| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 6.6s | =WB | 2 | | 2. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 6.7s | | 5 | | 3. Jarkko Tapola |  Finland | 6.7s | | 1 | | 4. Alain Sarteur |  France | 6.7s | | 3 | | 5. Juan Carlos Jones |  Spain | 6.7s | | 6 | | 6. Philippe Guillet | France | 6.8s | | 4 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.7s | Q | | 2. Alain Sarteur | France | 6.8s | Q | | 3. Juan Carlos Jones | Spain | 6.8s | Q | | 4. Dimcho Arnaudov |  Bulgaria | 6.9s | | | 5. Josef Ŭeliš |  Czechoslovakia | 6.9s | | | 6. Gert Herunter |  Austria | 6.9s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.8s | Q | | 2. Jarkko Tapola | Finland | 6.8s | Q | | 3. Philippe Guillet | France | 6.8s | Q | | 4. Horst Schiebe |  West Germany | 6.8s | | | 5. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 7.0s | | | -. Philippe Clerc |  Switzerland | DNF | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.7s | Q | | 2. Alain Sarteur | France | 6.8s | Q | | 3. Jarkko Tapola | Finland | 6.9s | Q | | 4. Josef Ŭeliš | Czechoslovakia | 6.9s | Q | | 5. Ivica Karasi |  Yugoslavia | 6.9s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Horst Schiebe | West Germany | 6.8s | Q | | 2. Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 6.9s | Q | | 3. Dimcho Arnaudov | Bulgaria | 6.9s | Q | | 4. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.9s | Q | | 5. Romain Roels |  Belgium | 6.9s | | | 6. Søren Viggo Pedersen |  Denmark | 7.0s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Juan Carlos Jones | Spain | 6.9s | Q | | 2. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.9s | Q | | 3. Philippe Guillet | France | 6.9s | Q | | 4. Gert Herunter | Austria | 6.9s | Q | | 5. Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 6.9s | | | 6. Claudio Cialdi |  Italy | 7.0s | |
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