| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Stefano Tilli |  Italy | 20.77s | CR | 4 | | 2. Olaf Prenzler |  East Germany | 20.83s | | 3 | | 3. Aleksandr Yevgenyev |  Soviet Union | 20.95s | | 2 | | 4. Daniel Sangouma |  France | 21.13s | | 5 | | 5. István Nagy |  Hungary | 21.53s | | 1 |
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| | First 2 from each Semi and next 1 Best advanced to Final. |
| 2. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.96s | Q | | 6. Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.21s | Q | | 7. Rolf Kistner |  West Germany | 21.22s | | | 8. Antonio Sánchez |  Spain | 21.23s | | | 10.Roland Jokl |  Austria | 21.67s | |
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| 1. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.81s | Q, CR | | 3. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.97s | Q | | 4. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.03s | q | | 5. Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.16s | | | 9. Ade Mafe |  Great Britain | 21.38s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 2nd March | | Winner of each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 21.15s | Q | | 11.Linford Christie | Great Britain | 21.50s | | | 16.Georgios Vamvakas |  Greece | 21.94s | | | 17.Tore Bergan |  Norway | 21.94s | | | -. Attila Kovács | Hungary | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 21.15s | Q | | 5. Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.23s | q | | 13.Aleksandar Popović |  Yugoslavia | 21.73s | | | 20.Pedro Agostinho |  Portugal | 22.16s | | | 24.Ioannis Ioannou |  Cyprus | 22.57s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 9. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.41s | Q | | 13.Thomas Wild |  Switzerland | 21.73s | | | 21.Kenth Rönn |  Sweden | 22.25s | | | 25.Jean-Claude Gengler |  Luxembourg | 22.58s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 6. Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 21.36s | Q | | 7. Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.39s | q | | 15.Frank Pilgram | West Germany | 21.80s | | | 18.Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 22.02s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 21.14s | Q | | 2. Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.14s | q | | 12.Earl Tulloch | Great Britain | 21.65s | | | 19.Per-Ola Olsson | Sweden | 22.08s | |
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| Heat 6 | | time | | | 8. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.40s | Q | | 10.Rolf Kistner | West Germany | 21.42s | q | | 22.Georgios Kaikis | Greece | 22.34s | | | 23.Luís Cunha | Portugal | 22.34s | |
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