| Final | | time | | | 1. Anatoliy Moshiashvili |  Soviet Union | 7.66s | CR | | 2. Mirosław Wodzyński |  Poland | 7.68s | | | 3. Frank Siebeck |  East Germany | 7.75s | | | 4. Leszek Wodzyński | Poland | 7.94s | | | 5. Giuseppe Buttari |  Italy | 8.01s | | | 6. Krister Clerselius |  Sweden | 8.05s | | | 7. Viktor Myasnikov | Soviet Union | 8.51s | | | -. Guy Drut |  France | DNF | |
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Heats - Saturday, 9th March | | First 4 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Guy Drut | France | 7.87s | Q | | 5. Viktor Myasnikov | Soviet Union | 7.93s | Q | | 6. Leszek Wodzyński | Poland | 7.94s | Q | | 10.Krister Clerselius | Sweden | 8.01s | Q | | 11.Vlastimil Hoferek |  Czechoslovakia | 8.02s | | | 12.Günther Nickel |  West Germany | 8.06s | | | 14.Jorge Zapata |  Spain | 8.11s | | | 16.Yves Kirpach |  Luxembourg | 8.33s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Anatoliy Moshiashvili | Soviet Union | 7.75s | Q | | 2. Frank Siebeck | East Germany | 7.81s | Q | | 3. Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 7.87s | Q | | 7. Giuseppe Buttari | Italy | 7.98s | Q | | 8. Beat Pfister |  Switzerland | 7.98s | | | 9. Yannick Vésin | France | 8.00s | | | 13.Efstratios Vasiliou |  Greece | 8.08s | | | 15.Petr Ŭech | Czechoslovakia | 8.15s | |
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