| Final | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. George Kojac |  United States | 1:08.2 | WR | 2 | 18 | | 2. Walter Laufer | United States | 1:10.0 | +1.8s | 1 | 22 | | 3. Paul Wyatt | United States | 1:12.0 | +3.8s | 4 | 21 | | 4. Toshio Irie |  Japan | 1:13.6 | +5.4s | 5 | 16 | | 5. Ernst Küppers |  Germany | 1:13.8 | +5.6s | 6 | 24 | | 6. Jack Besford |  Great Britain | 1:15.4 | +7.2s | 5 | 17 |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. George Kojac | United States | 1:10.0 | 1. | 3 | 18 | | 2. Toshio Irie | Japan | 1:14.0 | 3. | 1 | 16 | | 3. Jack Besford | Great Britain | 1:14.8 | 6. | 4 | 17 | | 4. Munroe Bourne |  Canada | 1:15.0 | 7. | 5 | 18 | | 5. Eskil Lundahl |  Sweden | 1:15.2 | 8. | 2 | 22 | | 6. William Francis | Great Britain | 1:17.8 | 9. | 6 | 17 |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Walter Laufer | United States | 1:12.6 | 2. | 1 | 22 | | 2. Paul Wyatt | United States | 1:14.2 | 4. | 5 | 24 | | 2. Ernst Küppers | Germany | 1:14.2 | 5. | 4 | 21 | | 4. Tom Boast |  Australia | 1:18.8 | 10. | 2 | 22 | | -. Gérard Blitz |  Belgium | DNS | | 3 | 27 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. George Kojac | United States | 1:09.2 OR | 1. | 2 | 18 | | 2. Toshio Irie | Japan | 1:13.4 | 3. | 6 | 16 | | 3. Albert Schumburg | Germany | 1:16.6 | 11. | 1 | 19 | | 4. Roland Johansson | Sweden | 1:17.4 | 14. | 5 | 19 | | -. Emile Thieupondt | Belgium | DNS | | 3 | | | -. Carlos Castro Feijos |  Argentina | DNS | | 4 | |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Walter Laufer | United States | 1:12.8 | 2. | 2 | 22 | | 2. Jack Besford | Great Britain | 1:15.0 | 8. | 3 | 17 | | 3. Aladár Bitskey |  Hungary | 1:15.6 | 9. | 5 | 22 | | 4. Johann Schulz |  Germany | 1:17.2 | 13. | 1 | | | -. Brull |  Spain | DNS | | | | | -. Rodiger |  Austria | DNS | | | |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Tom Boast | Australia | 1:17.0 | 12. | | 22 | | 2. Gérard Blitz | Belgium | 1:18.8 | 15. | | 27 | | 3. Len Moorhouse |  New Zealand | 1:20.4 | 17. | | 24 | | -. Krzystof Trytko |  Poland | DNS | | | | | -. Teófilo Yldefonso |  Philippines | DNS | | | 25 | | -. S. Omero |  Italy | DNS | | | |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Ernst Küppers | Germany | 1:14.0 | 4. | | 24 | | 2. William Francis | Great Britain | 1:16.4 | 10. | | 17 | | 3. Émile Zeibig |  France | 1:20.0 | 16. | | 26 | | 4. Eugène Kuborn |  Luxembourg | | | | 25 | | -. Alberto Zorrilla | Argentina | DNS | | | 22 |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Paul Wyatt | United States | 1:14.0 | 4. | | 21 | | 2. Eskil Lundahl | Sweden | 1:14.4 | 6. | | 22 | | 2. Munroe Bourne | Canada | 1:14.4 | 6. | | 18 | | 4. Shourai Kimura | Japan | | | | 20 | | -. Nassau | Austria | DNS | | | |
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