Heat 7 | time | 1. Donald Quarrie | JAM | 20.87s | 2. Joseph Arame | FRA | 21.24s | 3. Peter Okodogbe | NGR | 21.42s | 4. Altevir Araujo Filho | BRA | 21.49s | 5. Cheikh Touradou Diouf | SEN | 21.89s | 6. Henk Brouwer | HOL | 21.96s | 7. Paul Haba | GUI | 22.70s |
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Heat 8 | time | 1. Andrew Bruce | TRI | 21.36s | 2. Allan Wells | GBR | 21.57s | 3. Aleksandar Popovic | YUG | 21.65s | 4. Hammed Adio | NGR | 21.79s | 5. Subramanian Perumal | IND | 22.39s | 6. Rudolph George | SLE | 23.20s | -. Vladimir Muraviov | URS | DNS |
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Heat 9 | time | 1. Silvio Leonard | CUB | 20.95s | 2. Bernard Petitbois | FRA | 21.16s | 3. Paulo Roberto Correia | BRA | 21.27s | 4. Zenon Licznerski | POL | 21.36s | 5. Mwalim Ali | TAN | 21.83s | 6. Sheku Boima | SLE | 22.93s | 7. Sitthixay Sacpraseuth | LAO | 24.28s |
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