| | | Final |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 6.62s |  | 5 |  | 2. Christian Haas |  West Germany | 6.62s |  | 2 |  | 3. Aleksandr Aksinin |  Soviet Union | 6.63s |  | 6 |  | 4. Nikolay Kolesnikov |  Soviet Union | 6.65s |  | 4 |  | 5. Andrey Shlyapnikov |  Soviet Union | 6.66s |  | 1 |  | 6. Gianfranco Lazzer |  Italy | 6.75s |  | 3 | 
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 |  |  | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. | 
 | | Semi 1 |  | time |  |  | 1. Christian Haas |  West Germany | 6.55s | Q, AR |  | 3. Nikolay Kolesnikov |  Soviet Union | 6.62s | Q |  | 5. Andrey Shlyapnikov |  Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q |  | 8. Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium | 6.72s | DQ |  | 8. Friedhelm Heckel |  West Germany | 6.75s |  |  | 9. Jerzy Brunner |  Poland | 6.78s |  | 
 |  | | Semi 2 |  | time |  |  | 2. Aleksandr Aksinin |  Soviet Union | 6.56s | Q |  | 4. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 6.63s | Q |  | 6. Gianfranco Lazzer |  Italy | 6.68s | Q |  | 7. Werner Bastians |  West Germany | 6.71s |  |  | 9. Franco Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 6.78s |  |  | 11.Josep Carbonell |  Spain | 6.80s |  | 
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 | Heats - Saturday, 1st March |  | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 3 advanced to Semi-Finals. | 
 | | Heat 1 |  | time |  |  | 4. Nikolay Kolesnikov |  Soviet Union | 6.70s | Q |  | 6. Werner Bastians |  West Germany | 6.73s | Q |  | 8. Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium | 6.76s | DQ |  | 9. Jerzy Brunner |  Poland | 6.80s | q |  | 13.Gilles ũchevin |  France | 6.94s |  | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time |  |  | 1. Christian Haas |  West Germany | 6.61s | Q |  | 5. Andrey Shlyapnikov |  Soviet Union | 6.71s | Q |  | 9. Josep Carbonell |  Spain | 6.80s | Q |  | 12.Zenon Licznerski |  Poland | 6.82s |  |  | 14.Roland Jokl |  Austria | 6.97s |  | 
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 | | Heat 3 |  | time |  |  | 2. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 6.62s | Q |  | 3. Aleksandr Aksinin |  Soviet Union | 6.67s | Q |  | 7. Gianfranco Lazzer |  Italy | 6.74s | Q |  | 8. Friedhelm Heckel |  West Germany | 6.78s | q |  | 11.Franco Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 6.81s | q | 
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