| Final | | time | | | 1. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 5.65s | CR | | 2. Vladimir Muravyov |  Soviet Union | 5.76s | | | 3. Andrey Shlyapnikov | Soviet Union | 5.77s | | | 4. Antoine Richard |  France | 5.78s | | | 5. Philippe Le Joncour | France | 5.79s | | | 6. Selwyn Clarke |  Great Britain | 5.82s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Marian Woronin | Poland | 5.67s | Q, CR | | 2. Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 5.73s | Q | | 5. Philippe Le Joncour | France | 5.79s | Q | | 7. Luciano Caravani |  Italy | 5.80s | | | 7. Ivaylo Karanyotov |  Bulgaria | 5.80s | | | 11.Stefan Nilsson |  Sweden | 5.83s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Andrey Shlyapnikov | Soviet Union | 5.76s | Q | | 4. Antoine Richard | France | 5.78s | Q | | 5. Selwyn Clarke | Great Britain | 5.79s | Q | | 7. Marc Gasparoni | France | 5.80s | | | 10.Josep Carbonell |  Spain | 5.82s | | | 12.Jerzy Brunner | Poland | 5.89s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Marc Gasparoni | France | 5.79s | Q | | 3. Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 5.79s | Q | | 6. Josep Carbonell | Spain | 5.84s | Q | | 12.Stefan Nilsson | Sweden | 5.92s | q | | 13.Franco Zucchini | Italy | 5.93s | | | 15.Roland Jokl |  Austria | 5.98s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Andrey Shlyapnikov | Soviet Union | 5.78s | Q | | 3. Philippe Le Joncour | France | 5.79s | Q | | 10.Selwyn Clarke | Great Britain | 5.86s | Q | | 11.Jerzy Brunner | Poland | 5.89s | q | | 16.Josef Mayr | Austria | 5.98s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Marian Woronin | Poland | 5.70s | Q, CR | | 6. Antoine Richard | France | 5.84s | Q | | 6. Ivaylo Karanyotov | Bulgaria | 5.84s | Q | | 9. Luciano Caravani | Italy | 5.85s | q | | 14.Aleksandar Popović |  Yugoslavia | 5.97s | |
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