| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Igors Kazanovs |  Latvia | 7.55s | | 6 | | 2. Tomasz Nagórka |  Poland | 7.69s | | 3 | | 3. Jiří Hudec |  Czechoslovakia | 7.72s | | 4 | | 4. Jon Ridgeon |  Great Britain | 7.78s | | 8 | | 5. Antti Haapakoski |  Finland | 7.79s | | 5 | | 6. Laurent Ottoz |  Italy | 7.80s | | 1 | | 7. Rafał Cieśla | Poland | 7.83s | | 7 | | 8. Marco Todeschini | Italy | 7.83s | | 2 |
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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Igors Kazanovs | Latvia | 7.61s | Q | | 7. Rafał Cieśla | Poland | 7.76s | Q | | 9. Jon Ridgeon | Great Britain | 7.78s | Q | | 10.Marco Todeschini | Italy | 7.80s | Q | | 11.Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 7.81s | | | 14.Thomas J. Kearns |  Ireland | 7.99s | | | 15.Sébastien Thibault |  France | 8.53s | | | 16.Igor Kováč | Czechoslovakia | 9.14s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 2. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.67s | Q | | 3. Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.72s | Q | | 4. Antti Haapakoski | Finland | 7.73s | Q | | 5. Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 7.74s | Q | | 6. Hugh Teape | Great Britain | 7.75s | | | 7. Aleksandr Markin |  Unified Team | 7.76s | | | 12.Carlos Sala |  Spain | 7.95s | | | 13.Dietmar Koszewski |  Germany | 7.98s | |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 4. Igors Kazanovs | Latvia | 7.75s | Q | | 7. Sébastien Thibault | France | 7.78s | Q | | 8. Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 7.79s | Q | | 18.Claes Albihn |  Sweden | 7.92s | | | 19.Mike Fenner | Germany | 7.93s | | | 20.Stelios Bisbas |  Greece | 7.93s | | | 27.Erik Ulvness |  Norway | 8.18s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Igor Kováč | Czechoslovakia | 7.72s | Q | | 3. Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 7.74s | Q | | 5. Antti Haapakoski | Finland | 7.76s | Q | | 9. Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.80s | q | | 24.Paweł Grzegorzewski | Poland | 8.03s | | | 25.Ruhan Işım |  Turkey | 8.13s | | | 26.Vincent Clarico | France | 8.16s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.70s | Q | | 5. Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.76s | Q | | 11.Jon Ridgeon | Great Britain | 7.81s | Q | | 16.Thomas J. Kearns | Ireland | 7.90s | q | | 22.Niklas Eriksson | Sweden | 7.96s | | | 23.Gheorghe Boroi |  Romania | 8.01s | | | -. Sven Göhler | Germany | DNF | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 9. Hugh Teape | Great Britain | 7.80s | Q | | 11.Rafał Cieśla | Poland | 7.81s | Q | | 13.Marco Todeschini | Italy | 7.84s | Q | | 14.Aleksandr Markin | Unified Team | 7.84s | q | | 15.Dietmar Koszewski | Germany | 7.89s | q | | 17.Dan Philibert | France | 7.91s | | | 21.Robert Změlík | Czechoslovakia | 7.95s | |
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