| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Egon Henninger |  East Germany | 1:08.6 | Q | | 9. Ladislau Koszta |  Romania | 1:09.9 | | | 12.Pavel Pejša |  Czechoslovakia | 1:10.8 | | | 15.Csinger Márton |  Hungary | 1:11.5 | | | 17.Ernst May |  Austria | 1:11.7 | | | 19.Leiknir Jónsson |  Iceland | 1:12.5 | | | 20.Cezary �šmiglak |  Poland | 1:13.2 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Nyikolay Pankin |  Soviet Union | 1:07.9 | Q, ECR | | 2. Rolf Klees |  West Germany | 1:08.1 | Q | | 5. Vlagyimir Koszinszkij | Soviet Union | 1:08.5 | Q | | 8. Pedro Balcells |  Spain | 1:09.7 | Q | | 10.Steffen Kriechbaum | Austria | 1:10.7 | | | 13.José Durán | Spain | 1:10.9 | | | 16.Teodorosz Kotomanisz |  Greece | 1:11.7 | NR | | 17.David Wilkie |  Great Britain | 1:12.4 | |
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