| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Jobst Hirscht |  West Germany | 5.72s | | 3 | | 2. Bob Frith |  Great Britain | 5.78s | | 1 | | 3. Günther Gollos |  East Germany | 5.78s | | 5 | | 4. Wiesław Maniak |  Poland | 5.79s | | 2 | | 5. Ivica Karasi |  Yugoslavia | 5.79s | | 6 | | 6. Vladislav Sapeya |  Soviet Union | 5.80s | | 4 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. Bob Frith | Great Britain | 5.76s | Q | | 3. Günther Gollos | East Germany | 5.78s | Q | | 4. Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 5.79s | Q | | 5. Fyodor Pankratov | Soviet Union | 5.79s | | | 7. José Luis Sánchez |  Spain | 5.83s | | | 11.Gerhard Wucherer | West Germany | 5.90s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Jobst Hirscht | West Germany | 5.70s | Q, WB | | 6. Vladislav Sapeya | Soviet Union | 5.80s | Q | | 8. Ivica Karasi | Yugoslavia | 5.84s | Q | | 9. Pasquale Giannattasio |  Italy | 5.84s | | | 10.Marian Dudziak | Poland | 5.86s | | | 12.Petr Utekal |  Czechoslovakia | 5.91s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Fyodor Pankratov | Soviet Union | 5.80s | Q | | 5. Günther Gollos | East Germany | 5.83s | Q | | 8. Pasquale Giannattasio | Italy | 5.87s | Q | | 9. Ivica Karasi | Yugoslavia | 5.88s | Q | | 12.Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 5.91s | | | 15.Antonio Silva |  Portugal | 5.96s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Jobst Hirscht | West Germany | 5.78s | Q, WB | | 4. Bob Frith | Great Britain | 5.81s | Q | | 11.Marian Dudziak | Poland | 5.90s | Q | | 13.Petr Utekal | Czechoslovakia | 5.92s | Q | | 14.Ippolito Giani | Italy | 5.94s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Vladislav Sapeya | Soviet Union | 5.79s | Q | | 5. Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 5.83s | Q | | 7. Gerhard Wucherer | West Germany | 5.84s | Q | | 9. José Luis Sánchez | Spain | 5.88s | Q | | 16.Haris Aivaliotis |  Greece | 6.07s | |
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