| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Thomas Munkelt |  East Germany | 7.62s | =CR | 1 | | 2. Vyacheslav Kulebyakin |  Soviet Union | 7.72s | | 5 | | 3. Giuseppe Buttari |  Italy | 7.86s | | 4 | | 4. Berwyn Price |  Great Britain | 8.12s | | 6 | | 5. Jan Pusty |  Poland | 8.15s | | 2 | | 6. Arto Bryggare |  Finland | 9.05s | | 3 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 7.70s | Q | | 2. Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 7.76s | Q | | 6. Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 7.85s | Q | | 8. Eduard Pereverzev | Soviet Union | 7.86s | | | 10.Andrzej Ziółkowski | Poland | 7.88s | | | 12.Borisav Pisić |  Yugoslavia | 7.99s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Arto Bryggare | Finland | 7.76s | Q | | 4. Jan Pusty | Poland | 7.80s | Q | | 5. Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | Soviet Union | 7.81s | Q | | 6. Javier Moracho |  Spain | 7.85s | | | 8. Dieter Gebhard |  West Germany | 7.86s | | | 11.Romuald Giegiel | Poland | 7.96s | |
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Heats - Sunday, 12th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | Soviet Union | 7.76s | Q | | 3. Jan Pusty | Poland | 7.76s | Q | | 9. Borisav Pisić | Yugoslavia | 7.92s | q | | 13.Juan Lloveras | Spain | 7.99s | | | 20.Wolfgang Muders | West Germany | 8.11s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Andrzej Ziółkowski | Poland | 7.86s | Q | | 12.Eduard Pereverzev | Soviet Union | 7.94s | Q | | 14.Petr Ŭech |  Czechoslovakia | 8.01s | | | 16.Sergio Liani | Italy | 8.06s | | | 19.Plamen Krastev |  Bulgaria | 8.09s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 4. Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 7.83s | Q | | 8. Arto Bryggare | Finland | 7.88s | Q | | 10.Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.93s | q | | 15.Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 8.03s | | | 18.Thierry Sellier |  France | 8.08s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 7.73s | Q | | 5. Dieter Gebhard | West Germany | 7.84s | Q | | 7. Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 7.87s | q | | 10.Romuald Giegiel | Poland | 7.93s | q | | 17.Gianni Ronconi | Italy | 8.07s | |
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