Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	6.64	Q
2	1	Hinrich John	West Germany	6.74	Q
2	2	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	6.74	Q
4	2	Milan Kotik	Czechoslovakia	6.76	Q
5	2	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	6.82	Q
5	3	Adam Kołodziejczyk	Poland	6.82	Q
7	1	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	6.84	Q
8	3	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	6.89	Q
9	3	Günther Nickel	West Germany	6.89	Q
10	2	Pierre Schoebel	France	6.92	Q
11	1	Sergio Liani	Italy	6.94	Q
12	3	Dan Hidiosanu	Romania	6.95
13	1	Patrick Malrieux	France	6.96	Q
12	1	Werner Kuhn	Switzerland	6.99
13	2	Rafael Cano	Spain	7.02

Semifinals

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	6.62	Q
2	2	Milan Kotik	Czechoslovakia	6.72	Q
3	1	Günther Nickel	West Germany	6.73	Q
4	1	Adam Kołodziejczyk	Poland	6.73	Q
5	1	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	6.76	Q
5	2	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	6.76	Q
7	1	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	6.78
8	2	Hinrich John	West Germany	6.79
9	2	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	6.80
10	1	Patrick Malrieux	France	6.84
11	1	Sergio Liani	Italy	6.86
	2	Pierre Schoebel	France	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	6.52	WB
	Günther Nickel	West Germany	6.68
	Milan Kotik	Czechoslovakia	6.73
4	Adam Kołodziejczyk	Poland	6.78
5	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	6.79
6	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	6.95