1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	7.73	Q
2	1	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	7.76	Q
3	1	Jan Pusty	Poland	7.76	Q
4	3	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	7.83	Q
5	4	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	7.84	Q
6	2	Andrzej Ziółkowski	Poland	7.86	Q
7	4	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	7.87	q
8	3	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.88	Q
9	1	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	7.92	q
10	3	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.93	q
10	4	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	7.93	q
12	2	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	7.94	Q
13	1	Juan Lloveras	Spain	7.99
14	2	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	8.01
15	3	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	8.03
16	2	Sergio Liani	Italy	8.06
17	4	Gianni Ronconi	Italy	8.07
18	3	Thierry Sellier	France	8.08
19	2	Plamen Krastev	Bulgaria	8.09
20	1	Wolfgang Muders	West Germany	8.11

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	7.70	Q
2	1	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	7.76	Q
2	2	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.76	Q
4	2	Jan Pusty	Poland	7.80	Q
5	2	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	7.81	Q
6	1	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	7.85	Q
6	2	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.85
8	1	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	7.86
8	2	Dieter Gebhard	West Germany	7.86
10	1	Andrzej Ziółkowski	Poland	7.88
11	2	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	7.96
12	1	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	7.99