| Final | time | | | 1. Andres Simon |  CUB | 6.52s | | | 2. John Myles |  GHA | 6.59s | | | 3. Francesco Pavoni |  ITA | 6.61s | | | 4. Antonio Ullo | ITA | 6.63s | | | 5. Michael Rosswess |  GBR | 6.64s | | | 6. Mathias Schlicht |  FRG | 6.67s | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Andres Simon | CUB | 6.54s | Q | | | 2. Michael Rosswess | GBR | 6.58s | Q | | | 3. Antonio Ullo | ITA | 6.61s | Q | | | 4. Andreas Berger |  AUT | 6.62s | | | | 5. Desai Williams |  CAN | 6.64s | | | | 6. Kuji Furihara |  JPN | 6.72s | | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. John Myles | GHA | 6.58s | Q | | | 2. Francesco Pavoni | ITA | 6.58s | Q | | | 3. Mathias Schlicht | FRG | 6.58s | Q | | | 4. Stanley Floyd |  USA | 6.59s | | | | 5. Ricardo Chacon | CUB | 6.59s | | | | 6. Bruny Surin | CAN | 6.61s | | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Andreas Berger | AUT | 6.62s | Q | | | 2. Mathias Schlicht | FRG | 6.64s | q | | | 3. Bruny Surin | CAN | 6.72s | q | | | 4. Shane Naylor |  AUS | 6.83s | | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Ricardo Chacon | CUB | 6.62s | Q | | | 2. Antonio Ullo | ITA | 6.64s | q | | | 3. Alexander Slychkov |  URS | 6.77s | | | | 4. Arnaldo de Oliveira |  BRA | 6.78s | | | | 5. Franz Ratzenberger | AUT | 6.80s | | | | 6. Luis Cunha |  POR | 6.90s | | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Andres Simon | CUB | 6.62s | Q | | | 2. Roland Desruelles |  BEL | 6.74s | | | | 3. Jiri Hudec |  TCH | 6.76s | | | | 4. Shinji Aoto | JPN | 6.76s | | | | 5. Yiannis Zisimides |  CYP | 6.81s | | | | 6. Guillermo Saucedo |  BOL | 7.08s | | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Francesco Pavoni | ITA | 6.66s | Q | | | 2. Desai Williams | CAN | 6.71s | q | | | 3. Attila Kovacs |  HUN | 6.74s | | | | 4. Michael McFarlene | GBR | 6.76s | | | | 5. Fabian Whymns |  BAH | 6.79s | | | | 6. Ayhan Bodur |  TUR | 7.03s | | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Michael Rosswess | GBR | 6.64s | Q | | | 2. Wayne Watson |  JAM | 6.80s | | | | 3. Istvan Tatar | HUN | 6.80s | | | | 4. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 6.85s | | | | 5. Jouni Myllymäki |  FIN | 6.86s | | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Stanley Floyd | USA | 6.63s | Q | | | 2. John Myles | GHA | 6.64s | q | | | 3. Kuji Furihara | JPN | 6.69s | q | | | 4. Anri Grigorov |  BUL | 6.73s | | | | 5. Clinton Bufuku |  ZAM | 7.18s | | | | 6. Tamagnini |  SMR | 7.22s | | |
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