| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Marian Woronin |  Poland | 6.57s | =AR, CR | 3 | | 2. Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 6.62s | PB | 2 | | 3. Petar Petrov |  Bulgaria | 6.63s | SB | 6 | | 4. Aleksandr Aksinin |  Soviet Union | 6.66s | SB | 1 | | 5. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat |  East Germany | 6.67s | SB | 5 | | -. Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | DNF | | 4 |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 24th February | | First 2 from each Semi and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.62s | Q | | 2. Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 6.64s | Q | | 5. Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 6.71s | q, SB | | 6. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat | East Germany | 6.72s | q | | 9. Giovanni Grazioli |  Italy | 6.78s | SB | | 12.Ján Chebeň |  Czechoslovakia | 6.86s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 6.68s | Q | | 4. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 6.70s | Q | | 7. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 6.75s | PB | | 8. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 6.77s | SB | | 9. Franco Fähndrich |  Switzerland | 6.78s | | | 11.Ronald Desruelles |  Belgium | 6.81s | SB |
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Heats - Saturday, 24th February | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 3 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Marian Woronin | Poland | 6.62s | Q | | 3. Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 6.72s | Q | | 6. Franco Fähndrich | Switzerland | 6.77s | Q, SB | | 7. Klaus-Dieter Kurrat | East Germany | 6.78s | q | | 11.Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | 6.84s | q | | 15.Gilles Échevin |  France | 6.89s | SB |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 6.71s | Q | | 5. Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 6.76s | Q | | 12.Ján Chebeň | Czechoslovakia | 6.85s | Q, SB | | 13.Krasimir Sarbakov | Bulgaria | 6.86s | PB | | 16.Knut Stokke |  Norway | 6.92s | SB |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 4. Nikolay Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 6.74s | Q | | 7. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 6.78s | Q | | 9. Giovanni Grazioli | Italy | 6.80s | Q | | 10.Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 6.81s | q | | 14.Franco Zucchini | Italy | 6.87s | PB |
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