| 1. Linford Christie |  Great Britain | 6.56s | | 2 | | 2. Pierfrancesco Pavoni |  Italy | 6.59s | | 3 | | 3. Jiří Valík |  Czechoslovakia | 6.63s | | 1 | | 4. Andreas Berger |  Austria | 6.64s | | 4 | | 5. Bruno Marie-Rose |  France | 6.66s | | 5 | | 6. Jason Livingston | Great Britain | 6.75s | | 6 |
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| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 6.58s | Q | | 3. Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 6.63s | Q | | 7. Enrique Talavera |  Spain | 6.70s | | | 8. Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 6.70s | | | 13.Dietmar Schulte |  West Germany | 6.78s | |
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| 2. Linford Christie | Great Britain | 6.61s | Q | | 3. Andreas Berger | Austria | 6.63s | Q | | 5. José Javier Arqués | Spain | 6.66s | | | 12.Vitaliy Savin |  Soviet Union | 6.77s | |
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| 2. Linford Christie | Great Britain | 6.66s | Q | | 6. Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 6.70s | Q | | 9. Sergio López | Spain | 6.73s | Q | | 10.Vitaliy Savin | Soviet Union | 6.74s | q | | 10.Raymond Schüler | West Germany | 6.74s | q | | 15.Antoine Richard | France | 6.78s | |
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| 1. Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 6.61s | Q | | 3. Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 6.68s | Q | | 4. José Javier Arqués | Spain | 6.69s | Q | | 7. Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 6.71s | q | | 10.Dietmar Schulte | West Germany | 6.74s | q | | 17.Jouni Myllymäki |  Finland | 6.81s | |
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| 4. Enrique Talavera | Spain | 6.69s | Q, PB | | 8. Andreas Berger | Austria | 6.72s | Q | | 13.Jason Livingston | Great Britain | 6.77s | Q | | 14.Franz Ratzenberger | Austria | 6.77s | | | 16.Stefan Burkart |  Switzerland | 6.79s | | | 18.Kennet Kjensli |  Norway | 6.83s | |
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