Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Detlef Kübeck	East Germany	6.72	Q
2	3	Christer Garpenborg	Sweden	6.73	Q
2	4	Marian Woronin	Poland	6.73	Q
4	2	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat	East Germany	6.76	Q
5	3	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	6.80	q
5	4	Franco Fähndrich	Switzerland	6.80	Q
7	1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.82	Q
7	2	Tadeusz Tyszka	Poland	6.82	Q
9	2	Ján Chebeň	Czechoslovakia	6.85	q
10	1	Josep Carbonell	Spain	6.86	Q
11	1	Ivaylo Karanyotov	Bulgaria	6.87	q
12	2	Gabriel Leroy	France	6.88	q
13	2	Arto Bryggare	Finland	6.90
14	3	Juan Val	Spain	6.93
15	4	Ángel Ibañez	Spain	6.96
16	4	Jean-Claude Amoureux	France	6.97
17	3	Roger Martinelli	Luxembourg	7.01
18	1	Frank Verhelst	Belgium	7.02

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.65	Q
2	2	Marian Woronin	Poland	6.65	Q
3	2	Christer Garpenborg	Sweden	6.65	Q
4	1	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat	East Germany	6.70	Q
5	1	Detlef Kübeck	East Germany	6.72	Q
6	1	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	6.72	Q
7	2	Franco Fähndrich	Switzerland	6.75
8	1	Tadeusz Tyszka	Poland	6.77
9	1	Josep Carbonell	Spain	6.78
10	1	Ivaylo Karanyotov	Bulgaria	6.80
11	2	Ján Chebeň	Czechoslovakia	6.83
12	2	Gabriel Leroy	France	6.90

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.59
	Christer Garpenborg	Sweden	6.60
	Marian Woronin	Poland	6.67
4	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat	East Germany	6.69
5	Detlef Kübeck	East Germany	6.75
6	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	6.76