| Final 19:30 0.0m/s | time | | 1. Vladimir Krylov | URS | 20.52s | | 2. Juergen Evers | FRG | 20.75s | | 3. Andrey Fedoriv | URS | 20.84s | | 4. Thomas Schroeder | GDR | 20.89s | | 5. Allan Wells | GBR | 20.89s | | 6. Alexandr Yevgeniev | URS | 20.91s | | 7. Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 21.00s | | 8. Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 21.03s |
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| Heat 1 0.0m/s | time | | 1. Vladimir Krylov | URS | 20.61s | | 2. Alexandr Yevgenyev | URS | 20.66s | | 3. Allan Wells | GBR | 20.77s | | 4. Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 20.82s | | 5. Pascal Barre | FRA | 20.88s | | 6. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 20.97s | | 7. Volker Westhagemann | FRG | 21.04s | | 8. Luis Cunha | POR | 21.31s |
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| Heat 2 0.0m/s | time | | 1. Thomas Schroeder | GDR | 20.54s | | 2. Juergen Evers | FRG | 20.58s | | 3. Andrey Fedroiv | URS | 20.60s | | 4. Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 20.68s | | 5. Linford Christie | GBR | 20.69s | | 6. Stefano Tilli | ITA | 20.74s | | 7. Pierfrancesco Pavoni | ITA | 20.85s | | 8. Einar Sagli | NOR | 21.23s |
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| Heat 1 -0.9m/s | time | | 1. Allan Wells | GBR | 20.88s | | 2. Andrey Fedoriv | URS | 20.90s | | 3. Pierfrancesco Pavoni | ITA | 20.99s | | 4. Thomas Schroeder | GDR | 21.03s | | 5. Jeroen Fisher | BEL | 21.58s | | 6. Lars Pedersen | DEN | 21.75s | | 7. Philip Snoddy | IRL | 21.83s | | 8. Markus Buechel | LIE | 22.23s |
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| Heat 2 -1.7m/s | time | | 1. Alexandr Yevgenyev | URS | 20.72s | | 2. Stefano Tilli | ITA | 20.79s | | 3. Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 21.15s | | 4. Peter Eriksson | SWE | 21.39s | | 5. Arnaldo Abrantes | POR | 21.50s |
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| Heat 3 -0.3m/s | time | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 20.78s | | 2. Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 20.91s | | 3. Volker Westhagemann | FRG | 20.91s | | 4. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 20.97s | | 5. Einar Sagli | NOR | 21.34s | | 6. Pedro Agostinho | POR | 21.48s |
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| Heat 4 -0.5m/s | time | | 1. Juergen Evers | FRG | 20.64s | | 2. Vladimir Krylov | URS | 20.69s | | 3. Pascal Barre | FRA | 20.80s | | 4. Luis Cunha | POR | 21.19s | | 5. Morten Kjems | DEN | 21.84s | | -. Todd Bennett | GBR | DNF |
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