| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 6.61s | | 3 | | 2. Valentin Atanasov |  Bulgaria | 6.62s | | 1 | | 3. Bernard Petitbois |  France | 6.66s | | 5 | | 4. Pierfrancesco Pavoni |  Italy | 6.68s | | 6 | | 5. Christian Haas |  West Germany | 6.69s | | 2 | | 6. José Javier Arqués |  Spain | 6.71s | | 4 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.64s | Q | | 3. José Javier Arqués | Spain | 6.66s | Q, NR | | 7. Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.71s | Q | | 10.Aleksandr Yevgenyev |  Soviet Union | 6.73s | | | 11.Antoine Richard | France | 6.73s | | | 12.Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 6.74s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Bernard Petitbois | France | 6.63s | Q | | 4. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.68s | Q | | 5. Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 6.69s | Q | | 6. Josep Carbonell | Spain | 6.69s | | | 8. Ingo Froböse | West Germany | 6.72s | | | 9. Harry King |  Great Britain | 6.72s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 6th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 8. Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.73s | Q | | 10.Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 6.74s | Q | | 13.Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium | 6.76s | | | 14.Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 6.80s | | | 18.Roland Jokl |  Austria | 6.86s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.65s | Q | | 3. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.68s | Q | | 4. José Javier Arqués | Spain | 6.70s | q, NR | | 16.Gianfranco Lazzer | Italy | 6.83s | | | 18.Josef Lomický |  Czechoslovakia | 6.86s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Bernard Petitbois | France | 6.67s | Q | | 5. Harry King | Great Britain | 6.71s | Q | | 8. Ingo Froböse | West Germany | 6.73s | q | | 11.Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 6.75s | q | | 16.László Babály |  Hungary | 6.83s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 5. Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 6.71s | Q | | 5. Josep Carbonell | Spain | 6.71s | Q | | 12.Antoine Richard | France | 6.76s | q | | 15.Franco Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 6.81s | |
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