| Final 17:30 | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  URS | 10.27s | | | 2. Pietro Mennea |  ITA | 10.34s | | | 3. Klaus-Dieter Bieler |  FRG | 10.35s | | | 4. Juris Silovs | URS | 10.35s | | | 5. Dominique Chauvelot |  FRA | 10.35s | | | 6. Manfred Ommer | FRG | 10.36s | | | 7. Christer Garpenborg |  SWE | 10.39s | | | 8. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | URS | 10.43s | |
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Semi-Finals - Tuesday 03.09 16:00 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10.39s | Q | | 2. Manfred Ommer | FRG | 10.42s | Q | | 3. Christer Garpenborg | SWE | 10.42s | Q | | 4. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | URS | 10.45s | Q | | 5. Klaus Ehl | FRG | 10.50s | | | 6. Raimo Vilén |  FIN | 10.52s | | | 7. Lambert Micha |  BEL | 10.55s | | | 8. Michael Droese |  GDR | 10.59s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Dominique Chauvelot | FRA | 10.28s | Q | | 2. Pietro Mennea | ITA | 10.29s | Q | | 3. Juris Silovs | URS | 10.36s | Q | | 4. Klaus-Dieter Bieler | FRG | 10.44s | Q | | 5. Vasilios Papageorgopoulos |  GRE | 10.44s | | | 6. Antti Rajamäki | FIN | 10.46s | | | 7. Zenon Nowosz |  POL | 10.61s | | | 8. Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 10.69s | |
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Heats - Monday 02.09 | | First 3 and Best 4 progress to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10.49s | Q | | 2. Dominique Chauvelot | FRA | 10.56s | Q | | 3. Zenon Nowosz | POL | 10.64s | Q | | 4. Michael Droese | GDR | 10.65s | q | | 5. Lambert Micha | BEL | 10.67s | q | | 6. Juraj Demeč |  TCH | 10.80s | | | 7. Lasse Malin | FIN | 10.85s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Pietro Mennea | ITA | 10.46s | Q | | 2. Klaus Ehl | FRG | 10.54s | Q | | 3. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | URS | 10.63s | Q | | 4. Andrzej Świerczyński | POL | 10.73s | | | 5. Hans-Joachim Zenk | GDR | 10.82s | | | 6. Endre Lepold |  HUN | 10.97s | |
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| Heat 3 Wind -0.6m/s | time | | | 1. Christer Garpenborg | SWE | 10.53s | Q | | 2. Klaus-Dieter Bieler | FRG | 10.54s | Q | | 3. Raimo Vilén | FIN | 10.57s | Q | | 4. Juris Silovs | URS | 10.62s | q | | 5. Javier Martínez |  ESP | 10.82s | | | 6. Don Halliday |  GBR | 10.86s | | | 7. László Korona | HUN | 10.95s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Antti Rajamäki | FIN | 10.58s | Q | | 2. Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | GRE | 10.59s | Q | | 3. Manfred Ommer | FRG | 10.59s | Q | | 4. Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 10.70s | q | | 5. Lajos Gresa | HUN | 10.74s | | | 6. Marian Woronin | POL | 10.77s | | | 7. Rolf Trulsson | SWE | 10.78s | | | 8. Luděk Bohman | TCH | 10.92s | |
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