| Final | | time | | | 1. Guy Drut |  France | 6.51s | WB | | 2. Manfred Schumann |  West Germany | 6.58s | NR | | 3. Anatoliy Moshiashvili |  Soviet Union | 6.59s | NR | | 4. Marek Jóźwik |  Poland | 6.63s | | | 5. Marc Noé | France | 6.67s | | | 6. Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 6.68s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Guy Drut | France | 6.52s | Q, WB | | 2. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 6.58s | Q, NR | | 3. Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 6.61s | Q, =NR | | 8. Aleksandr Morozov | Soviet Union | 6.74s | | | 11.ũmile Raybois | France | 6.85s | | | 12.Beat Pfister |  Switzerland | 6.91s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Marek Jóźwik | Poland | 6.61s | Q, =NR | | 3. Anatoliy Moshiashvili | Soviet Union | 6.61s | Q | | 6. Marc Noé | France | 6.64s | Q, AJR | | 7. Leszek Wodzyński | Poland | 6.70s | | | 9. Petr Ŭech |  Czechoslovakia | 6.80s | | | 10.Alan Pascoe |  Great Britain | 6.83s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 6.61s | Q, NR | | 4. Anatoliy Moshiashvili | Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q | | 7. Alan Pascoe | Great Britain | 6.73s | Q | | 13.Nicolae Pertea |  Romania | 6.79s | NR | | 18.Luigi Donofrio |  Italy | 6.83s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 6.67s | Q | | 9. ũmile Raybois | France | 6.75s | Q | | 10.Leszek Wodzyński | Poland | 6.75s | Q | | 19.Krister Clerselius |  Sweden | 6.84s | NR | | 21.Hubert König |  Austria | 6.95s | | | 22.Berwyn Price | Great Britain | 6.97s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 5. Marc Noé | France | 6.67s | Q | | 7. Aleksandr Morozov | Soviet Union | 6.73s | Q | | 11.Petr Ŭech | Czechoslovakia | 6.78s | Q | | 15.Efstratios Vasiliou |  Greece | 6.80s | NR | | 16.Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 6.81s | | | 17.Graham Gower | Great Britain | 6.82s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Guy Drut | France | 6.53s | Q | | 2. Marek Jóźwik | Poland | 6.61s | Q | | 11.Beat Pfister | Switzerland | 6.78s | Q | | 13.Werner Eikmeier | West Germany | 6.79s | | | 20.Marco Acerbi | Italy | 6.86s | | | 22.Jesper Tørring |  Denmark | 6.97s | |
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