Final | time | | 1. Roger Kingdom | USA | 7.43s | | 2. Colin Jackson | GBR | 7.45s | | 3. Igor Kasanov | URS | 7.59s | | 4. Holger Pohland | GDR | 7.70s | | 5. Emilio Valle | CUB | 7.71s | | 6. Tony Campbell | USA | 7.86s | |
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Semi 1 | time | | 1. Roger Kingdom | USA | 7.50s | Q | 2. Emilio Valle | CUB | 7.63s | Q | 3. Holger Pohland | GDR | 7.66s | Q | 4. Gheorghe Boroi | ROU | 7.75s | | 5. Alexander Markin | URS | 7.75s | | 6. Tomasz Nagorka | POL | 7.77s | |
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Semi 2 | time | | 1. Colin Jackson | GBR | 7.55s | Q | 2. Igor Kasanov | URS | 7.65s | Q | 3. Tony Campbell | USA | 7.74s | Q | 4. Carlos Sala | ESP | 7.80s | | 5. Jiri Hudec | TCH | 7.82s | | 6. Herwig Röttl | AUT | 8.07s | |
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Heat 1 | time | | 1. Colin Jackson | GBR | 7.57s | Q | 2. Emilio Valle | CUB | 7.68s | Q | 3. Tomasz Nagorka | POL | 7.77s | q | 4. Harri Rouhiainen | FIN | 7.99s | | 5. Lajos Sarközi | HUN | 8.13s | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Igor Kasanov | URS | 7.72s | Q | 2. Gheorghe Boroi | ROU | 7.82s | Q | 3. Javier Moracho | ESP | 7.94s | | 4. Noureddine Tadjine | ALG | 8.14s | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. Holger Pohland | GDR | 7.80s | Q | 2. Carlos Sala | ESP | 7.83s | Q | 3. Liviu Giurgean | ROU | 7.84s | | 4. Ulf Söderman | SWE | 7.98s | | 5. Kai Kyllönen | FIN | 8.06s | |
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Heat 4 | time | | 1. Roger Kingdom | USA | 7.63s | Q | 2. Jiri Hudec | TCH | 7.70s | Q | 3. Herwig Röttl | AUT | 7.78s | q | 4. Rafal Ciesla | POL | 7.84s | |
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Heat 5 | time | | 1. Alexander Markin | URS | 7.75s | Q | 2. Tony Campbell | USA | 7.78s | Q | 3. György Bakos | HUN | 7.85s | | 4. Jailto Santos Bonfim | BRA | 7.98s | | 5. Alain Cuypers | BEL | 11.98s | |
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