| Final 17:15 | Height | | O/X | 190 | 195 | 200 | 205 | 208 | 211 | 214 | 217 | 220 | 222 | | 1. Kęstutis Šapka |  Soviet Union | 2.20m | | 5/5 | - | - | - | - | O | XO | O | XO | O | XXX | | 2. Csaba Dosa |  Romania | 2.20m | NR | 6/9 | - | - | - | O | O | XO | XXO | XXO | XO | XXX | | 3. Rustam Akhmetov | Soviet Union | 2.20m | | 7/5 | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | | 4. István Major |  Hungary | 2.17m | | 4/6 | - | - | - | O | - | O | XXO | XO | XXX | | 5. Stephan Junge |  East Germany | 2.14m | | 3/4 | - | - | - | O | - | XO | O | XXX | | 5. Asko Pesonen |  Finland | 2.14m | | 3/4 | - | - | - | - | O | XO | O | XXX | | 7. Wojciech Gołębiowski |  Poland | 2.14m | | 3/6 | - | - | - | O | - | XO | XXO | XXX | | 8. Endre Kelemen | Hungary | 2.11m | | 2/3 | - | - | - | O | - | O | XXX | | 9. József Tihányi | Hungary | 2.11m | | 3/3 | - | - | O | O | - | O | XXX | | 10.Valentin Gavrilov | Soviet Union | 2.11m | | 4/3 | - | - | O | O | O | O | XXX | | 11.Jiří Palkovský |  Czechoslovakia | 2.11m | | 5/3 | - | O | O | O | O | O | XXX | | 11.Hermann Magerl |  West Germany | 2.11m | | 3/4 | - | - | - | O | O | XO | XXX | | 13.Roman Moravec | Czechoslovakia | 2.11m | | 4/3 | - | - | O | O | O | XO | XXX | | 14.Christer Celion |  Sweden | 2.08m | | 3/4 | - | - | O | XO | O | XXX | | 15.Gian Marco Schivo |  Italy | 2.08m | | 2/4 | - | - | - | O | XO | XXX | | 16.Branko Vivod |  Yugoslavia | 2.08m | | 5/5 | O | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | | 17.Erminio Azzaro | Italy | 2.05m | | 2/4 | - | - | O | XO | - | XXX |
| World Record: Matzdorf (USA) 2.29m ; European Record: Brumel (URS) 2.28m ; Championship Record: Brumel (URS) 2.22m | | Qualificaton Standard: 2.16m |
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Qualification - Friday 13.08 11:00 | | mark 21.12m - 17 Athletes |
| Group A | Height | | | 1. Hermann Magerl | FRG | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Rustam Akhmetov | URS | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Endre Kelemen | HUN | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Valentin Gavrilov | URS | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Wojciech Gołębiowski | POL | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Erminio Azzaro | ITA | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Roman Moravec | TCH | 2.12m | Q |
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| Group B | Height | | | 1. Stephan Junge | GDR | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Christer Celion | SWE | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Asko Pesonen | FIN | 2.12m | Q | | 1. István Major | HUN | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Csaba Dosa | ROU | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Kęstutis Šapka | URS | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Gian Marco Schivo | ITA | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Jiří Palkovský | TCH | 2.12m | Q | | 1. József Tihányi | HUN | 2.12m | Q | | 1. Branko Vivod | YUG | 2.12m | Q |
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| eliminated | | 18.Jan Dahlgren | SWE | 2.10m | | | 18.Robert Sainte-Rose |  FRA | 2.10m | | | 18.Henri Elliott | FRA | 2.10m | | | 21.Reijo Vähälä | FIN | 2.08m | | | 21.Ladislav Borodáč | TCH | 2.08m | | | 21.Kenneth Lundmark | SWE | 2.08m | | | 24.Gunther Spielvogel | FRG | 2.05m | | | 24.Gérard Lamy | FRA | 2.05m | | | 24.Lothar Doster | FRG | 2.05m | | | 27.Nurullah Candan |  TUR | 1.90m | |
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