| Final | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev |  Soviet Union | 20.98s | | | 2. Ade Mafe |  Great Britain | 21.34s | | | 3. Giovanni Bongiorni |  Italy | 21.48s | | | 4. Roland Jokl |  Austria | 21.78s | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.36s | Q | | 3. Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.46s | Q | | 4. Antonio Sánchez |  Spain | 21.48s | | | 5. Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.50s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 21.12s | Q | | 6. Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.65s | Q | | -. Luboš Balošák |  Czechoslovakia | DNF | | | -. Stefano Tilli | Italy | DQ | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 7. Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.84s | Q | | 8. Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 21.94s | q | | 9. Per-Ola Olsson |  Sweden | 22.09s | | | -. Athanassios Kaloyannis |  Greece | DQ | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.63s | Q | | 6. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 21.81s | q | | 10.Jouko Hassi |  Finland | 22.11s | | | -. Kenth Rönn | Sweden | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 21.35s | Q | | -. Czesław Prądzyński |  Poland | DQ | | | -. Odd Erik Kristiansen |  Norway | DQ | | | -. Josef Lomický | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 3. Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.64s | Q | | 4. Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.66s | q | | 5. Luboš Balošák | Czechoslovakia | 21.68s | q | | 11.Şükrü Çaprazlı |  Turkey | 22.59s | |
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