1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 50 metres hurdles

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Guy Drut	France	6.53	Q
2	1	Mirosław Wodzyński	Poland	6.61	Q, NR
2	4	Marek Jóźwik	Poland	6.61	Q
4	1	Anatoliy Moshiashvili	Soviet Union	6.65	Q
5	2	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	6.67	Q
5	3	Marc Noé	France	6.67	Q
7	1	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	6.73	Q
7	3	Aleksandr Morozov	Soviet Union	6.73	Q
9	2	Émile Raybois	France	6.75	Q
10	2	Leszek Wodzyński	Poland	6.75	Q
11	3	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	6.78	Q
11	4	Beat Pfister	Switzerland	6.78	Q
13	1	Nicolae Pertea	Romania	6.79	NR
13	4	Werner Eikmeier	West Germany	6.79
15	3	Efstratios Vasiliou	Greece	6.80	NR
16	3	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	6.81
17	3	Graham Gower	Great Britain	6.82
18	1	Luigi Donofrio	Italy	6.83
19	2	Krister Clerselius	Sweden	6.84	NR
20	4	Marco Acerbi	Italy	6.86
21	2	Hubert König	Austria	6.95
22	2	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	6.97
22	4	Jesper Tørring	Denmark	6.97

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Guy Drut	France	6.52	Q, WB
2	1	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	6.58	Q, NR
3	1	Mirosław Wodzyński	Poland	6.61	Q, =NR
3	2	Marek Jóźwik	Poland	6.61	Q, =NR
3	2	Anatoliy Moshiashvili	Soviet Union	6.61	Q
6	2	Marc Noé	France	6.64	Q, AJR
7	2	Leszek Wodzyński	Poland	6.70
8	1	Aleksandr Morozov	Soviet Union	6.74
9	2	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	6.80
10	2	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	6.83
11	1	Émile Raybois	France	6.85
12	1	Beat Pfister	Switzerland	6.91