| | | Final |  | time |  |  | 1. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 6.64s |  |  | 2. Manfred Kokot |  East Germany | 6.66s |  |  | 3. Raimo Vilén |  Finland | 6.71s |  |  | 4. Brian Green |  Great Britain | 6.74s |  |  | 5. Samuel Monsels |  Netherlands | 6.81s |  |  | 6. Vincenzo Guerini |  Italy | 6.84s |  | 
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 | Semi-Finals - Saturday, 10th March |  | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. | 
 | | Semi 1 |  | time |  |  | 1. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 6.65s | Q |  | 5. Samuel Monsels |  Netherlands | 6.75s | Q |  | 7. Hans-Joachim Zenk |  East Germany | 6.77s |  |  | 8. Dorel Cristudor |  Romania | 6.78s |  |  | 10.Mirolyub Stoychev |  Bulgaria | 6.79s |  |  | 16.Alain Sarteur |  France | 6.84s |  | 
 |  | | Semi 2 |  | time |  |  | 2. Manfred Kokot |  East Germany | 6.66s | Q |  | 5. Vincenzo Guerini |  Italy | 6.75s | Q |  | 8. Boris Izmestyev |  Soviet Union | 6.78s |  |  | 10.Antti Rajamäki |  Finland | 6.79s |  |  | 15.Michel Limousin |  France | 6.82s |  |  | 17.Manfred Schumann |  West Germany | 6.87s |  | 
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 | | Semi 3 |  | time |  |  | 3. Brian Green |  Great Britain | 6.71s | Q |  | 4. Raimo Vilén |  Finland | 6.72s | Q |  | 10.Luigi Benedetti |  Italy | 6.79s |  |  | 13.Manuel Carballo |  Spain | 6.80s | NR |  | 14.Juris Silovs |  Soviet Union | 6.81s |  |  | 18.Hans-Georg Teisner |  West Germany | 6.90s |  | 
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 | | Heat 1 |  | time |  |  | 1. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 6.68s | Q |  | 9. Raimo Vilén |  Finland | 6.81s | Q |  | 23.Alain Sarteur |  France | 6.91s | Q |  | 28.Krasimir Gutev |  Bulgaria | 6.96s |  | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time |  |  | 3. Brian Green |  Great Britain | 6.73s | Q |  | 5. Boris Izmestyev |  Soviet Union | 6.77s | Q |  | 12.Mirolyub Stoychev |  Bulgaria | 6.82s | Q |  | 14.Dominique Chauvelot |  France | 6.84s |  |  | 18.Rolf Lewandowski |  West Germany | 6.87s |  | 
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 | | Heat 3 |  | time |  |  | 4. Juris Silovs |  Soviet Union | 6.76s | Q |  | 17.Hans-Georg Teisner |  West Germany | 6.85s | Q |  | 19.Michel Limousin |  France | 6.88s | Q |  | 19.Ryszard Tulkis |  Poland | 6.88s |  |  | 31.Rolf Trulsson |  Sweden | 6.99s |  |  | 33.Gernot Massing |  Austria | 7.06s |  | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time |  |  | 7. Dorel Cristudor |  Romania | 6.78s | Q |  | 14.Manfred Schumann |  West Germany | 6.84s | Q |  | 14.Manuel Carballo |  Spain | 6.84s | Q, NR |  | 23.Georg Regner |  Austria | 6.91s | NR |  | 27.Raymond Heerenveen |  Netherlands | 6.93s |  |  | 31.Thierry Boucquey |  Belgium | 6.99s |  | 
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 | | Heat 5 |  | time |  |  | 2. Manfred Kokot |  East Germany | 6.72s | Q |  | 5. Samuel Monsels |  Netherlands | 6.77s | Q |  | 8. Vincenzo Guerini |  Italy | 6.80s | Q |  | 19.Marc Delaunoit |  Belgium | 6.88s |  |  | 22.Coen Jansen |  Netherlands | 6.90s |  |  | 23.Francisco García |  Spain | 6.91s |  |  | 28.Juraj Demeč |  Czechoslovakia | 6.96s |  | 
 |  | | Heat 6 |  | time |  |  | 9. Luigi Benedetti |  Italy | 6.81s | Q |  | 9. Antti Rajamäki |  Finland | 6.81s | Q |  | 13.Hans-Joachim Zenk |  East Germany | 6.83s | Q |  | 26.Luis Sarría |  Spain | 6.92s |  |  | 30.Luděk Bohman |  Czechoslovakia | 6.97s |  | 
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