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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Sandro Floris |  Italy | 21.07s | Q | | 2. John Regis |  Great Britain | 21.08s | Q | | 4. Andreas Berger |  Austria | 21.22s | q | | 7. Tomasz Jędrusik |  Poland | 21.27s | | | 9. Nikolay Razgonov |  Soviet Union | 21.59s | | | 12.Luís Cunha |  Portugal | 22.18s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.14s | Q | | 4. Bruno Marie-Rose |  France | 21.22s | Q | | 6. Andrzej Popa | Poland | 21.26s | q | | 8. René Mangold |  Switzerland | 21.41s | | | 10.Rob van de Klundert |  Netherlands | 22.01s | | | 11.Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 22.10s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 18th February | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| 6. Andrzej Popa | Poland | 21.81s | | | Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 21.15s | Q | | 5. John Regis | Great Britain | 21.20s | Q | | 6. René Mangold | Switzerland | 21.30s | Q | | 7. Rob van de Klundert | Netherlands | 21.35s | q | | 10.Andrzej Popa | Poland | 21.51s | q | | 11.Nikolay Razgonov | Soviet Union | 21.53s | q |
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| 4. Andreas Berger | Austria | 21.33s | | | Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Tomasz Jędrusik | Poland | 21.19s | Q | | 8. Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 21.49s | Q | | 9. Luís Cunha | Portugal | 21.50s | Q | | 12.Paolo Catalano | Italy | 21.54s | | | 14.Gilles Quénéhervé | France | 21.69s | |
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| 2. John Regis | Great Britain | 21.00s | | | Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Andreas Berger | Austria | 20.92s | Q | | 2. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.09s | Q | | 13.Sandro Floris | Italy | 21.61s | Q | | 15.Alain Mazzella | France | 21.82s | | | 16.Geir Moen |  Norway | 22.25s | | | -. Nikolay Antonov |  Bulgaria | DQ | |
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| 5. Sandro Floris | Italy | 21.41s | |
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