| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Stefano Tilli |  Italy | 6.63s | | 3 | | 2. Christian Haas |  West Germany | 6.64s | | 5 | | 3. Valentin Atanasov |  Bulgaria | 6.66s | | 2 | | 4. Antoine Richard |  France | 6.66s | | 1 | | 5. Viktor Bryzgin |  Soviet Union | 6.69s | | 4 | | 6. Arkadiusz Janiak |  Poland | 6.70s | | 6 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.65s | Q | | 2. Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.65s | Q | | 6. Arkadiusz Janiak | Poland | 6.66s | Q | | 7. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 6.67s | | | 9. Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 6.69s | | | 11.Jarmo Anias |  Finland | 6.78s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 6.62s | Q | | 2. Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q | | 2. Antoine Richard | France | 6.65s | Q | | 8. Selwyn Clarke |  Great Britain | 6.68s | | | 10.Ferenc Kiss |  Hungary | 6.76s | | | 11.Gianfranco Lazzer | Italy | 6.78s | |
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Heats - Saturday, | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 4 times advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.61s | Q | | 2. Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 6.66s | Q | | 8. Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 6.72s | q | | 13.Jouko Lehtinen | Finland | 6.82s | | | 17.Kenth Rönn |  Sweden | 6.94s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Selwyn Clarke | Great Britain | 6.69s | Q | | 6. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 6.70s | Q | | 15.Stefan Nilsson | Sweden | 6.87s | | | 16.Şükrü Çaprazlı |  Turkey | 6.90s | | | -. Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium | DQ | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Arkadiusz Janiak | Poland | 6.69s | Q | | 7. Antoine Richard | France | 6.71s | Q | | 12.Jarmo Anias | Finland | 6.81s | q | | 18.Tommy Johansson | Sweden | 6.95s | | | 19.Richard Luxemburger | West Germany | 6.95s | |
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| 3. Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.69s | Q | | 9. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 6.75s | Q | | 10.Ferenc Kiss | Hungary | 6.77s | q | | 11.Gianfranco Lazzer | Italy | 6.80s | q | | 14.Roland Jokl |  Austria | 6.83s | |
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