| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Barrie Kelly |  Great Britain | 6.6s | =WB | 2 | | 2. Heinz Erbstößer |  East Germany | 6.6s | =WB | 6 | | 3. Viktor Kasatkin |  Soviet Union | 6.6s | =WB | 3 | | 4. Jürgen Schröter |  West Germany | 6.7s | | 1 | | 5. Ramón Magariños |  Spain | 6.8s | | 5 | | 6. Hans Hönger |  Switzerland | 6.8s | | 4 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Heinz Erbstößer | East Germany | 6.7s | Q | | 2. Jürgen Schröter | West Germany | 6.7s | Q | | 3. Hans Hönger | Switzerland | 6.7s | Q | | 4. Ivica Karasi |  Yugoslavia | 6.8s | | | 5. Ladislav Kříž |  Czechoslovakia | 6.8s | | | 6. Axel Nepraunik |  Austria | 6.8s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 6.6s | Q, WB | | 2. Viktor Kasatkin | Soviet Union | 6.7s | Q | | 3. Ramón Magariños | Spain | 6.7s | Q | | 4. Max Barandun | Switzerland | 6.8s | | | 5. Pasquale Giannattasio |  Italy | 6.8s | | | 6. Heinz Schumann | West Germany | 6.8s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Hans Hönger | Switzerland | 6.7s | Q | | 2. Jürgen Schröter | West Germany | 6.8s | Q | | 3. Ramón Magariños | Spain | 6.8s | Q | | 4. Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 6.8s | q | | 5. Alfred Jungbluth |  Belgium | 6.9s | | | 6. Klaus-Jürgen Schneider | West Germany | 7.0s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Heinz Schumann | West Germany | 6.8s | Q | | 2. Max Barandun | Switzerland | 6.8s | Q | | 3. Axel Nepraunik | Austria | 6.8s | Q | | 4. Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 6.9s | q | | 5. Josef Ŭeliš | Czechoslovakia | 7.0s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Viktor Kasatkin | Soviet Union | 6.7s | Q | | 2. Heinz Erbstößer | East Germany | 6.7s | Q | | 3. Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 6.7s | Q | | 4. Ivica Karasi | Yugoslavia | 6.8s | q |
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