| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Eddy Ottoz |  Italy | 7.7s | =WB | 4 | | 2. Mike Parker |  Great Britain | 7.8s | | 2 | | 3. Hinrich John |  West Germany | 7.9s | | 5 | | 4. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov |  Soviet Union | 7.9s | | 6 | | 5. Giovanni Cornacchia | Italy | 7.9s | | 1 | | 6. Milan Ŭečman |  Czechoslovakia | 8.0s | | 3 |
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| Semi 1 | | time | | | Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz | Italy | 7.7s | Q, WB | | 2. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | Soviet Union | 7.9s | Q | | 3. Milan Ŭečman | Czechoslovakia | 8.1s | Q | | 4. Milad Petrušić |  Yugoslavia | 8.2s | |
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| 1. Giovanni Cornacchia | Italy | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Hinrich John | West Germany | 7.9s | Q | | 3. Mike Parker | Great Britain | 8.0s | Q | | 4. Sture Fröberg |  Sweden | 8.2s | |
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| Heat I1 | | time | | | 1. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | Soviet Union | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Milan Ŭečman | Czechoslovakia | 8.0s | Q | | 3. Hans Nerlich |  East Germany | 8.1s | | | 4. Fiorenzo Marchesi |  Switzerland | 8.2s | | | 5. Kjellfred Weum |  Norway | 12.0s | |
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| Heat I2 | | time | | | 1. Hinrich John | West Germany | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Mike Parker | Great Britain | 7.9s | Q | | 3. Sture Fröberg | Sweden | 8.0s | q | | 4. Milad Petrušić | Yugoslavia | 8.0s | q | | 5. Çetin Şahiner |  Turkey | 8.1s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Mike Parker | Great Britain | 7.9s | Q | | 2. Giovanni Cornacchia | Italy | 7.9s | Q | | 3. Kjellfred Weum | Norway | 7.9s | q | | 4. Fiorenzo Marchesi | Switzerland | 8.2s | q |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz | Italy | 7.8s | Q, WB | | 2. Hinrich John | West Germany | 7.9s | Q | | 3. Çetin Şahiner | Turkey | 8.2s | q | | 4. Luc Legros |  Belgium | 8.4s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | Soviet Union | 8.0s | Q | | 2. Milan Ŭečman | Czechoslovakia | 8.1s | Q | | 3. Milad Petrušić | Yugoslavia | 8.2s | q | | 4. Sture Fröberg | Sweden | 8.2s | q | | 5. Hans Nerlich | East Germany | 8.3s | q |
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