| Final |   | time |   |  | 1. Eckart Berkes |   West Germany | 7.8s |   |  | 2. Aleksandr Demus |   Soviet Union | 7.9s |   |  | 3. Sergio Liani |   Italy | 7.9s |   |  | 4. Günther Nickel |   West Germany | 7.9s |   |  | 5. Graham Gower |   Great Britain | 8.0s |   |  | 6. Patrick Malrieux |   France | 8.0s |   |   
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  |  | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 |   | time |   |  | 1. Eckart Berkes |   West Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Patrick Malrieux |   France | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Sergio Liani |   Italy | 8.1s | Q |  | 4. Adam Galant |   Poland | 8.1s |   |  | 5. Manfred Schumann |   West Germany | 8.1s |   |  | 6. Slavcho Kostov |   Bulgaria | 8.3s |   |   
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| Semi 2 |   | time |   |  | 1. Günther Nickel |   West Germany | 7.9s | Q |  | 2. Aleksandr Demus |   Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Graham Gower |   Great Britain | 8.0s | Q |  | 4. Luigi Donofrio |   Italy | 8.0s |   |  | 5. Jürgen Wehnert |   East Germany | 8.0s |   |  | 6. Mirosław Majchrzak |   Poland | 8.0s |   |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   |  | 1. Aleksandr Demus |   Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Jürgen Wehnert |   East Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Luigi Donofrio |   Italy | 8.1s | Q |  | 4. Viorel Suciu |   Romania | 8.2s |   |  | 5. Ivan Sedláček |   Czechoslovakia | 8.3s |   |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   |  | 1. Eckart Berkes |   West Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Mirosław Majchrzak |   Poland | 8.1s | Q |  | 3. Slavcho Kostov |   Bulgaria | 8.1s | Q |  | 4. Nicolae Pertea |   Romania | 8.1s |   |  | 5. Fiorenzo Marchesi |   Switzerland | 8.5s |   |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time |   |  | 1. Patrick Malrieux |   France | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Manfred Schumann |   West Germany | 8.1s | Q |  | 3. Adam Galant |   Poland | 8.2s | Q |  | 4. Rafael Cano |   Spain | 8.4s |   |  | 5. Ervin Sebestyen |   Romania | 8.4s |   |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time |   |  | 1. Günther Nickel |   West Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Graham Gower |   Great Britain | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Sergio Liani |   Italy | 8.0s | Q |  | 4. Efstratios Vasiliou |   Greece | 8.1s |   |   
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|  All Times |  | Final |   | time |   |  | 1. Eckart Berkes |   West Germany | 7.8s |   |  | 2. Aleksandr Demus |   Soviet Union | 7.9s |   |  | 3. Sergio Liani |   Italy | 7.9s |   |  | 4. Günther Nickel |   West Germany | 7.9s |   |  | 5. Graham Gower |   Great Britain | 8.0s |   |  | 6. Patrick Malrieux |   France | 8.0s |   |  | Semi 1 |   | time |   |  | Semi 2 |   | time |   |  | 1. Eckart Berkes |   West Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Patrick Malrieux |   France | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Sergio Liani |   Italy | 8.1s | Q |  | 4. Adam Galant |   Poland | 8.1s |   |  | 5. Manfred Schumann |   West Germany | 8.1s |   |  | 6. Slavcho Kostov |   Bulgaria | 8.3s |   |  | 1. Günther Nickel |   West Germany | 7.9s | Q |  | 2. Aleksandr Demus |   Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Graham Gower |   Great Britain | 8.0s | Q |  | 4. Luigi Donofrio |   Italy | 8.0s |   |  | 5. Jürgen Wehnert |   East Germany | 8.0s |   |  | 6. Mirosław Majchrzak |   Poland | 8.0s |   |  | Heat 1 |   | time |   |  | Heat 2 |   | time |   |  | Heat 3 |   | time |   |  | Heat 4 |   | time |   |  | 1. Aleksandr Demus |   Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Jürgen Wehnert |   East Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Luigi Donofrio |   Italy | 8.1s | Q |  | 4. Viorel Suciu |   Romania | 8.2s |   |  | 5. Ivan Sedláček |   Czechoslovakia | 8.3s |   |  | 1. Eckart Berkes |   West Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Mirosław Majchrzak |   Poland | 8.1s | Q |  | 3. Slavcho Kostov |   Bulgaria | 8.1s | Q |  | 4. Nicolae Pertea |   Romania | 8.1s |   |  | 5. Fiorenzo Marchesi |   Switzerland | 8.5s |   |  | 1. Patrick Malrieux |   France | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Manfred Schumann |   West Germany | 8.1s | Q |  | 3. Adam Galant |   Poland | 8.2s | Q |  | 4. Rafael Cano |   Spain | 8.4s |   |  | 5. Ervin Sebestyen |   Romania | 8.4s |   |  | 1. Günther Nickel |   West Germany | 8.0s | Q |  | 2. Graham Gower |   Great Britain | 8.0s | Q |  | 3. Sergio Liani |   Italy | 8.0s | Q |  | 4. Efstratios Vasiliou |   Greece | 8.1s |   |   
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