| Final 19:20 | time | | | 1. Jack Archer |  Great Britain | 10.6s | | | 2. Haakon Tranberg |  Norway | 10.7s | | | 3. Carlo Monti |  Italy | 10.8s | | | 4. ũtienne Bally |  France | 10.8s | | | 5. Stig Håkansson |  Sweden | 10.8s | | | 6. Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson |  Iceland | 10.9s | |
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| History Men 100m. Venue: Bislett Stadion. | | World Record: Owens (USA) 10.2s | | European Record: Berger (NED), Strandberg (SWE), Neckerman (GER), Jonath (GER) 10.3s | | Season Best: Bailey (GBR) 10.5s |
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Semi-Finals - Friday 23th August - 18:25 | | First 2 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6s | Q | | 2. Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.7s | Q | | 3. Nikolay Karakulov |  Soviet Union | 10.7s | | | 4. Jan Lammers |  Netherlands | 10.8s | | | 5. Giusto Cattoni | Italy | 11.0s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. ũtienne Bally | France | 10.6s | Q | | 2. Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.7s | Q | | 3. Pol Braekman |  Belgium | 10.8s | | | 4. Jiří David |  Czechia | 10.9s | | | 5. Jo Zwaan | Netherlands | 10.9s | |
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| Semi 3 | time | | | 1. Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.7s | Q | | 2. Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.8s | NR Q | | 3. René Valmy | France | 10.8s | | | 4. Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 10.9s | | | 5. Mirko Paráček | Czechia | 11.0s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.8s | NR Q | | 2. Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.9s | Q | | 3. Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 10.9s | Q | | 4. Rutkowski Józef |  Poland | 11.0s | | | 5. Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 11.2s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Giusto Cattoni | Italy | 11.0s | Q | | 3. Jiří David | Czechia | 11.1s | Q | | 4. Kalevi Huttunen |  Finland | 11.2s | | | 5. Marko Račič |  Yugoslavia | DQ | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Pol Braekman | Belgium | 10.7s | Q | | 2. Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 10.8s | Q | | 3. Jo Zwaan | Netherlands | 10.9s | Q | | 4. Bert Liffen | Great Britain | 10.9s | | | 5. Marijan Slanac | Yugoslavia | 11.0s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6s | Q | | 2. ũtienne Bally | France | 10.8s | Q | | 3. Mirko Paráček | Czechia | 10.9s | Q | | 4. Arne Thisted |  Denmark | 11.0s | | | 5. Kjell Mangseth | Norway | 11.2s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.8s | Q | | 2. Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 10.8s | Q | | 3. René Valmy | France | 10.9s | Q | | 4. Tage Egemose | Denmark | 11.0s | |
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