| Final | | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 5.75s | =WB | | 2. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 5.81s | | | 3. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos |  Greece | 5.82s | | | 4. Gerhard Wucherer |  West Germany | 5.84s | | | 5. Raimo Vilén |  Finland | 5.93s | | | 6. Manuel Carballo |  Spain | 6.28s | |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 11th March | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 5.77s | Q | | 3. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 5.80s | Q | | 4. Raimo Vilén | Finland | 5.82s | Q, NR | | 6. Patrick Bourbeillon |  France | 5.85s | | | 8. Barrie Kelly |  Great Britain | 5.92s | | | 12.Philippe Clerc |  Switzerland | 6.15s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 5.77s | Q, NR | | 5. Gerhard Wucherer | West Germany | 5.83s | Q | | 7. Manuel Carballo | Spain | 5.90s | Q, NR | | 8. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 5.92s | | | 10.Romain Roels |  Belgium | 5.98s | | | 11.Erik Gustafsson | Finland | 6.05s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Gerhard Wucherer | West Germany | 5.82s | Q | | 6. Manuel Carballo | Spain | 5.92s | Q | | 6. Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 5.92s | Q | | 12.Erik Gustafsson | Finland | 6.02s | Q | | 15.Luděk Bohman |  Czechoslovakia | 6.13s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 5.83s | Q | | 5. Raimo Vilén | Finland | 5.88s | Q | | 6. Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 5.92s | Q | | 9. Romain Roels | Belgium | 6.01s | Q | | 12.Søren Viggo Pedersen |  Denmark | 6.02s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 5.75s | Q, WB | | 2. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 5.80s | Q | | 9. Patrick Bourbeillon | France | 6.01s | Q, NR | | 9. Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 6.01s | Q | | 12.Vittorio Roscio |  Italy | 6.02s | |
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