| Final | | time | | | 1. Roger Bambuck |  FRA | 20.93s | | | 2. Marian Dudziak |  POL | 21.0s | | | 3. Jean-Claude Nallet | FRA | 21.0s | | | 4. Jan Werner | POL | 21.1s | | | 5. Ladislav Kříž |  TCH | 21.3s | | | 6. Fritz Roderfeld |  FRG | 21.4s | | | 7. Livio Berruti |  ITA | 21.5s | | | 8. Ennio Preatoni | ITA | 21.7s | |
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| | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | | 1. Marian Dudziak | POL | 20.9s | 20.90s | Q | | 2. Roger Bambuck | FRA | 21.2s | 21.25s | Q | | 3. Livio Berruti | ITA | 21.2s | 21.29s | Q | | 4. Ennio Preatoni | ITA | 21.3s | 21.32s | Q | | 5. Heinz Erbstösser |  GDR | 21.3s | 21.33s | | | 6. Leo de Winter |  NED | 21.3s | 21.33s | | | 7. István Gyulai |  HUN | 21.6s | 21.58s | | | 8. Josef Schwarz | FRG | 21.6s | 21.64s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Jean-Claude Nallet | FRA | 20.9s | Q | | 2. Jan Werner | POL | 21.0s | Q | | 3. Fritz Roderfeld | FRG | 21.2s | Q | | 4. Ladislav Kříž | TCH | 21.2s | Q | | 5. Amin Tuyakov |  URS | 21.2s | | | 6. József Istóczky | HUN | 21.2s | | | 7. Gheorghe Zamfirescu |  ROU | 21.3s | | | 8. Sergio Ottolina | ITA | 21.5s | |
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Heats - Thursday 01.09 | | First 3 and Best 1 (István Gyulai-HUN) progressed to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Sergio Ottolina | ITA | 21.3s | Q | | 2. Ladislav Kříž | TCH | 21.5s | Q | | 3. Josef Schwarz | FRG | 21.6s | Q | | 4. Pierre Burrelier | FRA | 21.6s | | | 5. Mel Cheskin |  GBR | 21.8s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Livio Berruti | ITA | 21.2s | Q | | 2. Marian Dudziak | POL | 21.2s | Q | | 3. Fritz Roderfeld | FRG | 21.4s | Q | | 4. Haris Aivaliotis |  GRE | 21.6s | | | 5. José Luis Sánchez |  ESP | 21.6s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Jean-Claude Nallet | FRA | 21.1s | Q | | 2. Amin Tuyakov | URS | 21.4s | Q | | 3. Ennio Preatoni | ITA | 21.4s | Q | | 4. Menzies Campbell | GBR | 21.4s | | | 5. Manfred Knickenberg | FRG | 21.4s | | | 6. Edward Romanowski | POL | 21.5s | | | 7. Jacques Vanhee |  BEL | 21.8s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Roger Bambuck | FRA | 21.1s | Q | | 2. Gheorghe Zamfirescu | ROU | 21.2s | Q | | 3. Heinz Erbstösser | GDR | 21.3s | Q | | 4. István Gyulai | HUN | 21.3s | q | | 5. Jiří Kynos | TCH | 21.6s | | | 6. Sonar Coşan |  TUR | 22.3s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Leo de Winter | NED | 21.0s | Q | | 2. Jan Werner | POL | 21.1s | Q | | 3. József Istóczky | HUN | 21.2s | Q | | 4. Harald Eggers | GDR | 21.6s | | | 5. Bo Althoff |  SWE | 21.6s | | | 6. Nikolay Politiko | URS | 21.7s | | | 7. Rasim Kraja |  ALB | 22.3s | |
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