| Final |   | time |   |  | 1. Valeriy Borzov |   Soviet Union | 5.75s | =WB |  | 2. Aleksandr Kornelyuk |   Soviet Union | 5.81s |   |  | 3. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos |   Greece | 5.82s |   |  | 4. Gerhard Wucherer |   West Germany | 5.84s |   |  | 5. Raimo Vilén |   Finland | 5.93s |   |  | 6. Manuel Carballo |   Spain | 6.28s |   |   
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 Semi-Finals - Saturday, 11th March  |  | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final.  |   
| Semi 1 |   | time |   |  | 1. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos |   Greece | 5.77s | Q |  | 3. Aleksandr Kornelyuk |   Soviet Union | 5.80s | Q |  | 4. Raimo Vilén |   Finland | 5.82s | Q, NR |  | 6. Patrick Bourbeillon |   France | 5.85s |   |  | 8. Barrie Kelly |   Great Britain | 5.92s |   |  | 12.Philippe Clerc |   Switzerland | 6.15s |   |   
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| Semi 2 |   | time |   |  | 1. Valeriy Borzov |   Soviet Union | 5.77s | Q, NR |  | 5. Gerhard Wucherer |   West Germany | 5.83s | Q |  | 7. Manuel Carballo |   Spain | 5.90s | Q, NR |  | 8. Manfred Schumann |   West Germany | 5.92s |   |  | 10.Romain Roels |   Belgium | 5.98s |   |  | 11.Erik Gustafsson |   Finland | 6.05s |   |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   |  | 3. Gerhard Wucherer |   West Germany | 5.82s | Q |  | 6. Manuel Carballo |   Spain | 5.92s | Q |  | 6. Barrie Kelly |   Great Britain | 5.92s | Q |  | 12.Erik Gustafsson |   Finland | 6.02s | Q |  | 15.Luděk Bohman |   Czechoslovakia | 6.13s |   |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   |  | 4. Valeriy Borzov |   Soviet Union | 5.83s | Q |  | 5. Raimo Vilén |   Finland | 5.88s | Q |  | 6. Manfred Schumann |   West Germany | 5.92s | Q |  | 9. Romain Roels |   Belgium | 6.01s | Q |  | 12.Søren Viggo Pedersen |   Denmark | 6.02s |   |   
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| Heat 3 |   | time |   |  | 1. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos |   Greece | 5.75s | Q, WB |  | 2. Aleksandr Kornelyuk |   Soviet Union | 5.80s | Q |  | 9. Patrick Bourbeillon |   France | 6.01s | Q, NR |  | 9. Philippe Clerc |   Switzerland | 6.01s | Q |  | 12.Vittorio Roscio |   Italy | 6.02s |   |   
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