| Final 14:20 | time |   |  | 1. Martin Lauer |  FRG | 13.7s | AR |  | 2. Stanko Lorger |  YUG | 14.1s |   |  | 3. Anatoliy Mikhailov |  URS | 14.4s |   |  | 4. Peter Hildreth |  GBR | 14.4s |   |  | 5. Giorgio Mazza |  ITA | 14.6s |   |  | 6. Kenneth Johanson |  SWE | 14.7s |   |   
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| History Men 110m Hurdles |  | World Record: David (USA) 13.4s |  | European Record: Lauer (FRG) 13.7s |  | Championship Record: Finlay (GBR) 14.3s - 1954 |   
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  Semi-Finals - Saturday 23.08 15:00 |  | First 3 to Final |   
| Semi 1 | time |   |  | 1. Martin Lauer |  FRG | 14.5s | Q |  | 2. Peter Hildreth |  GBR | 14.9s | Q |  | 3. Anatoliy Mikhailov |  URS | 14.9s | Q |  | 4. Tor Olsen |  NOR | 14.9s |   |  | 5. Nereo Svara |  ITA | 15.0s |   |  | 6. Eef Kamerbeek |  NED | 15.1s |   |   
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| Semi 2 | time |   |  | 1. Stanko Lorger |  YUG | 14.4s | Q |  | 2. Giorgio Mazza |  ITA | 14.7s | Q |  | 3. Kenneth Johanson |  SWE | 14.8s | Q |  | 4. Jacques Dohen |  FRA | 14.9s |   |  | 5. Georgios Marsellos |  GRE | 15.0s |   |  | 6. Günter Brand |  FRG | 15.1s |   |   
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  Heats - Friday 22.08 10:00 |  |  First 3 progress to Semi-Finals |   
| Heat 1 | time |   |  | 1. Martin Lauer |  FRG | 14.2s | CR Q |  | 2. Tor Olsen |  NOR | 14.8s | Q |  | 3. Nereo Svara |  ITA | 15.0s | Q |  | 4. Milad Petrušić |  YUG | 15.2s |   |  | 5. Eamonn Kinsella |  IRL | 15.3s |   |  | -. Tschudi |  SUI | DNS |   |   
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| Heat 2 | time |   |  | 1. Anatoliy Mikhailov |  URS | 14.5s | Q |  | 2. Peter Hildreth |  GBR | 14.5s | Q |  | 3. Jacques Dohen |  FRA | 14.9s | Q |  | 4. Peter Nederhand |  NED | 14.9s |   |  | 5. Lars Bergland |  SWE | 15.3s |   |  | 6. Ioannis Kambadellis |  GRE | 15.3s |   |   
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| Heat 3 | time |   |  | 1. Stanko Lorger |  YUG | 14.4s | Q |  | 2. Georgios Marsellos |  GRE | 14.8s | Q |  | 3. Eef Kamerbeek |  NED | 14.8s | Q |  | 4. Ivan Veselský |  TCH | 15.0s |   |  | 5. Edward Bugała |  POL | 15.3s |   |  | 6. Heinrich Staub |  SUI | 15.5s |   |   
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| Heat 4 | time |   |  | 1. Giorgio Mazza |  ITA | 14.5s | Q |  | 2. Kenneth Johanson |  SWE | 14.6s | Q |  | 3. Günter Brand |  FRG | 15.6s | Q |  | 4. Georges Salmon |  BEL | 15.6s |   |   
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