| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 6.59s | | 6 | | 2. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 6.67s | | 3 | | 3. Zenon Licznerski |  Poland | 6.74s | | 2 | | 4. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.76s | | 5 | | 5. Alexander Thieme |  East Germany | 6.78s | | 1 | | 6. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.80s | | 4 |
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| | First 2 from each Semi and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 6.63s | Q | | 2. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 6.71s | Q | | 3. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.71s | Q | | 5. Alexander Thieme | East Germany | 6.75s | q | | 9. Samuel Monsels |  Netherlands | 6.82s | | | 11.Javier Martínez |  Spain | 6.84s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 4. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.74s | Q | | 6. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.77s | Q | | 7. Luciano Caravani |  Italy | 6.79s | | | 8. Jan Alończyk | Poland | 6.81s | | | 10.Lajos Gresa |  Hungary | 6.83s | | | 12.Raimo Vilén |  Finland | 6.90s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 8th March | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 6.68s | Q | | 8. Alexander Thieme | East Germany | 6.81s | Q | | 11.Javier Martínez | Spain | 6.85s | q | | 14.Heinz Busche |  West Germany | 6.88s | | | 17.Antti Rajamäki | Finland | 6.89s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.72s | Q | | 5. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.77s | Q | | 11.Lajos Gresa | Hungary | 6.85s | q | | 14.Raymond Heerenveen | Netherlands | 6.88s | | | 21.Temel Erbek |  Turkey | 7.10s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 6.73s | Q | | 4. Luciano Caravani | Italy | 6.76s | Q | | 7. Raimo Vilén | Finland | 6.79s | q | | 9. Samuel Monsels | Netherlands | 6.83s | q | | 20.Otakar Wild |  Czechoslovakia | 7.07s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 6. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.78s | Q | | 10.Jan Alończyk | Poland | 6.84s | Q | | 13.Josep Carbonell | Spain | 6.87s | | | 14.Jean-Claude Amoureux |  France | 6.88s | | | 18.Ossi Karttunen | Finland | 6.95s | | | 19.Audun Garshol |  Norway | 6.99s | |
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