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

The men's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Grenoble.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Guy Drut France | Manfred Schumann West Germany | Anatoliy Moshiashvili Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

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 | |

### Semifinals

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 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Guy Drut | France | 6.51 | WB |
| | Manfred Schumann | West Germany | 6.58 | NR |
| | Anatoliy Moshiashvili | Soviet Union | 6.59 | NR |
| 4 | Marek Jóźwik | Poland | 6.63 | |
| 5 | Marc Noé | France | 6.67 | |
| 6 | Mirosław Wodzyński | Poland | 6.68 | |
