| Final | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev |  Soviet Union | 20.97s | | | 2. Jacques Borlée |  Belgium | 21.13s | | | 3. István Nagy |  Hungary | 21.18s | | | 4. Peter Klein |  West Germany | 21.41s | | | 5. Ferenc Kiss | Hungary | 21.57s | |
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| | First 2 from each Semi and Best time advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 2. István Nagy | Hungary | 20.94s | Q | | 4. Jacques Borlée | Belgium | 21.10s | Q | | 6. Czesław Prądzyński |  Poland | 21.25s | | | 9. Aldo Canti |  France | 21.58s | | | -. Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | DQ | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.93s | Q, CR | | 3. Ferenc Kiss | Hungary | 21.04s | Q | | 5. Peter Klein | West Germany | 21.22s | q | | 7. László Babály | Hungary | 21.32s | | | 8. Roland Jokl |  Austria | 21.40s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 5th March | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 2 times advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.25s | Q | | 4. Jacques Borlée | Belgium | 21.29s | Q | | 9. Aldo Canti | France | 21.50s | q | | 15.Şükrü Çaprazlı |  Turkey | 22.52s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 21.28s | Q | | 10.Peter Klein | West Germany | 21.54s | Q | | 11.Earl Tulloch |  Great Britain | 21.78s | | | 13.Tommy Johansson |  Sweden | 22.15s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.27s | Q | | 5. László Babály | Hungary | 21.30s | Q | | 6. Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 21.31s | q | | -. Kenth Rönn | Sweden | DNS | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 7. Ferenc Kiss | Hungary | 21.34s | Q | | 8. Czesław Prądzyński | Poland | 21.42s | Q | | 12.Jouko Lehtinen |  Finland | 21.87s | | | 14.Per-Ola Olsson | Sweden | 22.28s | |
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