Final | | time | | L | 1. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 6.63s | | 3 | 2. Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.64s | | 5 | 3. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.66s | | 2 | 4. Antoine Richard | France | 6.66s | | 1 | 5. Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 6.69s | | 4 | 6. Arkadiusz Janiak | Poland | 6.70s | | 6 |
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| First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | | time | | 2. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.65s | Q | 2. Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.65s | Q | 6. Arkadiusz Janiak | Poland | 6.66s | Q | 7. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 6.67s | | 9. Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 6.69s | | 11.Jarmo Anias | Finland | 6.78s | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 1. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 6.62s | Q | 2. Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q | 2. Antoine Richard | France | 6.65s | Q | 8. Selwyn Clarke | Great Britain | 6.68s | | 10.Ferenc Kiss | Hungary | 6.76s | | 11.Gianfranco Lazzer | Italy | 6.78s | |
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Heats - Saturday, | First 2 from each Heat and Best 4 times advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Valentin Atanasov | Bulgaria | 6.61s | Q | 2. Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 6.66s | Q | 8. Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 6.72s | q | 13.Jouko Lehtinen | Finland | 6.82s | | 17.Kenth Rönn | Sweden | 6.94s | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 3. Selwyn Clarke | Great Britain | 6.69s | Q | 6. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 6.70s | Q | 15.Stefan Nilsson | Sweden | 6.87s | | 16.Şükrü Çaprazlı | Turkey | 6.90s | | -. Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | DQ | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 3. Arkadiusz Janiak | Poland | 6.69s | Q | 7. Antoine Richard | France | 6.71s | Q | 12.Jarmo Anias | Finland | 6.81s | q | 18.Tommy Johansson | Sweden | 6.95s | | 19.Richard Luxemburger | West Germany | 6.95s | |
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3. Christian Haas | West Germany | 6.69s | Q | 9. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 6.75s | Q | 10.Ferenc Kiss | Hungary | 6.77s | q | 11.Gianfranco Lazzer | Italy | 6.80s | q | 14.Roland Jokl | Austria | 6.83s | |
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