| Final |   | time |   |  | 1. Eddy Ottoz |  ITA | 13.7s | CR |  | 2. Heinrich John |  FRG | 14.0s |   |  | 3. Marcel Duriez |  FRA | 14.0s |   |  | 4. Anatoliy Mikhailov |  URS | 14.1s |   |  | 5. Giovanni Cornacchia |  ITA | 14.2s |   |  | 6. Sergio Liani |  ITA | 14.2s |   |  | 7. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov |  URS | 14.2s |   |  | 8. Bo Forssander |  SWE | 14.3s |   |   
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| Semi 1 | time |   |  | 1. Eddy Ottoz |  ITA | 13.7s | CR Q |  | 2. Marcel Duriez |  FRA | 14.0s | Q |  | 3. Vadim Mikhailov |  URS | 14.1s | Q |  | 4. Sergio Liani |  ITA | 14.1s | Q |  | 5. David Hemery |  GBR | 14.2s |   |  | 6. Milan Cecman |  TCH | 14.4s |   |  | 7. Werner Trzmiel |  FRG | 14.5s |   |  | 8. Fiorenzo Marchesi |  SUI | 14.9s |   |   
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| Semi 2 | time |   |  | 1. Heinrich John |  FRG | 14.1s | Q |  | 2. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov |  URS | 14.1s | Q |  | 3. Giovanni Cornacchia |  ITA | 14.1s | Q |  | 4. Bo Forssander |  SWE | 14.2s | Q |  | 5. Viktor Balikhin |  URS | 14.3s |   |  | 6. Pierre Schoebel |  FRA | 14.5s |   |  | 7. Adam Kołodziejczyk |  POL | 14.5s |   |  | 8. Laurie Taitt |  GBR | 14.5s |   |   
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| Heat 1 | time |   |  | 1. Eddy Ottoz |  ITA | 13.8s | Q |  | 2. David Hemery |  GBR | 14.1s | Q |  | 3. Viktor Balikhin |  URS | 14.4s | Q |  | 4. Adam Kołodziejczyk |  POL | 14.5s | Q |  | 5. Michel Chardel |  FRA | 14.6s |   |  | 6. Ilia Mazniku |  ALB | 15.7s |   |   
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| Heat 2 | time |   |  | 1. Bo Forssander |  SWE | 14.0s | Q |  | 2. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov |  URS | 14.1s | Q |  | 3. Pierre Schoebel |  FRA | 14.3s | Q |  | 4. Milan Cecman |  TCH | 14.4s | Q |  | 5. Mike Parker |  GBR | 14.6s |   |  | 6. Athanasios Lazaridis |  GRE | 14.7s |   |  | 7. Çetin Şahiner |  TUR | 15.0s |   |   
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| Heat 3 | time |   |  | 1. Heinrich John |  FRG | 14.0s | Q |  | 2. Sergio Liani |  ITA | 14.5s | Q |  | 3. Laurie Taitt |  GBR | 14.7s | Q |  | 4. Fiorenzo Marchesi |  SUI | 14.7s | Q |  | 5. Wilfried Geeroms |  BEL | 14.8s |   |   
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| Heat 4 | time |   |  | 1. Marcel Duriez |  FRA | 14.1s | Q |  | 2. Vadim Mikhailov |  URS | 14.2s | Q |  | 3. Giovanni Cornacchia |  ITA | 14.3s | Q |  | 4. Werner Trzmiel |  FRG | 14.3s | Q |  | 5. Klaus Schiess |  SUI | 14.7s |   |  | 6. Béla Mélykúti |  HUN | 15.2s |   |   
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