| Final | | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz | ITA | 13.7s | CR | | 2. Heinrich John | FRG | 14.0s | | | 3. Marcel Duriez | FRA | 14.0s | | | 4. Anatoliy Mikhailov | URS | 14.1s | | | 5. Giovanni Cornacchia | ITA | 14.2s | | | 6. Sergio Liani | ITA | 14.2s | | | 7. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | URS | 14.2s | | | 8. Bo Forssander | SWE | 14.3s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz | ITA | 13.7s | CR Q | | 2. Marcel Duriez | FRA | 14.0s | Q | | 3. Vadim Mikhailov | URS | 14.1s | Q | | 4. Sergio Liani | ITA | 14.1s | Q | | 5. David Hemery | GBR | 14.2s | | | 6. Milan Cecman | TCH | 14.4s | | | 7. Werner Trzmiel | FRG | 14.5s | | | 8. Fiorenzo Marchesi | SUI | 14.9s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Heinrich John | FRG | 14.1s | Q | | 2. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | URS | 14.1s | Q | | 3. Giovanni Cornacchia | ITA | 14.1s | Q | | 4. Bo Forssander | SWE | 14.2s | Q | | 5. Viktor Balikhin | URS | 14.3s | | | 6. Pierre Schoebel | FRA | 14.5s | | | 7. Adam Kołodziejczyk | POL | 14.5s | | | 8. Laurie Taitt | GBR | 14.5s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Eddy Ottoz | ITA | 13.8s | Q | | 2. David Hemery | GBR | 14.1s | Q | | 3. Viktor Balikhin | URS | 14.4s | Q | | 4. Adam Kołodziejczyk | POL | 14.5s | Q | | 5. Michel Chardel | FRA | 14.6s | | | 6. Ilia Mazniku | ALB | 15.7s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Bo Forssander | SWE | 14.0s | Q | | 2. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | URS | 14.1s | Q | | 3. Pierre Schoebel | FRA | 14.3s | Q | | 4. Milan Cecman | TCH | 14.4s | Q | | 5. Mike Parker | GBR | 14.6s | | | 6. Athanasios Lazaridis | GRE | 14.7s | | | 7. Çetin Şahiner | TUR | 15.0s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Heinrich John | FRG | 14.0s | Q | | 2. Sergio Liani | ITA | 14.5s | Q | | 3. Laurie Taitt | GBR | 14.7s | Q | | 4. Fiorenzo Marchesi | SUI | 14.7s | Q | | 5. Wilfried Geeroms | BEL | 14.8s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Marcel Duriez | FRA | 14.1s | Q | | 2. Vadim Mikhailov | URS | 14.2s | Q | | 3. Giovanni Cornacchia | ITA | 14.3s | Q | | 4. Werner Trzmiel | FRG | 14.3s | Q | | 5. Klaus Schiess | SUI | 14.7s | | | 6. Béla Mélykúti | HUN | 15.2s | |
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