| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Colin Jackson |  Great Britain | 7.59s | | 5 | | 2. Holger Pohland |  East Germany | 7.65s | | 4 | | 3. Philippe Tourret |  France | 7.67s | | 3 | | 4. Jiří Hudec |  Czechoslovakia | 7.69s | | 2 | | 5. Carlos Sala |  Spain | 7.72s | | 1 | | 6. Florian Schwarthoff |  West Germany | 7.72s | | 6 | | 7. Tomasz Nagórka |  Poland | 7.81s | | 7 | | 8. Aleš Höffer | Czechoslovakia | 7.84s | | 8 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.53s | Q | | 5. Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.71s | Q | | 6. Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.72s | Q | | 8. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.76s | q | | 9. Vladimir Shishkin |  Soviet Union | 7.78s | | | 10.Rafał Cieśla | Poland | 7.79s | | | 12.Steve Buckeridge | Great Britain | 7.80s | | | 14.Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 7.81s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Holger Pohland | East Germany | 7.65s | Q | | 3. Philippe Tourret | France | 7.65s | Q | | 4. Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 7.70s | Q | | 7. Aleš Höffer | Czechoslovakia | 7.74s | q | | 10.Stefan Mattern | West Germany | 7.79s | | | 12.Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 7.80s | | | 15.Paweł Grzegorzewski | Poland | 7.82s | | | 16.Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.92s | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 6 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.66s | Q | | 5. Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.77s | Q | | 8. Paweł Grzegorzewski | Poland | 7.80s | q | | 11.Vladimir Shishkin | Soviet Union | 7.82s | q | | 24.Gianni Tozzi |  Italy | 7.99s | | | 27.Thomas J. Kearns |  Ireland | 8.08s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Aleš Höffer | Czechoslovakia | 7.73s | Q | | 5. Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.77s | Q | | 10.Rafał Cieśla | Poland | 7.81s | q | | 16.Stefan Mattern | West Germany | 7.86s | q | | 28.Igor Kazanov | Soviet Union | 8.19s | | | 30.Antonios Kezos |  Cyprus | 8.40s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 12.Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.83s | Q | | 13.Steve Buckeridge | Great Britain | 7.83s | Q | | 14.Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 7.84s | q | | 19.György Bakos |  Hungary | 7.92s | | | 22.Herwig Röttl |  Austria | 7.94s | | | 28.João Lima |  Portugal | 8.19s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 3. Holger Pohland | East Germany | 7.74s | Q | | 8. Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 7.80s | Q | | 19.Philippe Aubert | France | 7.92s | | | 21.Alain Cuypers |  Belgium | 7.93s | | | 23.Lajos Sárközi | Hungary | 7.97s | | | 25.Kai Kyllönen |  Finland | 8.01s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 4. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.76s | Q | | 5. Philippe Tourret | France | 7.77s | Q | | 14.Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 7.84s | q | | 17.Ulf Söderman |  Sweden | 7.90s | | | 18.Pavel ŀáda | Czechoslovakia | 7.91s | | | 26.Harri Rouhiainen | Finland | 8.03s | |
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