| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | 6.59s | | 1 | | 2. Christer Garpenborg |  Sweden | 6.60s | | 4 | | 3. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 6.67s | | 2 | | 4. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |  East Germany | 6.69s | | 3 | | 5. Detlef Kübeck | East Germany | 6.75s | | 6 | | 6. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 6.76s | | 5 |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 12th March | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 4. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat | East Germany | 6.70s | Q | | 5. Detlef Kübeck | East Germany | 6.72s | Q | | 6. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 6.72s | Q | | 8. Tadeusz Tyszka | Poland | 6.77s | | | 9. Josep Carbonell |  Spain | 6.78s | | | 10.Ivaylo Karanyotov |  Bulgaria | 6.80s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 1. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.65s | Q | | 2. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.65s | Q | | 3. Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 6.65s | Q | | 7. Franco Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 6.75s | | | 11.Ján Chebeň |  Czechoslovakia | 6.83s | | | 12.Gabriel Leroy |  France | 6.90s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 12th March | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 7. Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 6.82s | Q | | 10.Josep Carbonell | Spain | 6.86s | Q | | 11.Ivaylo Karanyotov | Bulgaria | 6.87s | q | | 18.Frank Verhelst |  Belgium | 7.02s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat | East Germany | 6.76s | Q | | 7. Tadeusz Tyszka | Poland | 6.82s | Q | | 9. Ján Chebeň | Czechoslovakia | 6.85s | q | | 12.Gabriel Leroy | France | 6.88s | q | | 13.Arto Bryggare |  Finland | 6.90s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Detlef Kübeck | East Germany | 6.72s | Q | | 2. Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 6.73s | Q | | 5. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 6.80s | q | | 14.Juan Val | Spain | 6.93s | | | 17.Roger Martinelli |  Luxembourg | 7.01s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 2. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.73s | Q | | 5. Franco Fähndrich | Switzerland | 6.80s | Q | | 15.Ángel Ibañez | Spain | 6.96s | | | 16.Jean-Claude Amoureux | France | 6.97s | |
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