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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 20.74 |
| 2 | Lawrence Burton | USA | 20.78 |
| 3 | Chuck Smith | USA | 20.86 |
| 4 | Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 20.97 |
| 5 | Jaroslav Matousek | TCH | 20.99 |
| 6 | Manfred Ommer | FRG | 21.08 |
| 7 | Lucien Sainte-Rose | FRA | 21.42 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Donald Quarrie | JAM | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Larry Black | USA | 20.36 |
| 2 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20.52 |
| 3 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | GDR | 20.63 |
| 4 | Martin Jellinghaus | FRG | 20.75 |
| 5 | Jiri Kynos | TCH | 20.88 |
| 6 | Ainsley Armstrong | TTO | 21.13 |
| 7 | Bruno Cherrier | FRA | 21.15 |
| 8 | Richard Hardware | JAM | 21.24 |