| Final | | time | | | 1. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 6.64s | | | 2. Manfred Kokot |  East Germany | 6.66s | | | 3. Raimo Vilén |  Finland | 6.71s | | | 4. Brian Green |  Great Britain | 6.74s | | | 5. Samuel Monsels |  Netherlands | 6.81s | | | 6. Vincenzo Guerini |  Italy | 6.84s | |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 10th March | | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.65s | Q | | 5. Samuel Monsels | Netherlands | 6.75s | Q | | 7. Hans-Joachim Zenk | East Germany | 6.77s | | | 8. Dorel Cristudor |  Romania | 6.78s | | | 10.Mirolyub Stoychev |  Bulgaria | 6.79s | | | 16.Alain Sarteur |  France | 6.84s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 6.66s | Q | | 5. Vincenzo Guerini | Italy | 6.75s | Q | | 8. Boris Izmestyev |  Soviet Union | 6.78s | | | 10.Antti Rajamäki | Finland | 6.79s | | | 15.Michel Limousin | France | 6.82s | | | 17.Manfred Schumann |  West Germany | 6.87s | |
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| Semi 3 | | time | | | 3. Brian Green | Great Britain | 6.71s | Q | | 4. Raimo Vilén | Finland | 6.72s | Q | | 10.Luigi Benedetti | Italy | 6.79s | | | 13.Manuel Carballo |  Spain | 6.80s | NR | | 14.Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.81s | | | 18.Hans-Georg Teisner | West Germany | 6.90s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.68s | Q | | 9. Raimo Vilén | Finland | 6.81s | Q | | 23.Alain Sarteur | France | 6.91s | Q | | 28.Krasimir Gutev | Bulgaria | 6.96s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Brian Green | Great Britain | 6.73s | Q | | 5. Boris Izmestyev | Soviet Union | 6.77s | Q | | 12.Mirolyub Stoychev | Bulgaria | 6.82s | Q | | 14.Dominique Chauvelot | France | 6.84s | | | 18.Rolf Lewandowski | West Germany | 6.87s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 4. Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.76s | Q | | 17.Hans-Georg Teisner | West Germany | 6.85s | Q | | 19.Michel Limousin | France | 6.88s | Q | | 19.Ryszard Tulkis | Poland | 6.88s | | | 31.Rolf Trulsson |  Sweden | 6.99s | | | 33.Gernot Massing |  Austria | 7.06s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 7. Dorel Cristudor | Romania | 6.78s | Q | | 14.Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 6.84s | Q | | 14.Manuel Carballo | Spain | 6.84s | Q, NR | | 23.Georg Regner | Austria | 6.91s | NR | | 27.Raymond Heerenveen | Netherlands | 6.93s | | | 31.Thierry Boucquey |  Belgium | 6.99s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 2. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 6.72s | Q | | 5. Samuel Monsels | Netherlands | 6.77s | Q | | 8. Vincenzo Guerini | Italy | 6.80s | Q | | 19.Marc Delaunoit | Belgium | 6.88s | | | 22.Coen Jansen | Netherlands | 6.90s | | | 23.Francisco García | Spain | 6.91s | | | 28.Juraj Demeč |  Czechoslovakia | 6.96s | |
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| Heat 6 | | time | | | 9. Luigi Benedetti | Italy | 6.81s | Q | | 9. Antti Rajamäki | Finland | 6.81s | Q | | 13.Hans-Joachim Zenk | East Germany | 6.83s | Q | | 26.Luis Sarría | Spain | 6.92s | | | 30.Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 6.97s | |
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