Final | time | +time | L | t.a. | Y | 1. Mel Patton | USA | 21.1s | | 2 | 21.3 | 23 | 2. Barney Ewell | USA | 21.1s | +0.05 | 4 | | 30 | 3. Lloyd LaBeach | PAN | 21.2s | +0.20 | 3 | | 26 | 4. Herb McKenley | JAM | 21.3?s | +0.24 | 1 | | 26 | 5. Cliff Bourland | USA | 21.3?s | +0.27 | 5 | | 27 | 6. Les Laing | JAM | 21.8?s | +0.72 | 6 | | 23 |
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| First 3 from each 2 semi-finals progressed to Final. |
Semi 1 | time | +time | t.a. | Y | 1. Herb McKenley | JAM | 21.4s | | 21.4 | 26 | 2. Mel Patton | USA | 21.6s | +0.26s | | 23 | 3. Barney Ewell | USA | 21.8s | +0.56s | | 30 | 4. Aroldo da Silva | BRA | | +0.82s | | 18 | 5. Abram van Heerden | RSA | | +0.85s | | 20 | 6. Paul Vallé | GBR | | +1.09s | | 21 |
Semi 2 | time | +time | t.a. | Y | 1. Cliff Bourland | USA | 21.5s | &s | 21.6 | 27 | 2. Lloyd LaBeach | PAN | 21.6s | +0.19s | | 26 | 3. Les Laing | JAM | 21.6s | +0.20s | | 23 | 4. John Treloar | AUS | | +0.39s | | 20 | 5. Alastair McCorquodale | GBR | | +0.59s | | 22 | 6. Rafael Fortún | CUB | | +0.91s | | 28 |
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| First 3 from each 4 quarter-finals progressed to Semi-Finals. |
Quarter 1 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Herb McKenley | JAM | 21.3s | 21.6 | 26 | 2. Barney Ewell | USA | 21.8s | | 30 | 3. Paul Vallé | GBR | 22.1s | | 21 | 4. Jan Lammers | NED | | | 21 | 5. Julien Lebas | FRA | | | 24 | 6. Rosalvo Ramos | BRA | | | 34 |
Quarter 2 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Cliff Bourland | USA | 21.3s | | 27 | 2. John Treloar | AUS | 21.5s | | 20 | 3. Aroldo da Silva | BRA | 22.0s | | 18 | 4. Gerardo Bönnhoff | ARG | | | 22 | 5. Dennis Shore | RSA | | | 33 | 6. John De Saram | SRI | | | 19 |
Quarter 3 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Lloyd LaBeach | PAN | 21.7s | | 26 | 2. Les Laing | JAM | 21.8s | | 23 | 3. Abram van Heerden | RSA | 22.9s | | 20 | 4. John Fairgrieve | GBR | &s | | 22 | 5. Santiago Ferrando | PER | &s | | 20 |
Quarter 4 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Mel Patton | USA | 21.4s | | 23 | 2. Alastair McCorquodale | GBR | 21.8s | | 22 | 3. Rafael Fortún | CUB | 22.0s | | 28 | 4. Ivan Hausen | BRA | 22.3s | | 20 | 5. Ted Haggis | CAN | | | | 6. Muhammad Sharif Butt | PAK | | | 22 |
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Heat 1 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Herb McKenley | JAM | 21.3s | 21.4 | 26 | 2. Ted Haggis | CAN | 22.2s | | | 3. Haukur Clausen | ISL | 22.2s | | 19 | 4. Stanley Lines | BER | &s | | |
Heat 2 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Paul Vallé | GBR | 22.3s | | 21 | 2. John De Saram | SRI | 23.1s | | 19 | 3. Bernabe Lovina | PHI | 23.2s | | 27 | 4. Stefanos Petrakis | GRE | &s | | 23 |
Heat 3 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Rafael Fortún | CUB | 21.9s | | 28 | 2. Dennis Shore | RSA | 22.1s | | 33 | 3. Nuno Morais | POR | 22.6s | | 25 |
Heat 4 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Barney Ewell | USA | 21.6s | | 30 | 2. Abram van Heerden | RSA | 21.8s | | 20 | 3. Angel García | CUB | 22.2s | | 28 | 4. Fernand Linssen | BEL | | | 19 | 5. Hazzard Dill | BER | | | 29 | 6. Ali Salman | IRQ | | | |
Heat 5 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Julien Lebas | FRA | 22.0s | | 24 | 2. Rosalvo Ramos | BRA | 22.2s | | 34 | 3. Basil McKenzie | JAM | 22.4s | | |
Heat 6 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Mel Patton | USA | 21.6s | | 23 | 2. Les Laing | JAM | 21.8s | | 23 | 3. Guillermo Geary | ARG | 23.0s | | 22 | 4. Duncan White | SRI | &s | | 30 |
Heat 7 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Gerardo Bönnhoff | ARG | 22.2s | | 22 | 2. John Fairgrieve | GBR | 22.2s | | 22 | 3. Raúl Mazorra | CUB | 23.0s | | 19 | 4. Kemal Aksur | TUR | &s | | 24 | 5. Guillermo Rodríguez | MEX | &s | | |
Heat 8 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Cliff Bourland | USA | 21.3s | 21.7 | 27 | 2. Aroldo da Silva | BRA | 21.9s | | 18 | 3. Georgie Lewis | TTO | 22.4s | | 31 | 4. Walter Pérez | URU | | | 23 | 5. Peter Bloch | NOR | | | 25 |
Heat 9 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. John Treloar | AUS | 21.7s | 21.8 | 20 | 2. Muhammad Sharif Butt | PAK | 22.8s | | 22 | 3. Raşit Öztaş | TUR | 23.0s | | | 4. Perry Johnson | BER | | | |
Heat 10 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Alastair McCorquodale | GBR | 22.3s | 22.3 | 22 | 2. Santiago Ferrando | PER | 22.5s | | 20 | 3. Fernand Bourgaux | BEL | 22.9s | | 28 | 4. Bally Étienne | FRA | | | 25 |
Heat 11 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Juan López | URU | 22.1s | 22.2 | 22 | 2. Ivan Hausen | BRA | 22.2s | | 20 | 3. Gabe Scholten | NED | 22.2s | | 27 | 4. Maung Sein Pe | MYA | &s | | |
Heat 12 | time | t.a. | Y | 1. Lloyd LaBeach | PAN | 21.4s | 21.7 | 26 | 2. Jan Lammers | NED | 22.0s | | 21 | 3. Don Pettie | CAN | 22.0s | | | 4. Mario Fayos | URU | &s | | 21 | 5. Joseph Stéphan | FRA | &s | | 20 |
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