| Final 15:30 | time | | | 1. Heinz Fütterer |  FRG | 20.9s | CR AR | | 2. Ardalion Ignatyev |  URS | 21.1s | NR | | 3. George Ellis |  GBR | 21.2s | NR | | 4. Brian Shenton | GBR | 21.3s | | | 5. Jan Carlsson |  SWE | 21.5s | | | 6. Václav Janeček |  TCH | 21.9s | |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday 28.08 17:20 | | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. George Ellis | GBR | 21.3s | Q | | 2. Ardalion Ignatyev | URS | 21.3s | Q | | 3. Václav Janeček | TCH | 21.4s | Q | | 4. Aad van Hardeveld |  NED | 21.4s | | | 5. Hans Wehrli |  SUI | 21.6s | | | 6. Ilarie Magdas |  ROU | 21.8s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Heinz Fütterer | FRG | 21.1s | CR Q | | 2. Jan Carlsson | SWE | 21.4s | Q | | 3. Brian Shenton | GBR | 21.4s | Q | | 4. Bjarnason Ásmundur |  ISL | 21.6s | | | 5. Yuriy Konovalov | URS | 21.7s | | | 6. Theo Saat | NED | 22.1s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. George Ellis | GBR | 21.3s | Q | | 2. Jan Carlsson | SWE | 21.3s | NR Q | | 3. Zdobysław Stawczyk |  POL | 21.5s | | | 4. Gert Lemmes |  SAR | 22.0s | | | 5. Todori Yordanidis |  TUR | 22.5s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Ardalion Ignatyev | URS | 21.5s | Q | | 2. Ilarie Magdas | ROU | 21.9s | Q | | 3. Kaj Månsson | SWE | 21.9s | | | 4. Angel Gavrilov |  BUL | 22.3s | | | 5. Kurt Heidrich | SAR | 22.5s | | | -. Leonhard Pohl | FRG | DQ | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Heinz Fütterer | FRG | 21.4s | Q | | 2. Aad van Hardeveld | NED | 21.6s | Q | | 3. Carlos Germonprez |  BEL | 22.0s | | | 4. Josef Wimmer |  AUT | 22.1s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Brian Shenton | GBR | 21.6s | Q | | 2. Yuriy Konovalov | URS | 21.8s | Q | | 3. Angel Kolev | BUL | 21.9s | | | 4. Nikolaos Georgopoulos |  GRE | 22.2s | | | 5. Daniel Meneux |  FRA | 22.3s | | | 6. Muzaffer Selvi | TUR | 22.5s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Bjarnason Ásmundur | ISL | 21.7s | Q | | 2. Václav Janeček | TCH | 21.7s | Q | | 3. Senkei József |  HUN | 22.0s | | | 4. Jacques Vercruysse | BEL | 22.0s | | | 5. Pierre Coelembier | FRA | 22.1s | | | 6. Willy Eichenberger | SUI | 22.4s | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Theo Saat | NED | 21.8s | Q | | 2. Hans Wehrli | SUI | 21.9s | Q | | 3. Alexandru Stoenescu | ROU | 22.4s | |
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