| Final 15:10 | time | | | 1. Godfrey Brown |  Great Britain | 47.4s | CR | | 2. Karl Baumgarten |  Netherlands | 48.2s | | | 3. Erich Linnhoff |  Germany | 48.8s | | | 4. János Görkói |  Hungary | 48.9s | | | 5. Aarne Tammisto |  Finland | 49.1s | | | 6. Bertil von Wachenfeldt |  Sweden | 50.0s | |
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Heats - Saturday 03.09 17:30 | | First 2 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Godfrey Brown | Great Britain | 48.4s | Q | | 2. János Görkói | Hungary | 49.2s | Q | | 3. Carl-Henrik Gustafsson | Sweden | 49.8s | | | 4. Ottavio Missoni |  Italy | 50.3s | | | 5. Georges Meyer |  Switzerland | 50.3s | | | 6. Abdyl Këllezi |  Albania | 55.0s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Erich Linnhoff | Germany | 49.2s | Q | | 2. Bertil von Wachenfeldt | Sweden | 49.7s | Q | | 3. Pierre Smet |  Belgium | 50.4s | | | 4. Jean Cerutti |  France | 50.6s | | | 5. Feri Pleteršek |  Yugoslavia | 52.3s | | | 6. Vadas József | Hungary | DQ | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Aarne Tammisto | Finland | 48.3s | Q | | 2. Karl Baumgarten | Netherlands | 48.3s | Q | | 3. John Horsfall | Great Britain | 49.5s | | | 4. Joseph Bertolino | France | 49.5s | | | 5. Charles Stein |  Luxembourg | No time | |
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| Participants | | 1. Rudolph Harbig | GER | -?? | | 2. Godfrey Brown | GBR | 1. | | 3. Erich Linnhoff | GER | 3. | | 4. Karl Baumgarten | NED | 2. | | 5. Bertil von Wachenfeldt | SWE | H 3. | | 6. Joseph Bertolino | FRA | H 4. | | 7. Janos Goerkoi | HUN | 4. | | 8. C. Gustavsson | SWE | H 3. | | 9. Aki Tammisto | FIN | 5. | | 10.J. Vadas | HUN | 6. | | 12.Jean Cerutti | FRA | H 5. | | 13.C. Missoni | ITA | H 4. | | 14.J.-C. Horsfall | GBR | H 3. | | 15.Meyer | SUI | H 5. | | 16.Pletersek | YUG | H 6. | | 17.Smet | BEL | H 4. | | 18.Strein | LUX | -?? | | 19.Nero | LUX | -?? | | 20.Abdyl | ALB | -?? | | 21.Kellezi | ALB | H 6. |
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