| Final | time | | | 1. Armando Filiput |  ITA | 51.9s | CR NR | | 2. Yuriy Lituyev |  URS | 52.4s | NR | | 3. Harry Whittle |  GBR | 52.7s | | | 4. Ottavio Missoni | ITA | 53.6s | | | 5. Lars Ylander |  SWE | 53.9s | | | 6. Georges Elloy |  FRA | 54.3s | |
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Semi-Finals Saturday 26.08 | | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Harry Whittle | GBR | 53.1s | Q | | 2. Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 53.1s | Q | | 3. Ottavio Missoni | ITA | 53.6s | Q | | 4. Rune Larsson | SWE | 53.6s | | | 5. Yves Cros | FRA | 54.1s | | | 6. Torben Johannesen |  DEN | 54.5s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Armando Filiput | ITA | 52.0s | CR NR Q | | 2. Georges Elloy | FRA | 53.2s | Q | | 3. Lars Ylander | SWE | 53.3s | Q | | 4. Timofey Lunev | URS | 53.4s | | | 5. Angus Scott | GBR | 53.7s | | | 6. Marcel Dits |  BEL | 54.0s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Yves Cros | FRA | 54.0s | Q | | 2. Ottavio Missoni | ITA | 54.2s | Q | | 3. Timofey Lunev | URS | 54.2s | Q | | 4. Kemal Horulu |  TUR | 55.1s | | | 5. Fotios Kosmas |  GRE | 55.7s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Armando Filiput | ITA | 53.6s | Q | | 2. Georges Elloy | FRA | 54.3s | Q | | 3. Torben Johannesen | DEN | 54.5s | Q | | 4. Franz Fritz |  AUT | 54.5s | | | 5. Reidar Nilsen |  NOR | 55.8s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 53.4s | Q | | 2. Lars Ylander | SWE | 54.0s | Q | | 3. Angus Scott | GBR | 54.3s | Q | | 4. Jacques De Moor | BEL | 54.8s | | | 5. Doğan Acarbay | TUR | 55.3s | | | 6. Igor Zupančič |  YUG | 55.4s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Harry Whittle | GBR | 54.3s | Q | | 2. Marcel Dits | BEL | 54.8s | Q | | 3. Rune Larsson | SWE | 55.2s | Q | | 4. Frans Buys |  NED | 55.6s | |
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