| Final | time | | 1. Olaf Prenzler |  GDR | 20.46s | | 2. Cameron Sharp |  GBR | 20.47s | | 3. Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 20.60s | | 4. Erwin Skamrahl |  FRG | 20.61s | | 5. Istvan Nagy |  HUN | 20.62s | | 6. Patrick Barre |  FRA | 20.75s | | 7. Vladimir Murayov |  URS | 20.76s | | 8. Sergey Sokolov | URS | 20.81s |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 20.80s | | 2. István Nagy | HUN | 20.82s | | 3. Patrick Barré | FRA | 20.93s | | 4. Vladimir Muravyov | URS | 20.95s | | 5. Pascal Barré | FRA | 20.99s | | 6. Carlo Simionato |  ITA | 21.04s | | 7. Frantisek Brecka |  TCH | 21.17s | | 8. Luciano Caravani | ITA | 21.24s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 20.58s | | 2. Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 20.61s | | 3. Cameron Sharp | GBR | 20.62s | | 4. Sergey Sokolov | URS | 20.68s | | 5. Detlef Kübeck | GDR | 20.80s | | 6. Hermann Lomba | FRA | 20.82s | | 7. Giovanni Bongiomi | ITA | 21.04s | | 8. Stanislav Sajdok | TCH | 21.17s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 20.87s | | 2. Cameron Sharp | GBR | 20.96s | | 3. Pascal Barré | FRA | 21.09s | | 4. Luciano Caravani | ITA | 21.25s | | 5. Stanislav Sajdok | TCH | 21.29s | | 6. Lazlo Rabaly | HUN | 2-.36s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Hermann Lomba | FRA | 20.90s | | 2. István Nagy | HUN | 21.00s | | 3. Detlef Kübeck | GDR | 21.03s | | 4. Sergey Sokolov | URS | 21.15s | | 5. Peter Klein | FRG | 21.32s | | 6. Zenon Licznerski |  POL | 21.36s | | 7. Peter Muster |  SUI | 31.10s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Vladimir Muravyov | URS | 20.96s | | 2. Giovanni Bongiorni | ITA | 21.02s | | 3. Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 21.13s | | 4. Kimmo Saansto |  FIN | 21.38s | | 5. Per-Ola Olsson |  SWE | 21.72s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Patrick Barré | FRA | 21.03s | | 2. Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 21.04s | | 3. Frantisek Breckak | TCH | 21.11s | | 4. Carlo Simionato | ITA | 21.25s | | 5. Angel Geras |  ESP | 21.37s | | 6. Nikolay Markov |  BUL | 21.73s |
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