| Final | | time | | | 1. Thomas Munkelt |  East Germany | 7.48s | WB | | 2. Arto Bryggare |  Finland | 7.60s | | | 3. Andreas Oschkenat | East Germany | 7.63s | | | 4. Axel Schaumann |  West Germany | 7.64s | | | 5. György Bakos |  Hungary | 7.64s | | | 6. Romuald Giegiel |  Poland | 7.70s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Arto Bryggare | Finland | 7.65s | Q | | 4. Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 7.66s | Q | | 6. Axel Schaumann | West Germany | 7.69s | Q | | 8. Daniele Fontecchio |  Italy | 7.77s | | | 9. Mark Holtom |  Great Britain | 7.77s | | | 11.Javier Moracho |  Spain | 7.83s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Andreas Oschkenat | East Germany | 7.63s | Q | | 2. György Bakos | Hungary | 7.65s | Q | | 5. Romuald Giegiel | Poland | 7.68s | Q | | 7. Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.73s | | | 10.Georgiy Shabanov |  Soviet Union | 7.80s | | | 12.Jürgen Schoch | West Germany | 7.88s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 5th March | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 4 times advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Arto Bryggare | Finland | 7.56s | Q, NR | | 3. György Bakos | Hungary | 7.74s | Q | | 8. Daniele Fontecchio | Italy | 7.81s | q | | 10.Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.84s | q | | 15.Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 7.92s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 7.78s | Q | | 14.Jürgen Schoch | West Germany | 7.91s | Q | | 17.Pablo Cassina |  Switzerland | 8.01s | | | 18.Herbert Kreiner |  Austria | 8.03s | | | 19.Vyacheslav Ustinov | Soviet Union | 8.03s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 4. Axel Schaumann | West Germany | 7.77s | Q | | 5. Romuald Giegiel | Poland | 7.78s | Q | | 12.Andrey Prokofyev | Soviet Union | 7.86s | | | 13.Béla Bodó | Hungary | 7.90s | | | 16.Jiří Ŭeřovský |  Czechoslovakia | 7.95s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 2. Andreas Oschkenat | East Germany | 7.72s | Q | | 5. Georgiy Shabanov | Soviet Union | 7.78s | Q | | 9. Mark Holtom | Great Britain | 7.82s | q | | 10.Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.84s | q | | 20.Ilhan Ağırbaş |  Turkey | 8.71s | |
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