| Final -0.9m/s | time | | 1. Thomas Munkelt |  GDR | 13.41s | | 2. Andrey Prokofyev |  URS | 13.46s | | 3. Arto Bryggare |  FIN | 13.60s | | 4. Wilbert Greaves |  GBR | 13.67s | | 5. Aleksandr Puchkov | URS | 13.79s | | 6. Romuald Giegiel |  POL | 13.82s | | 7. Karl-Werner Doenges |  FRG | 13.83s | | 8. Holger Pohland | GDR | 13.89s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Andrey Prokofyev | URS | 13.58s | | 2. Holger Pohland | GDR | 13.62s | | 3. Karl-Werner Doenges | FRG | 13.65s | | 4. Romuald Giegiel | POL | 13.77s | | 5. Andreas Schlisske | GDR | 13.79s | | 6. Gyorgy Bakos |  HUN | 14.06s | | 7. Mark Holtom | GBR | 14.14s | | 8. Roberto Schneider |  SUI | 14.22s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13.47s | | 2. Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13.59s | | 3. Wilbert Greaves | GBR | 13.66s | | 4. Aleksandr Puchkov | URS | 13.73s | | 5. Javier Moracho |  ESP | 13.76s | | 6. Georgiy Shabanov | URS | 13.79s | | 7. Jacek Rutkowski | POL | 13.83s | | 8. Ion Oltean |  ROU | 13.95s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13.52s | | 2. Andrey Prokofyev | URS | 13.71s | | 3. Mark Holtom | GBR | 13.72s | | 4. Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13.72s | | 5. Ion Oltean | ROU | 13.82s | | 6. Roberto Schneider | SUI | 13.92s | | 7. Herbert Kreiner |  AUT | 14.50s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Jacek Rutkowski | POL | 13.87s | | 2. Andreas Schlisske | GDR | 13.90s | | 3. Georgiy Shabanov | URS | 13.91s | | 4. György Bakos | HUN | 13.98s | | 5. Karl-Werner Dönges | FRG | 14.01s | | 6. Urs Rohner | SUI | 14.20s | | 7. Reijo Byman | FIN | 14.36s | | 8. Petros Evripidou |  GRE | 14.69s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Romuald Giegiel | POL | 13.85s | | 2. Holger Pohland | GDR | 13.85s | | 3. Wilbert Greaves | GBR | 13.86s | | 4. Aleksandr Puchkov | URS | 13.95s | | 5. Javier Moracho | ESP | 14.01s | | 6. Daniele Fontecchio |  ITA | 14.01s | | 7. Július Ivan |  TCH | 14.05s |
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