| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 6.58s | | 5 | | 2. Vassilios Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 6.67s | | 4 | | 3. Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 6.68s | | 2 | | 4. Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 6.70s | | 3 | | 5. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.71s | | 1 | | 6. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.79s | | 6 |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 21st February | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 4. Vassilios Papageorgopoulos |  Greece | 6.74s | Q | | 5. Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 6.75s | Q | | 7. Zenon Nowosz |  Poland | 6.79s | Q | | 9. Claudiu Suselescu |  Romania | 6.84s | | | 10.Bernard Petitbois |  France | 6.86s | | | 11.Ján Chebeň |  Czechoslovakia | 6.87s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.69s | Q | | 2. Petar Petrov |  Bulgaria | 6.71s | Q | | 3. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.72s | Q | | 6. Luis Sarría |  Spain | 6.78s | | | 7. Andrzej Świerczyński | Poland | 6.79s | | | 12.Markku Perttula |  Finland | 6.94s | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 6.74s | Q | | 3. Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 6.78s | Q | | 4. Vassilios Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 6.80s | Q | | 5. Josep Carbonell | Spain | 6.83s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Luis Sarría | Spain | 6.83s | Q | | 5. Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 6.83s | Q | | 12.Claudiu Suselescu | Romania | 6.89s | Q | | 13.Karl-Heinz Weisenseel |  West Germany | 6.90s | | | 15.Jean-Claude Amoureux | France | 6.92s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 2. Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 6.77s | Q | | 5. Andrzej Świerczyński | Poland | 6.83s | Q | | 9. Bernard Petitbois | France | 6.86s | Q | | 10.László Lukács |  Hungary | 6.88s | | | 18.Gernot Massing |  Austria | 7.01s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 10.Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.88s | Q | | 13.Ján Chebeň | Czechoslovakia | 6.90s | Q | | 16.Markku Perttula | Finland | 6.98s | Q | | 17.Serafim Liapis | Greece | 6.99s | |
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