| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Günther Nickel |  West Germany | 7.8s | | 2 | | 2. Frank Siebeck |  East Germany | 7.8s | | 6 | | 3. Guy Drut |  France | 7.8s | | 5 | | 4. Werner Trzmiel | West Germany | 7.9s | | 1 | | 5. Raimund Bethge | East Germany | 7.9s | | 3 | | 6. Aleksandr Demus |  Soviet Union | 8.0s | | 4 |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 7.8s | Q | | 2. Raimund Bethge | East Germany | 7.8s | Q | | 3. Guy Drut | France | 7.9s | Q | | 4. Nicolae Pertea |  Romania | 7.9s | | | 5. Ivan Sedláček |  Czechoslovakia | 7.9s | | | 6. Loránd Milassin |  Hungary | 8.3s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Demus | Soviet Union | 7.8s | Q | | 2. Frank Siebeck | East Germany | 7.8s | Q | | 3. Werner Trzmiel | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 4. Leszek Wodzyński |  Poland | 8.1s | | | 5. Ragnar Moland |  Norway | 8.1s | | | 6. Alan Pascoe |  Great Britain | 8.2s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Werner Trzmiel | West Germany | 8.1s | Q | | 2. Loránd Milassin | Hungary | 8.1s | Q | | 3. Leszek Wodzyński | Poland | 8.2s | Q | | 4. Alan Pascoe | Great Britain | 8.4s | Q | | 5. Nurullah Candan |  Turkey | 8.8s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Guy Drut | France | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Frank Siebeck | East Germany | 7.9s | Q | | 3. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 4. Nicolae Pertea | Romania | 8.1s | Q | | 5. Sergio Liani |  Italy | 8.2s | | | 6. Dušan Bizjak |  Yugoslavia | 8.2s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Demus | Soviet Union | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Raimund Bethge | East Germany | 8.1s | Q | | 3. Ragnar Moland | Norway | 8.2s | Q | | 4. Ivan Sedláček | Czechoslovakia | 8.2s | Q | | 5. Helmut Haid |  Austria | 8.3s | |
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