| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Erwin Skamrahl |  West Germany | 21.20s | | 4 | | 2. István Nagy |  Hungary | 21.41s | | 2 | | 3. Michele Di Pace |  Italy | 21.52s | | 3 | | 4. Ingo Froböse | West Germany | 21.64s | | 1 |
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| | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 3. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.42s | Q | | 4. Michele Di Pace | Italy | 21.43s | Q | | 7. Vladimir Muravyov |  Soviet Union | 21.96s | | | 8. Karl-Heinz Weisenseel | West Germany | 22.03s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany | 21.32s | Q | | 2. Ingo Froböse | West Germany | 21.38s | Q | | 5. Franco Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 21.52s | | | 6. Marcel Klarenbeek |  Netherlands | 21.70s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 6th March | | First 1 from each Heat and next Best 3 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 6. Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany | 21.58s | Q | | 11.Ángel Heras |  Spain | 21.71s | | | 14.Earl Tulloch |  Great Britain | 21.77s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Michele Di Pace | Italy | 21.58s | Q | | 9. Attila Kovács | Hungary | 21.70s | | | 13.Isidoro Hornillos | Spain | 21.76s | | | 20.Ralf Andersson |  Sweden | 22.30s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 5. Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 21.51s | Q | | 8. Luciano Caravani | Italy | 21.67s | | | 19.Roland Jokl |  Austria | 22.09s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Karl-Heinz Weisenseel | West Germany | 21.42s | Q | | 4. Marcel Klarenbeek | Netherlands | 21.47s | q, NR | | 9. Per-Ola Olsson | Sweden | 21.70s | | | 21.Roland Marichal |  Belgium | 22.84s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 12.Franco Fähndrich | Switzerland | 21.75s | Q | | 15.István Tatár | Hungary | 21.85s | | | 16.Josef Lomický |  Czechoslovakia | 21.92s | |
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| Heat 6 | | time | | | 1. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.42s | Q | | 3. Ingo Froböse | West Germany | 21.43s | q | | 17.Stefaan van Hamme | Belgium | 21.96s | | | 18.Tommy Johansson | Sweden | 22.03s | |
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