| Final | time | | | 1. Roger Kingdom |  USA | 7.43s | | | 2. Colin Jackson |  GBR | 7.45s | | | 3. Igor Kasanov |  URS | 7.59s | | | 4. Holger Pohland |  GDR | 7.70s | | | 5. Emilio Valle |  CUB | 7.71s | | | 6. Tony Campbell | USA | 7.86s | |
|
|
| | | First 3 advanced to Final |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Roger Kingdom | USA | 7.50s | Q | | 2. Emilio Valle | CUB | 7.63s | Q | | 3. Holger Pohland | GDR | 7.66s | Q | | 4. Gheorghe Boroi |  ROU | 7.75s | | | 5. Alexander Markin | URS | 7.75s | | | 6. Tomasz Nagorka |  POL | 7.77s | |
|
|
| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Colin Jackson | GBR | 7.55s | Q | | 2. Igor Kasanov | URS | 7.65s | Q | | 3. Tony Campbell | USA | 7.74s | Q | | 4. Carlos Sala |  ESP | 7.80s | | | 5. Jiri Hudec |  TCH | 7.82s | | | 6. Herwig Röttl |  AUT | 8.07s | |
|
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Colin Jackson | GBR | 7.57s | Q | | 2. Emilio Valle | CUB | 7.68s | Q | | 3. Tomasz Nagorka | POL | 7.77s | q | | 4. Harri Rouhiainen |  FIN | 7.99s | | | 5. Lajos Sarközi |  HUN | 8.13s | |
|
|
| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Igor Kasanov | URS | 7.72s | Q | | 2. Gheorghe Boroi | ROU | 7.82s | Q | | 3. Javier Moracho | ESP | 7.94s | | | 4. Noureddine Tadjine |  ALG | 8.14s | |
|
| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Holger Pohland | GDR | 7.80s | Q | | 2. Carlos Sala | ESP | 7.83s | Q | | 3. Liviu Giurgean | ROU | 7.84s | | | 4. Ulf Söderman |  SWE | 7.98s | | | 5. Kai Kyllönen | FIN | 8.06s | |
|
|
| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Roger Kingdom | USA | 7.63s | Q | | 2. Jiri Hudec | TCH | 7.70s | Q | | 3. Herwig Röttl | AUT | 7.78s | q | | 4. Rafal Ciesla | POL | 7.84s | |
|
| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Alexander Markin | URS | 7.75s | Q | | 2. Tony Campbell | USA | 7.78s | Q | | 3. György Bakos | HUN | 7.85s | | | 4. Jailto Santos Bonfim |  BRA | 7.98s | | | 5. Alain Cuypers |  BEL | 11.98s | |
|
|
| 