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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| -. Jiří Hudec |  Czechoslovakia | DNF | | | 1. Tony Jarrett |  Great Britain | 7.54s | Q | | 5. Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.67s | Q | | 7. Stefan Mattern |  West Germany | 7.69s | | | 10.Thomas J. Kearns |  Ireland | 7.82s | | | 11.Laurent Ottoz |  Italy | 7.82s | | | 12.Liviu Giurgian |  Romania | 7.84s | | | 1. Tony Jarrett | Great Britain | 7.54s | Q | | 7. Thomas J. Kearns | Ireland | 7.80s | Q | | 8. Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 7.80s | q | | 15.Javier Moracho |  Spain | 7.84s | | | 21.Per Nicolaisen |  Norway | 7.99s | |
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| 5. Tomasz Nagórka |  Poland | 7.64s | | | 2. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.58s | Q | | 3. Igors Kazanovs |  Soviet Union | 7.62s | Q | | 4. Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 7.64s | q | | 6. Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 7.68s | q | | 8. Dan Philibert |  France | 7.72s | | | 9. Carles Sala | Spain | 7.76s | | | 4. Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 7.75s | Q | | 9. Liviu Giurgian | Romania | 7.81s | Q | | 12.Dan Philibert | France | 7.82s | q | | 17.Ulf Söderman |  Sweden | 7.90s | | | 18.Holger Pohland |  East Germany | 7.93s | |
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| 2. Tony Jarrett | Great Britain | 7.58s | | | 10.Carles Sala | Spain | 7.82s | Q | | 11.Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 7.82s | Q | | 14.Hugh Teape | Great Britain | 7.83s | | | 23.Michael Loizias |  Cyprus | 8.45s | | | 24.Aleš Höffer | Czechoslovakia | 8.50s | | | -. Philippe Tourret | France | DNF | |
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| 1. Igors Kazanovs | Soviet Union | 7.52s | | | 2. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.60s | Q | | 6. Igors Kazanovs | Soviet Union | 7.77s | Q | | 12.Mike Fenner | East Germany | 7.82s | | | 20.Sébastien Thibault | France | 7.94s | | | 21.Igor Kováč | Czechoslovakia | 7.99s | |
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