| Final | | time | | | 1. Eckart Berkes |  West Germany | 7.8s | | | 2. Aleksandr Demus |  Soviet Union | 7.9s | | | 3. Sergio Liani |  Italy | 7.9s | | | 4. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 7.9s | | | 5. Graham Gower |  Great Britain | 8.0s | | | 6. Patrick Malrieux |  France | 8.0s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Eckart Berkes | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Patrick Malrieux | France | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Sergio Liani | Italy | 8.1s | Q | | 4. Adam Galant |  Poland | 8.1s | | | 5. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 8.1s | | | 6. Slavcho Kostov |  Bulgaria | 8.3s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Aleksandr Demus | Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Graham Gower | Great Britain | 8.0s | Q | | 4. Luigi Donofrio | Italy | 8.0s | | | 5. Jürgen Wehnert |  East Germany | 8.0s | | | 6. Mirosław Majchrzak | Poland | 8.0s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Demus | Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Jürgen Wehnert | East Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Luigi Donofrio | Italy | 8.1s | Q | | 4. Viorel Suciu |  Romania | 8.2s | | | 5. Ivan Sedláček |  Czechoslovakia | 8.3s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Eckart Berkes | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Mirosław Majchrzak | Poland | 8.1s | Q | | 3. Slavcho Kostov | Bulgaria | 8.1s | Q | | 4. Nicolae Pertea | Romania | 8.1s | | | 5. Fiorenzo Marchesi |  Switzerland | 8.5s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Patrick Malrieux | France | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 8.1s | Q | | 3. Adam Galant | Poland | 8.2s | Q | | 4. Rafael Cano |  Spain | 8.4s | | | 5. Ervin Sebestyen | Romania | 8.4s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Graham Gower | Great Britain | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Sergio Liani | Italy | 8.0s | Q | | 4. Efstratios Vasiliou |  Greece | 8.1s | |
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| All Times | | Final | | time | | | 1. Eckart Berkes | West Germany | 7.8s | | | 2. Aleksandr Demus | Soviet Union | 7.9s | | | 3. Sergio Liani | Italy | 7.9s | | | 4. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 7.9s | | | 5. Graham Gower | Great Britain | 8.0s | | | 6. Patrick Malrieux | France | 8.0s | | | Semi 1 | | time | | | Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Eckart Berkes | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Patrick Malrieux | France | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Sergio Liani | Italy | 8.1s | Q | | 4. Adam Galant | Poland | 8.1s | | | 5. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 8.1s | | | 6. Slavcho Kostov | Bulgaria | 8.3s | | | 1. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Aleksandr Demus | Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Graham Gower | Great Britain | 8.0s | Q | | 4. Luigi Donofrio | Italy | 8.0s | | | 5. Jürgen Wehnert | East Germany | 8.0s | | | 6. Mirosław Majchrzak | Poland | 8.0s | | | Heat 1 | | time | | | Heat 2 | | time | | | Heat 3 | | time | | | Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Demus | Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Jürgen Wehnert | East Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Luigi Donofrio | Italy | 8.1s | Q | | 4. Viorel Suciu | Romania | 8.2s | | | 5. Ivan Sedláček | Czechoslovakia | 8.3s | | | 1. Eckart Berkes | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Mirosław Majchrzak | Poland | 8.1s | Q | | 3. Slavcho Kostov | Bulgaria | 8.1s | Q | | 4. Nicolae Pertea | Romania | 8.1s | | | 5. Fiorenzo Marchesi | Switzerland | 8.5s | | | 1. Patrick Malrieux | France | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 8.1s | Q | | 3. Adam Galant | Poland | 8.2s | Q | | 4. Rafael Cano | Spain | 8.4s | | | 5. Ervin Sebestyen | Romania | 8.4s | | | 1. Günther Nickel | West Germany | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Graham Gower | Great Britain | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Sergio Liani | Italy | 8.0s | Q | | 4. Efstratios Vasiliou | Greece | 8.1s | |
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