| Final 20:20 -0.1m/s | time | | 1. Linford Christie |  GBR | 10.15s | | 2. Steffen Bringmann |  GDR | 10.20s | | 3. Bruno Marie-Rose |  FRA | 10.21s | | 4. Thomas Schroeder | GDR | 10.24s | | 5. Allan Wells | GBR | 10.25s | | 6. Michael McFarlane | GBR | 10.29s | | 7. Attila Kovacs |  HUN | 10.31s | | 8. Antoine Richard | FRA | 10.34s | | 9. Viktor Bryzgin |  URS | 10.38s |
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| Semi 1 +1.5m/s | time | | 1. Steffen Bringmann | GDR | 10.16s | | 2. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 10.18s | | 3. Allan Wells | GBR | 10.22s | | 4. Viktor Bryzgin | URS | 10.23s | | 5. Christian Hass |  FRG | 10.27s | | 6. Vladimir Muravyov | URS | 10.31s | | 7. Ronald Desruelles |  BEL | 10.43s | | 8. Andreas Berger |  AUT | 10.45s |
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| Semi 2 +2.7m/s | time | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 10.19s | | 2. Attila Kovacs | HUN | 10.26s | | 3. Thomas Schroeder | GDR | 10.28s | | 4. Antoine Richard | FRA | 10.29s | | 5. Michael McFarlane | GBR | 10.29s | | 6. Juergen Evers | FRG | 10.33s | | 7. Nikolai Yushmanov | URS | 10.49s | | 8. Jose Javier Arques |  ESP | 10.54s |
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| Heat 1 -1.5m/s | time | | 1. Allan Wells | GBR | 10.31s | | 2. Antoine Richard | FRA | 10.38s | | 3. Christina Hass | FRG | 10.38s | | 4. Vladimir Muravyov | URS | 10.39s | | 5. Einar Sagli |  NOR | 10.65s | | 6. Luis Cunha |  POR | 10.74s | | 7. Aris Cefai |  MLT | 11.56s |
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| Heat 2 -0.7m/s | time | | 1. Steffen Bringmann | GDR | 10.34s | | 2. Nikolai Yushmanov | URS | 10.38s | | 3. Andreas Berger | AUT | 10.50s | | 4. Antonio Ullo |  ITA | 10.54s | | 5. Istvan Tatar | HUN | 10.60s | | 6. Pedro Agostinho | POR | 10.75s |
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| Heat 3 -0.8m/s | time | | 1. Attila Kovacs | HUN | 10.32s | | 2. Thomas Schroeder | GDR | 10.33s | | 3. Juergen Evers | FRG | 10.36s | | 4. Gilles Queneherve | FRA | 10.56s | | 5. Lars Pedersen |  DEN | 10.85s | | -. Marian Woronin |  POL | DNF |
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| Heat 4 -1.6m/s | time | | 1. Viktor Bryzgin | URS | 10.35s | | 2. Jose Javier Arques | ESP | 10.44s | | 3. Michael McFarlane | GBR | 10.48s | | 4. Matthias Schlicht | FRG | 10.56s | | 5. Christian Mark | AUT | 10.66s | | 6. O. Kristiansen | NOR | 10.80s | | 7. Philip Snoddy |  IRL | 10.88s |
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| Heat 5 -1.0m/s | time | | 1. Linford Christie | GBR | 10.25s | | 2. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 10.29s | | 3. Ronald Desruelles | BEL | 10.41s | | 4. Cosmas Stratos |  GRE | 10.57s | | 5. Arnaldo Abrantes | POR | 10.61s | | 6. Morten Kjems | DEN | 10.78s | | 7. Markus Buechel |  LIE | 11.03s |
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