The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Sofia. [1] [2]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Eckart Berkes | Aleksandr Demus | Sergio Liani |
First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Aleksandr Demus | 8.0 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Jürgen Wehnert | 8.0 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Luigi Donofrio | 8.1 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Viorel Suciu | 8.2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Ivan Sedláček | 8.3 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Eckart Berkes | 8.0 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Mirosław Majchrzak | 8.1 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Slavcho Kostov | 8.1 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Nicolae Pertea | 8.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Fiorenzo Marchesi | 8.5 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Patrick Malrieux | 8.0 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Manfred Schumann | 8.1 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Adam Galant | 8.2 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Rafael Cano | 8.4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Ervin Sebestyen | 8.4 | ||
| 1 | 4 | Günther Nickel | 8.0 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Graham Gower | 8.0 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Sergio Liani | 8.0 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | Efstratios Vasiliou | 8.1 |
First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Eckart Berkes | 8.0 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Patrick Malrieux | 8.0 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Sergio Liani | 8.1 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Adam Galant | 8.1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Manfred Schumann | 8.1 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Slavcho Kostov | 8.3 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Günther Nickel | 7.9 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Aleksandr Demus | 8.0 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Graham Gower | 8.0 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Luigi Donofrio | 8.0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Jürgen Wehnert | 8.0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Mirosław Majchrzak | 8.0 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckart Berkes | 7.8 | |||
| Aleksandr Demus | 7.9 | |||
| Sergio Liani | 7.9 | |||
| 4 | Günther Nickel | 7.9 | ||
| 5 | Graham Gower | 8.0 | ||
| 6 | Patrick Malrieux | 8.0 |