| Final | | time | | | 1. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 6.51s | CR, AR | | 2. Pierfrancesco Pavoni |  Italy | 6.58s | NR | | 3. František Ptáčník |  Czechoslovakia | 6.61s | | | 3. Antonio Ullo | Italy | 6.61s | | | 5. Valentin Atanasov |  Bulgaria | 6.62s | | | 6. Antoine Richard |  France | 6.63s | | | Final | | time | | | Final | | time | |
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| 1. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.52s | Q, CR, AR | | 2. František Ptáčník | Czechoslovakia | 6.59s | Q | | 2. Antonio Ullo | Italy | 6.59s | Q, NR | | 6. Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 6.60s | | | 8. Mike McFarlane |  Great Britain | 6.64s | | | 10.Christian Haas |  West Germany | 6.66s | | | 5. Antonio Ullo | Italy | 6.64s | Q | | 10.José Javier Arqués |  Spain | 6.69s | Q | | 12.Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.71s | q | | 13.Elliot Bunney | Great Britain | 6.72s | | | 14.Viktor Bryzgin |  Soviet Union | 6.73s | |
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| 2. Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 6.59s | Q, =NR | | 2. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.59s | Q | | 7. Antoine Richard | France | 6.61s | Q | | 8. José Javier Arqués | Spain | 6.64s | | | 11.Anri Grigorov | Bulgaria | 6.67s | | | 12.Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium | 6.68s | | | 4. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.63s | Q | | 7. Antoine Richard | France | 6.66s | Q | | 9. Mike McFarlane | Great Britain | 6.67s | q | | 14.Attila Kovács |  Hungary | 6.73s | | | 17.Matthias Schlicht | West Germany | 6.77s | | | 21.Jouni Myllymäki |  Finland | 6.84s | |
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| 2. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.61s | Q | | 5. Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | 6.64s | Q | | 7. Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 6.66s | q | | 16.Andreas Berger |  Austria | 6.74s | | | 18.Harri Nevavuo | Finland | 6.79s | | | 22.Tommy Björnquist |  Sweden | 6.97s | |
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| 1. František Ptáčník | Czechoslovakia | 6.60s | Q | | 2. Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 6.61s | Q | | 10.Anri Grigorov | Bulgaria | 6.69s | q | | 19.Max Morinière | France | 6.81s | | | 20.Ingo Todt | West Germany | 6.81s | | | -. Einar Sagli |  Norway | DNS | |
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