | | 11.Andrzej Ziółkowski | Poland | 8.17s | | | 12.Slavcho Kostov | Bulgaria | 8.29s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Viktor Myasnikov | Soviet Union | 7.86s | Q | | 7. László Bognár | Hungary | 8.06s | Q | | 8. Andrzej Ziółkowski | Poland | 8.08s | Q | | 15.Jean-Pierre Corval | France | 8.14s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 8. Jiří Ŭeřovský | Czechoslovakia | 8.08s | Q | | 10.Adam Galant | Poland | 8.09s | Q | | 11.Jorge Zapata | Spain | 8.10s | Q | | 11.Thierry Sellier | France | 8.10s | | | -. Roberto Schneider | Switzerland | DNF | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 4. Eduard Pereverzev | Soviet Union | 8.00s | Q | | 6. Georgios Mandellos | Greece | 8.05s | Q | | 11.Slavcho Kostov | Bulgaria | 8.10s | Q | | 15.Guido Kratschmer | West Germany | 8.14s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 2. Zbigniew Jankowski | Poland | 7.95s | Q | | 3. Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 7.97s | Q | | 5. Arto Bryggare | Finland | 8.01s | Q | | 11.Lubomír Nádeníček | Czechoslovakia | 8.10s | | | 15.Dragan Stojićević | Yugoslavia | 8.14s | |
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