| Final 18:30 | time | L | | 1. Greg Foster |  USA | 13.06s | 4 | | 2. Jack Pierce | USA | 13.06s | 6 | | 3. Tony Jarrett |  GBR | 13.25s | 5 | | 4. Mark McKoy |  CAN | 13.30s | 3 | | 5. Dan Philibert |  FRA | 13.33s | 2 | | 6. Vladimir Shishkin |  RUS | 13.39s | 1 | | 7. Florian Schwarthoff |  GER | 13.41s | 7 | | 8. Tong Li |  CHN | 13.46s | 8 |
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| | | First 4 from each Semi-Final advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | L | | 1. Jack Pierce | USA | 13.36s | 5 | | 2. Florian Schwarthoff | GER | 13.41s | 6 | | 3. Tong Li | CHN | 13.50s | 4 | | 4. Vladimir Shishkin |  URS | 13.52s | 7 | | 5. Alexis Sanchez |  CUB | 13.81s | 2 | | 6. Igor Kovac |  TCH | 13.89s | 1 | | 7. Thomas J. Kearns |  IRL | 14.02s | 8 | | -. Colin Jackson | GBR | DNS | 3 |
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| Semi 2 | time | L | | 1. Tony Jarrett | GBR | 13.23s | 4 | | 2. Greg Foster | USA | 13.23s | 5 | | 3. Mark McKoy | CAN | 13.28s | 6 | | 4. Dan Philibert | FRA | 13.38s | 3 | | 5. Igors Kazanovs | URS | 13.65s | 7 | | 6. David Nelson | GBR | 13.67s | 2 | | 7. Liviu Giurgian |  ROM | 13.82s | 1 | | 8. Jiri Hudec | TCH | 13.95s | 8 |
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Heats - Tuesday 27.08 10:00 | | First 3 from each Heat and 1 best time advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Thomas J. Kearns | IRL | 13.71s | 3 | | 2. Jiri Hudec | TCH | 13.72s | 1 | | 3. Liviu Giurgian | ROM | 13.84s | 7 | | 4. Sebastien Thibault | FRA | 13.92s | 2 | | 5. Loi Nguyen Van |  VIE | 14.74s | 4 | | -. Ruhan Isim |  TUR | DNF | 5 | | -. Tomasz Nagorka |  POL | DNF | 6 | | -. Renaldo Nehemiah | USA | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Greg Foster | USA | 13.32s | 6 | | 2. Dan Philibert | FRA | 13.34s | 1 | | 3. Igors Kazanovs | URS | 13.70s | 2 | | 3. Igor Kovac | TCH | 13.70s | 5 | | 5. Joilto Bonfim |  BRA | 13.72s | 4 | | 6. Mike Fenner | GER | 13.78s | 7 | | 7. Antti Haapakoski |  FIN | 13.88s | 3 |
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| Heat 3 | time | L | | 1. Tong Li | CHN | 13.34s | 1 | | 2. Tony Jarrett | GBR | 13.40s | 5 | | 3. Alexis Sanchez | CUB | 13.58s | 3 | | 4. Dietmar Koszewski | GER | 13.67s | 4 | | 5. Mircea Oaida | ROM | 13.68s | 8 | | 6. Gennadiy Dakshevich | URS | 13.69s | 6 | | 7. Georgi P. Georgiev |  BUL | 14.19s | 7 | | 8. Judex Lefou |  MRI | 14.26s | 2 |
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| Heat 4 | time | L | | 1. Jack Pierce | USA | 13.23s | 3 | | 2. Mark McKoy | CAN | 13.39s | 7 | | 3. David Nelson | GBR | 13.42s | 2 | | 4. Piotr Wojcik | POL | 13.47s | 1 | | 5. Herwig Rottl |  AUT | 13.66s | 5 | | 6. John Caliguri |  AUS | 13.77s | 6 | | 7. Zeiad Al-Kheder |  KUW | 14.48s | 4 | | -. Rashid Shabani Al Abdulla |  QAT | DNF | 8 |
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| Heat 5 | time | L | | 1. Colin Jackson | GBR | 13.25s | 5 | | 2. Florian Schwarthoff | GER | 13.39s | 1 | | 3. Vladimir Shishkin | URS | 13.51s | 2 | | 4. Toshihiko Iwasaki |  JPN | 13.58s | 3 | | 5. Kai Kyllonen | FIN | 13.60s | 7 | | 6. Carlos Sala |  ESP | 13.73s | 4 | | 7. Elvis Cedeno |  VEN | 13.85s | 6 |
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