| Final | | time | | | 1. Romuald Giegiel |  Poland | 7.62s | NR | | 2. György Bakos |  Hungary | 7.75s | | | 3. Jiří Hudec |  Czechoslovakia | 7.77s | | | 4. Javier Moracho |  Spain | 7.78s | | | 5. Daniele Fontecchio |  Italy | 7.81s | | | 6. Wojciech Zawiła | Poland | 7.88s | | | 7. Jürgen Schoch |  West Germany | 8.02s | | | 8. Reijo Byman |  Finland | 8.03s | |
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| | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. György Bakos | Hungary | 7.79s | Q | | 3. Daniele Fontecchio | Italy | 7.82s | Q | | 3. Wojciech Zawiła | Poland | 7.82s | Q | | 7. Reijo Byman | Finland | 7.94s | q | | 10.Herbert Kreiner |  Austria | 8.21s | | | 13.Gísli Sigurðsson |  Iceland | 8.51s | | | 14.Carlos Sala | Spain | 9.48s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Romuald Giegiel | Poland | 7.72s | Q | | 3. Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.82s | Q | | 3. Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.82s | Q | | 8. Jürgen Schoch | West Germany | 7.95s | q | | 9. Georg Präst | Italy | 7.95s | | | 11.Petter Hesselberg |  Norway | 8.23s | | | 12.Peter Bergh |  Sweden | 8.39s | |
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