Final | | time | | 1. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.58s | =CR, NR | 2. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 6.63s | | 3. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.66s | | 4. Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 6.66s | | 5. Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.68s | | 6. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.70s | | 7. Lajos Gresa | Hungary | 6.71s | | 8. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 6.73s | |
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| First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | | time | | 1. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 6.58s | Q, CR | 2. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.61s | Q | 3. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.64s | Q | 6. Lajos Gresa | Hungary | 6.68s | Q | 8. Eberhard Weise | East Germany | 6.69s | | 10.Dominique Chauvelot | France | 6.73s | | 13.Rolf Trulsson | Sweden | 6.76s | | 14.Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 6.76s | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 3. Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 6.64s | Q | 5. Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q | 6. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.68s | Q | 9. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 6.71s | Q | 10.Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 6.73s | | 12.Dorel Cristudor | Romania | 6.74s | =NR | 15.Raimo Vilén | Finland | 6.82s | | 16.Alain Sarteur | France | 6.82s | |
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Heat 1 | | time | | 2. Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 6.68s | Q | 4. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.71s | Q | 5. Eberhard Weise | East Germany | 6.73s | Q | 6. Dorel Cristudor | Romania | 6.74s | Q, NR | 22.Samuel Monsels | Netherlands | 6.95s | | 24.Kaj Pedersen | Denmark | 6.97s | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 9. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.78s | Q | 10.Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 6.79s | Q | 12.Lajos Gresa | Hungary | 6.82s | Q | 17.Alain Sarteur | France | 6.86s | Q | 19.Juraj Demeč | Czechoslovakia | 6.90s | | 20.Jerzy Wieczorek | Poland | 6.91s | | 20.Endre Lépold | Hungary | 6.91s | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 6. Vasilis Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 6.74s | Q | 6. Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 6.74s | Q | 11.Dominique Chauvelot | France | 6.80s | Q | 14.Rolf Trulsson | Sweden | 6.84s | Q | 23.José Luis Sánchez | Spain | 6.96s | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 1. Manfred Kokot | East Germany | 6.66s | Q | 3. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.69s | Q | 13.Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 6.83s | Q | 14.Raimo Vilén | Finland | 6.84s | Q | 16.Raymond Heerenveen | Netherlands | 6.85s | | 18.Audun Garshol | Norway | 6.89s | |
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