| Final | team | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Masaji Kiyokawa |  Japan | 1:08.6 | | - | 19 | | 2. Toshio Irie | Japan | 1:09.8 | +1.2s | - | 20 | | 3. Kentaro Kawatsu | Japan | 1:10.0 | +1.4s | - | 17 | | 4. Robert Daniel Zehr |  United States | 1:10.9 | +2.3s | - | 16 | | 5. Ernst Küppers |  Germany | 1:11.3 | +2.7s | - | 28 | | 6. Robert William Kerber | United States | 1:12.8 | +4.2s | - | 19 |
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Semifinals - Thursday, 11th August | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Masaji Kiyokawa | Japan | 1:09.0 | | - | 19 | 1. | | 2. Ernst Kuppers | Germany | 1:09.8 | +0.8s | - | 28 | 2. | | 3. Kentaro Kawatsu | Japan | 1:10.2 | +1.2s | - | 17 | 3. | | 4. Gordon H Chalmers | United States | 1:11.6 | +2.6s | - | 21 | 5. | | 5. William Karlsen |  Norway | 1:13.3 | +4.3s | - | 22 | 8. |
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| Semi 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Toshio Irie | Japan | 1:10.9 | +1.9s | - | 20 | 4. | | 2. Robert Daniel Zehr | United States | 1:11.6 | +2.6s | - | 16 | 5. | | 3. Robert William Kerber | United States | 1:13.0 | +4.0s | - | 19 | 7. | | 4. Munroe Bourne |  Canada | 1:13.9 | +4.9s | - | 22 | 9. |
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Heats - Wednesday, 10th August morning | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd time advanced to Semifinals. |
| Heat 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Masaji Kiyokawa | Japan | 1:08.9 | | 2 | 19 | 1. | | 2. Robert William Kerber | United States | 1:13.0 | +4.10 | 4 | 19 | 7. | | 2. Robert Halloran |  Canada | 1:14.2 | +5.30 | 3 | | 9. | | 4. Eskil Lundahl |  Sweden | 1:16.4 | +7.50 | 2 | 26 | 11. | | -. Roberto Peper |  Argentina | DNS | | 1 | 19 | |
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| Heat 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Robert Daniel Zehr | United States | 1:09.9 | +1.00 | 5 | 16 | 2. | | 2. Ernst Küppers |  Germany | 1:10.2 | +1.30 | 2 | 28 | 3. | | 3. Kentaro Kawatsu | Japan | 1:10.9 | +2.00 | 4 | 17 | 4. | | 4. William Francis |  Great Britain | 1:12.9 | +4.00 | 1 | 21 | 6. | | 5. Benevenuto Martins Nunes |  Brazil | 1:21.0 | +12.10 | 3 | 19 | 13. |
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| Heat 3 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Toshio Irie | Japan | 1:11.3 | +2.40 | 2 | 20 | 5. | | 2. Munroe Bourne | Canada | 1:14.3 | +5.40 | 4 | 22 | 10. | | 3. Jorge Frias De Paula | Brazil | 1:29.2 | +20.30 | 5 | | 15. | | -. Marcel Noual |  France | DSQ | | 3 | | | | -. Walter Spence | Canada | DNS | | 1 | 31 | |
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| Heat 4 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. William Karlsen | Norway | 1:13.7 | +4.80 | 2 | 22 | 8. | | 2. Gordon H Chalmers | United States | 1:17.2 | +8.30 | 3 | 21 | 12. | | 3. Dennis Walker | Canada | 1:21.0 | +12.10 | 5 | 18 | 13. | | -. Nilo Marques Medeiros | Brazil | DNS | | 4 | | |
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