1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Andrey Prokofyev	Soviet Union	7.72	Q
2	2	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	7.75	Q, SB
3	2	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	7.77	Q
4	1	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.82	Q
4	3	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	7.82	Q
6	2	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.83	Q
7	2	Jan Pusty	Poland	7.91	q
8	3	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	7.92	Q, =PB
9	1	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	7.93	Q
10	3	Plamen Krastev	Bulgaria	7.94	Q
11	2	Winfried Kessel	West Germany	8.01	q, PB
11	3	Reijo Byman	Finland	8.01	q, SB
13	1	Béla Bodó	Hungary	8.15	SB
14	3	Herbert Kreiner	Austria	8.33	SB

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	7.68	Q
2	1	Arto Bryggare	Finland	7.74	Q
3	2	Javier Moracho	Spain	7.79	Q, SB
4	2	Eduard Pereverzev	Soviet Union	7.80	Q
5	1	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	7.82	Q
6	1	Vyacheslav Kulebyakin	Soviet Union	7.84	Q
7	2	Plamen Krastev	Bulgaria	7.85	SB
8	2	Jan Pusty	Poland	7.88	SB
9	1	Andrey Prokofyev	Soviet Union	7.92
10	1	Borisav Pisić	Yugoslavia	7.94
11	1	Winfried Kessel	West Germany	8.03
12	2	Reijo Byman	Finland	8.04