Final | | time | | L | 1. Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.59s | | 5 | 2. Holger Pohland | East Germany | 7.65s | | 4 | 3. Philippe Tourret | France | 7.67s | | 3 | 4. Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.69s | | 2 | 5. Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.72s | | 1 | 6. Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 7.72s | | 6 | 7. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.81s | | 7 | 8. Aleš Höffer | Czechoslovakia | 7.84s | | 8 |
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| First 3 from each Semi and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | | time | | 1. Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.53s | Q | 5. Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.71s | Q | 6. Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.72s | Q | 8. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.76s | q | 9. Vladimir Shishkin | Soviet Union | 7.78s | | 10.Rafał Cieśla | Poland | 7.79s | | 12.Steve Buckeridge | Great Britain | 7.80s | | 14.Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 7.81s | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 2. Holger Pohland | East Germany | 7.65s | Q | 3. Philippe Tourret | France | 7.65s | Q | 4. Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 7.70s | Q | 7. Aleš Höffer | Czechoslovakia | 7.74s | q | 10.Stefan Mattern | West Germany | 7.79s | | 12.Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 7.80s | | 15.Paweł Grzegorzewski | Poland | 7.82s | | 16.Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.92s | |
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| First 2 from each Heat and next Best 6 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Colin Jackson | Great Britain | 7.66s | Q | 5. Javier Moracho | Spain | 7.77s | Q | 8. Paweł Grzegorzewski | Poland | 7.80s | q | 11.Vladimir Shishkin | Soviet Union | 7.82s | q | 24.Gianni Tozzi | Italy | 7.99s | | 27.Thomas J. Kearns | Ireland | 8.08s | |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 2. Aleš Höffer | Czechoslovakia | 7.73s | Q | 5. Carlos Sala | Spain | 7.77s | Q | 10.Rafał Cieśla | Poland | 7.81s | q | 16.Stefan Mattern | West Germany | 7.86s | q | 28.Igor Kazanov | Soviet Union | 8.19s | | 30.Antonios Kezos | Cyprus | 8.40s | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 12.Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 7.83s | Q | 13.Steve Buckeridge | Great Britain | 7.83s | Q | 14.Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 7.84s | q | 19.György Bakos | Hungary | 7.92s | | 22.Herwig Röttl | Austria | 7.94s | | 28.João Lima | Portugal | 8.19s | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 3. Holger Pohland | East Germany | 7.74s | Q | 8. Nigel Walker | Great Britain | 7.80s | Q | 19.Philippe Aubert | France | 7.92s | | 21.Alain Cuypers | Belgium | 7.93s | | 23.Lajos Sárközi | Hungary | 7.97s | | 25.Kai Kyllönen | Finland | 8.01s | |
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Heat 5 | | time | | 4. Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 7.76s | Q | 5. Philippe Tourret | France | 7.77s | Q | 14.Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 7.84s | q | 17.Ulf Söderman | Sweden | 7.90s | | 18.Pavel ŀáda | Czechoslovakia | 7.91s | | 26.Harri Rouhiainen | Finland | 8.03s | |
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