Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Aleksandr Aksinin	Soviet Union	6.68	Q
2	2	Marian Woronin	Poland	6.72	Q
3	3	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	6.73	Q
4	3	Luciano Caravani	Italy	6.76	Q
5	2	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	6.77	Q
6	4	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.78	Q
7	3	Raimo Vilén	Finland	6.79	q
8	1	Alexander Thieme	East Germany	6.81	Q
9	3	Samuel Monsels	Netherlands	6.83	q
10	4	Jan Alończyk	Poland	6.84	Q
11	1	Javier Martínez	Spain	6.85	q
11	2	Lajos Gresa	Hungary	6.85	q
13	4	Josep Carbonell	Spain	6.87
14	1	Heinz Busche	West Germany	6.88
14	2	Raymond Heerenveen	Netherlands	6.88
14	4	Jean-Claude Amoureux	France	6.88
17	1	Antti Rajamäki	Finland	6.89
18	4	Ossi Karttunen	Finland	6.95
19	4	Audun Garshol	Norway	6.99
20	3	Otakar Wild	Czechoslovakia	7.07
21	2	Temel Erbek	Turkey	7.10

Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Aleksandr Aksinin	Soviet Union	6.63	Q
2	1	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	6.71	Q
3	1	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	6.71	Q
4	2	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.74	Q
5	1	Alexander Thieme	East Germany	6.75	q
6	2	Marian Woronin	Poland	6.77	Q
7	2	Luciano Caravani	Italy	6.79
8	2	Jan Alończyk	Poland	6.81
9	1	Samuel Monsels	Netherlands	6.82
10	2	Lajos Gresa	Hungary	6.83
11	1	Javier Martínez	Spain	6.84
12	2	Raimo Vilén	Finland	6.90

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.59
	Aleksandr Aksinin	Soviet Union	6.67
	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	6.74
4	Marian Woronin	Poland	6.76
5	Alexander Thieme	East Germany	6.78
6	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	6.80