| Final 17:20 | time | electr | L | | 1. Lindy Remigino |  United States | 10.4s | 10.79s | 4 | | 2. Herbert McKenley |  Jamaica | 10.4s | 10.80s | 3 | | 3. Emmanuel McDonald-Bailey |  Great Britain | 10.4s | 10.83s | 6 | | 4. Dean Smith | United States | 10.4s | 10.84s | 5 | | 5. Vladimir Suharev |  Soviet Union | 10.5s | 10.88s | 2 | | 6. John Treloar |  Australia | 10.5s | 10.91s | 7 |
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| | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion 70,000. | | 72 competitors from 33 nations. |
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| | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Emmanuel Mcdonald Bailey | Great Britain | 10.5s | | 2. Dean Smith | United States | 10.6s | | 3. Vldimir Suharev | Soviet Union | 10.6s | | 4. Lavy Pinto |  India | 10.7s | | 5. Alain Porthault |  France | 10.8s | | 6. Arthur Bragg | United States | 10.9s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Herbert Mckenley | Jamaica | 10.4s | | 2. Lindy Remigino | United States | 10.5s | | 3. John Treloar | Australia | 10.6s | | 4. Rafael Fortún Chacon |  Cuba | 10.7s | | 5. William Jack | Great Britain | 10.7s | | 6. Theodorus Saat |  Netherlands | 10.8s |
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With the top American Jim Golliday injured and not qualifying for the
US team, and his dauphin Art Bragg pulling a muscle in winning his
first round heat, the event was left wide open. Semi-final winners were
Bailey and McKenley. The Briton, transplanted from Trinidad, was
slight favourite, but Dean Smith and then Remigino got away fastest in
the final. By halfway, Remigino led by more than 50cm, but McKenley
began to close, rushing past Bailey and Smith with 20m to go and
catching Remigino at the line. Remigino was given the verdict, having
got home by about an inch (3cm).
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| | | First 3 from each of 4 Quarters advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Emmanuel Mcdonald Bailey | Great Britain | 10.5s | | 2. John Treloar | Australia | 10.7s | | 3. Alain Porthault | France | 10.7s | | 4. Jemadar Muhamad Aslam |  Pakistan | 10.9s | | 5. Byron LaBeach | Jamaica | 11.0s | | -. Angel Koleff |  Bulgaria | DQ |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Lindy Remigino | United States | 10.4s | | 2. Theodorus Saat | Netherlands | 10.6s | | 3. Lavy Pinto | India | 10.7s | | 4. Etienne Bally | France | 10.8s | | 5. Hans Wehrli |  Switzerland | 10.8s | | 6. Alan Lillington | Great Britain | 10.9s |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Dean Smith | United States | 10.4s | | 2. Rafael Fortún Chacon | Cuba | 10.7s | | 3. William Jack | Great Britain | 10.8s | | 4. Werner Zandt |  Germany | 10.8s | | 5. Romeo Galan |  Argentina | 10.9s | | 6. David Tabak |  Israel | 10.9s |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Herbert Mckenley | Jamaica | 10.5s | | 2. Arthur Bragg | United States | 10.5s | | 3. Vladimir Suharev | Soviet Union | 10.7s | | 4. Tomio Hosoda |  Japan | 10.8s | | 5. Gyorgy Csänyi |  Hungary | 10.9s | | 6. Carlo Vittori |  Italy | 10.9s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. John Treloar | Australia | 10.7s | | 2. Alan Lillington | Great Britain | 10.8s | | 3. Gabriel Sowah Laryea |  Ghana | 11.1s | | 4. Miroslav Horcic |  Czechoslovakia | 11.1s | | 5. Asmundur Bjarnason |  Iceland | 11.1s | | 6. Youssef Ali Omar |  Egypt | 11.3s | | 7. Julio Barillas |  Guatemala | 11.3s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Etienne Bally | France | 10.7s | | 2. Angel Koleff | Bulgaria | 10.9s | | 3. Paul Dolan |  Ireland | 11.0s | | 4. Raul Mazorra Zamora | Cuba | 11.0s | | 5. Robert Hutchinson |  Canada | 11.0s | | 6. Masaji Tajima | Japan | 11.1s | | 7. Adulya Vanastit |  Thailand | 11.2s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Emmanuel Mcdonald Bailey | Great Britain | 10.4s | | 2. Carlo Vittori | Italy | 10.9s | | 3. Mikhail Kazantsev | Soviet Union | 11.0s | | 4. Hordur Haraldsson | Iceland | 11.0s | | 5. Javier Sousa |  Mexico | 11.1s | | 6. Stefanos Petrakis |  Greece | 11.2s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. William Jack | Great Britain | 10.8s | | 2. Romeo Galan | Argentina | 11.0s | | 3. Levan Sanadze | Soviet Union | 11.0s | | 4. Emad el-Din Shafei | Egypt | 11.2s | | 5. Guillermo Gutierrez |  Venezuela | 11.2s | | 6. Boonterm Pakpuang | Thailand | 11.7s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Herbert Mckenley | Jamaica | 10.7s | | 2. Gyorgy Csänyi | Hungary | 10.9s | | 3. Emil Kiszka |  Poland | 10.9s | | 4. Pauli Tavisalo |  Finland | 11.0s | | 5. Tomas Salvador Paquete |  Portugal | 11.2s | | 6. Walter Sutton | Canada | 11.2s |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. David Tabak | Israel | 10.9s | | 2. Tomio Hosoda | Japan | 11.0s | | 3. Willy Schneider | Switzerland | 11.1s | | 4. Angel Merdjanoff | Bulgaria | 11.1s | | 5. Juan Leiva | Venezuela | 11.2s |
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| Heat 7 | time | | 1. Vladimir Suharev | Soviet Union | 10.7s | | 2. Theodorus Saat | Netherlands | 10.9s | | 3. Muhamad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 11.0s | | 4. Voitto Hellsten | Finland | 11.1s | | 5. George Acquaah | Ghana | 11.2s | | 6. Mariano Acosta | Argentina | 11.4s | | 7. Wolfgango Montanari | Italy | 11.8s |
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| Heat 8 | time | | 1. Rafael Fortún Chacon | Cuba | 10.5s | | 2. Byron LaBeach | Jamaica | 10.9s | | 3. Franco Leccese | Italy | 10.9s | | 4. Issi Baran | Finland | 11.0s | | 5. Fritz Griesser | Switzerland | 11.1s |
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| Heat 9 | time | | 1. Werner Zandt | Germany | 10.7s | | 2. Jemadar Muhamad Aslam | Pakistan | 10.9s | | 3. James McFarlane | Canada | 11.0s | | 4. Zdenek Pospisil | Czechoslovakia | 11.0s | | 5. Adward Alabi Ajado |  Nigeria | 11.0s | | 6. Fawzi Chaaban | Egypt | 11.4s | | -. Enrique Jaime Beckles | Argentina | DQ |
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| Heat 10 | time | | 1. Arthur Bragg | United States | 10.5s | | 2. Hans Wehrli | Switzerland | 10.8s | | 3. Titus Abimbola Erinle | Nigeria | 10.9s | | 4. Laszlo Zarändi | Hungary | 10.9s | | 5. Petur Sigurdsson | Iceland | 11.3s | | 6. Aroon Sankosik | Thailand | 11.5s |
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| Heat 11 | time | | 1. Lindy Remigino | United States | 10.4s | | 2. Lavy Pinto | India | 10.9s | | 3. Rene Bonino | France | 10.9s | | 4. Frantisek Broz | Czechoslovakia | 11.0s | | 5. Abdul Aziz | Pakistan | 11.2s | | 6. Raimundo Maia | Portugal | 11.5s |
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| Heat 12 | time | | 1. Dean Smith | United States | 10.6s | | 2. Alain Porthault | France | 10.7s | | 3. Erich Fuchs | Germany | 10.8s | | 4. Karimo Babalola Olowu | Nigeria | 11.0s |
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| World Record | | 10.2s Jesse Owens, United States Chicago, United States 20 June 1936 | | 10.2s Harold Davis, United States Compton, United States 6 June 1941 | | 10.2s Lloyd LaBeach, Panama Fresno, United States 15 May 1948 | | 10.2s Barney Ewell, United States Evanston, United States 9 July 1948 | | 10.2s McDonald Bailey, United States Belgrade, Yugoslavia 25 August 1951 |
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| Olympic Record | | 10.3s Eddie Tolan, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932 | | 10.3s Ralph Metcalfe, United States Los Angeles, USA 1 August 1932 | | 10.3s Jesse Owens, United States Berlin, Germany 2 August 1936 | | 10.3s Harrison Dillard, United States London, United Kingdom 31 July, 1948 |
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