| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | B | Eddy Annys |
BEL |
2.21 | |
| 5 | A | Othmane Belfaa |
ALG |
2.15 | |
| 4 | B | Gennadiy Avdeyenko |
URS |
2.21 | |
| 8 | A | Roberto Cabrejas |
ESP |
2.15 | |
| 17 | B | Dariusz Biczysko |
POL |
2.15 | |
| 2 | A | Francisco Centelles |
CUB |
2.21 | |
| 13 | A | Gianni Davito |
ITA |
2.10 | |
| 16 | B | Roland Dalhäuser |
SUI |
2.15 | |
| 5 | A | Moussa Sagna Fall |
SEN |
2.15 | |
| 12 | B | Paul Frommeyer |
FRG |
2.21 | |
| 4 | B | Sorin Matei |
ROU |
2.21 | |
| 16 | A | Alphonse Gaglozoun |
BEN |
1.95 | |
| A | Ardeshir Ghandoomi |
IRI |
NM | ||
| 13 | B | Dietmar Mögenburg |
FRG |
2.21 | |
| 4 | A | Takashi Katamine |
JPN |
2.18 | |
| 1 | B | Milton Ottey |
CAN |
2.24 | |
| 1 | B | Igor Paklin |
URS |
2.24 | |
| 11 | A | Jouko Kilpi |
FIN |
2.10 | |
| 15 | B | Tyke Peacock |
USA |
2.21 | |
| 16 | A | France-Henry Lisette |
MRI |
1.95 | |
| 15 | A | Chin-Chiang Liu |
TPE |
2.00 | |
| 4 | B | Valeriy Sereda |
URS |
2.21 | |
| 4 | B | Patrik Sjöberg |
SWE |
2.21 | |
| 14 | A | Alain Metellus |
CAN |
2.10 | |
| 11 | A | Constantin Militaru |
ROU |
2.10 | |
| 4 | B | Dwight Stones |
USA |
2.21 | |
| 4 | B | Carlo Thränhardt |
FRG |
2.21 | |
| 7 | A | Eugen-Cristian Popescu |
ROU |
2.15 | |
| 10 | B | Luca Toso |
ITA |
2.21 | |
| A | Joseph Rajo |
SUD |
DNS | ||
| 3 | A | Takao Sakamoto |
JPN |
2.18 | |
| 18 | B | Franck Verzy |
FRA |
2.10 | |
| 8 | A | Clarence Saunders |
BER |
2.15 | |
| 18 | B | Stephen Wray |
BAH |
2.10 | |
| 8 | A | Wolfgang Tschirk |
AUT |
2.15 | |
| 10 | B | Jacek Wszola |
POL |
2.21 | |
| 1 | B | Jianhua Zhu |
CHN |
2.24 | |
| 1 | A | Leo Williams |
USA |
2.21 |