| Final | | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 6.58s | =CR, NR | | 2. Manfred Kokot |  East Germany | 6.63s | | | 3. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.66s | | | 4. Christer Garpenborg |  Sweden | 6.66s | | | 5. Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.68s | | | 6. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 6.70s | | | 7. Lajos Gresa |  Hungary | 6.71s | | | 8. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos |  Greece | 6.73s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 6.58s | Q, CR | | 2. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.61s | Q | | 3. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.64s | Q | | 6. Lajos Gresa | Hungary | 6.68s | Q | | 8. Eberhard Weise | East Germany | 6.69s | | | 10.Dominique Chauvelot |  France | 6.73s | | | 13.Rolf Trulsson | Sweden | 6.76s | | | 14.Manfred Ommer |  West Germany | 6.76s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 6.64s | Q | | 5. Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q | | 6. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.68s | Q | | 9. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 6.71s | Q | | 10.Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 6.73s | | | 12.Dorel Cristudor |  Romania | 6.74s | =NR | | 15.Raimo Vilén |  Finland | 6.82s | | | 16.Alain Sarteur | France | 6.82s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 2. Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 6.68s | Q | | 4. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.71s | Q | | 5. Eberhard Weise | East Germany | 6.73s | Q | | 6. Dorel Cristudor | Romania | 6.74s | Q, NR | | 22.Samuel Monsels |  Netherlands | 6.95s | | | 24.Kaj Pedersen |  Denmark | 6.97s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 9. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.78s | Q | | 10.Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 6.79s | Q | | 12.Lajos Gresa | Hungary | 6.82s | Q | | 17.Alain Sarteur | France | 6.86s | Q | | 19.Juraj Demeč |  Czechoslovakia | 6.90s | | | 20.Jerzy Wieczorek | Poland | 6.91s | | | 20.Endre Lépold | Hungary | 6.91s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 6. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 6.74s | Q | | 6. Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.74s | Q | | 11.Dominique Chauvelot | France | 6.80s | Q | | 14.Rolf Trulsson | Sweden | 6.84s | Q | | 23.José Luis Sánchez |  Spain | 6.96s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 6.66s | Q | | 3. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.69s | Q | | 13.Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 6.83s | Q | | 14.Raimo Vilén | Finland | 6.84s | Q | | 16.Raymond Heerenveen | Netherlands | 6.85s | | | 18.Audun Garshol |  Norway | 6.89s | |
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