| Final | | time | | | 1. Arto Bryggare |  Finland | 6.47s | CR, NR | | 2. Javier Moracho |  Spain | 6.48s | | | 3. Guy Drut |  France | 6.54s | | | 4. Plamen Krastev |  Bulgaria | 6.62 | NR | | 5. Yuriy Chervanyov |  Soviet Union | 6.62s | | | 6. Hans-Gerd Klein |  West Germany | 6.71s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 3. Guy Drut | France | 6.59s | Q | | 4. Hans-Gerd Klein | West Germany | 6.60s | Q | | 6. Plamen Krastev | Bulgaria | 6.64s | Q | | 7. Stepan Kuziv | Soviet Union | 6.66s | | | 8. Dieter Gebhard | West Germany | 6.66s | | | -. Roberto Schneider |  Switzerland | DNF | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Arto Bryggare | Finland | 6.54s | Q | | 2. Javier Moracho | Spain | 6.58s | Q | | 5. Yuriy Chervanyov | Soviet Union | 6.63s | Q | | 9. György Bakos |  Hungary | 6.69s | | | 10.Daniele Fontecchio |  Italy | 6.79s | | | 11.Pablo Cassina | Switzerland | 6.83s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 5. Yuriy Chervanyov | Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q | | 6. Plamen Krastev | Bulgaria | 6.66s | Q | | 9. Dieter Gebhard | West Germany | 6.72s | Q | | 10.Daniele Fontecchio | Italy | 6.73s | q | | 14.Jiří Ŭeřovský |  Czechoslovakia | 6.76s | | | 15.Jean-Yves Clerc | France | 6.83s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Stepan Kuziv | Soviet Union | 6.58s | Q | | 4. Javier Moracho | Spain | 6.64s | Q | | 7. Hans-Gerd Klein | West Germany | 6.67s | Q | | 8. Pablo Cassina | Switzerland | 6.71s | q | | 13.Vasko Nedyalkov | Bulgaria | 6.75s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Arto Bryggare | Finland | 6.53s | Q | | 3. Guy Drut | France | 6.63s | Q | | 10.György Bakos | Hungary | 6.73s | Q | | 12.Roberto Schneider | Switzerland | 6.74s | q | | 16.Marco Braccini | Italy | 6.97s | |
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