Final | | time | | L | 1. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.77s | CR | 4 | 2. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.83s | | 3 | 3. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.95s | | 2 | 4. Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.13s | | 5 | 5. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.53s | | 1 |
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| First 2 from each Semi and next 1 Best advanced to Final. |
2. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.96s | Q | 6. Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.21s | Q | 7. Rolf Kistner | West Germany | 21.22s | | 8. Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 21.23s | | 10.Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.67s | |
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1. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.81s | Q, CR | 3. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.97s | Q | 4. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.03s | q | 5. Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.16s | | 9. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.38s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 2nd March | Winner of each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 3. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 21.15s | Q | 11.Linford Christie | Great Britain | 21.50s | | 16.Georgios Vamvakas | Greece | 21.94s | | 17.Tore Bergan | Norway | 21.94s | | -. Attila Kovács | Hungary | DNS | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 3. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 21.15s | Q | 5. Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.23s | q | 13.Aleksandar Popović | Yugoslavia | 21.73s | | 20.Pedro Agostinho | Portugal | 22.16s | | 24.Ioannis Ioannou | Cyprus | 22.57s | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 9. István Nagy | Hungary | 21.41s | Q | 13.Thomas Wild | Switzerland | 21.73s | | 21.Kenth Rönn | Sweden | 22.25s | | 25.Jean-Claude Gengler | Luxembourg | 22.58s | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 6. Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 21.36s | Q | 7. Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.39s | q | 15.Frank Pilgram | West Germany | 21.80s | | 18.Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 22.02s | |
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Heat 5 | | time | | 1. Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 21.14s | Q | 2. Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.14s | q | 12.Earl Tulloch | Great Britain | 21.65s | | 19.Per-Ola Olsson | Sweden | 22.08s | |
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Heat 6 | | time | | 8. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.40s | Q | 10.Rolf Kistner | West Germany | 21.42s | q | 22.Georgios Kaikis | Greece | 22.34s | | 23.Luís Cunha | Portugal | 22.34s | |
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