| Final 19:05 |   | time |   |   |  | 1. Wiesław Maniak |  POL | 10.5s | 10.60s |   |  | 2. Roger Bambuck |  FRA | 10.5s | 10.61s |   |  | 3. Claude Piquemal |  FRA | 10.5s | 10.62s |   |  | 4. Manfred Knickenberg |  FRG | 10.6s | 10.62s |   |  | 5. Ipolito Giani |  ITA | 10.6s | 10.71s |   |  | 6. Barrie Kelly |  GBR | 10.7s | 10.76s |   |  | 7. Nikolay Ivanov |  URS | 10.7s | 10.82s |   |  | 8. Pasquale Giannattasio |  ITA | 20.1s | 20.1s |   |   
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  Semi-Finals - Wednesday 31.08 17:50 |  | First 2 and Best 2 progress. |   
| Semi 1 | time |   |   |  | 1. Roger Bambuck |  FRA | 10.5s | 10.62s | Q |  | 2. Ipolito Giani |  ITA | 10.6s | 10.74s | Q |  | 3. Barrie Kelly |  GBR | 10.7s | 10.81s | q |  | 4. Hans-Jürgen Felsen |  FRG | 10.8s | 10.82s |   |  | 5. Gheorghe Zamfirescu |  ROU | 10.8s | 10.86s |   |  | 6. Włodzimierz Anielak |  POL | 10.8s | 10.91s |   |  | 7. Edvīns Ozoliņš |  URS | 10.8s | 10.94s |   |  | 8. Heinz Erbstösser |  GDR | 10.8s | 10.95s |   |   
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| Semi 2 | time |   |    |  | 1. Pasquale Giannattasio |  ITA | 10.7s | 10.60s | Q |  | 2. Claude Piquemal |  FRA | 10.7s | 10.61s | Q |  | 3. Gerd Metz |  FRG | 10.8s | 10.62s |   |  | 4. Aleksandr Lebedev |  URS | 10.9s | 10.62s |   |  | 5. Ron Jones |  GBR | 10.9s | 10.71s |   |  | 6. Panagiotis Nikolaidis |  GRE | 11.0s | 10.76s |   |  | 7. Hans Hönger |  SUI | 11.2s | 10.82s |   |  | -. Harald Eggers |  GDR | DQ - False St |   |   
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| Semi 3 | time |   |  | 1. Manfred Knickenberg |  FRG | 10.6s | Q |  | 2. Wiesław Maniak |  POL | 10.6s | Q |  | 3. Nikolay Ivanov |  URS | 10.7s | q |  | 4. Menzies Campbell |  GBR | 10.8s |   |  | 5. Marc Berger |  FRA | 10.8s |   |  | 6. Jacques Vanhee |  BEL | 10.9s |   |  | 7. Max Barandun |  SUI | 11.0s |   |  | 8. Angelo Squazzero |  ITA | DNS |   |   
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  Heats - Tuesday 30.08 16:30 |  |  First 4 progress to Semi-Finals. |   
| Heat 1 | time |   |  | 1. Wiesław Maniak |  POL | 10.7s | Q |  | 2. Ipolito Giani |  ITA | 10.7s | Q |  | 3. Menzies Campbell |  GBR | 10.7s | Q |  | 4. Harald Eggers |  GDR | 10.7s | Q |  | 5. Juraj Demeč |  TCH | 10.8s |   |  | 6. Huba Rozsnyai |  HUN | 11.0s |   |  | -. Traykov |  BUL | DNS |   |   
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| Heat 2 | time |   |  | 1. Manfred Knickenberg |  FRG | 10.6s | Q |  | 2. Włodzimierz Anielak |  POL | 10.8s | Q |  | 3. Jacques Vanhee |  BEL | 10.8s | Q |  | 4. Ron Jones |  GBR | 10.8s | Q |  | -. Herbert Bende |  TCH | DQ-2FS |   |  | -. Lewandowski |  POL | DNS |   |  | -. Skartein |  SWE | DNS |   |   
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| Heat 3 | time |   |  | 1. Roger Bambuck |  FRA | 10.4s | Q |  | 2. Heinz Erbstösser |  GDR | 10.6s | Q |  | 3. Gerd Metz |  FRG | 10.6s | Q |  | 4. Gheorghe Zamfirescu |  ROU | 10.7s | Q |  | 5. Lajos Hajdú |  HUN | 10.8s |   |  | 6. Petr Utekal |  TCH | 10.9s |   |  | 7. Joseph Cassaglia |  GIB | 12.4s |   |   
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| Heat 4 | time |   |  | 1. Barrie Kelly |  GBR | 10.7s | Q |  | 2. Marc Berger |  FRA | 10.7s | Q |  | 3. Hans-Jürgen Felsen |  FRG | 10.8s | Q |  | 4. Edvīns Ozoliņš |  URS | 10.8s | Q |  | 5. József Istóczky |  HUN | 10.8s |   |  | 6. Tadeusz Jaworski |  POL | 10.9s |   |  | -. Chipokolev |  BUL | DNS |   |   
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| Heat 5 | time |   |  | 1. Claude Piquemal |  FRA | 10.7s | Q |  | 2. Angelo Squazzero |  ITA | 10.8s | Q |  | 3. Hans Hönger |  SUI | 10.8s | Q |  | 4. Aleksandr Lebedev |  URS | 10.8s | Q |  | 5. José Luis Sánchez |  ESP | 10.9s |   |  | 6. Tomi Stefanllari |  ALB | 11.3s |   |   
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| Heat 6 | time |   |  | 1. Pasquale Giannattasio |  ITA | 10.5s | Q |  | 2. Nikolay Ivanov |  URS | 10.6s | Q |  | 3. Panagiotis Nikolaidis |  GRE | 10.7s | Q |  | 4. Max Barandun |  SUI | 10.8s | Q |  | 5. Rob Heemskerk |  NED | 10.8s |   |  | 6. Sonar Coşan |  TUR | 11.0s |   |   
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