| Final 17:55 | time | | 1. Andrew Stanfield |  USA | 20.7s | | 2. Thane Baker | USA | 20.8s | | 3. James Gathers | USA | 20.8s | | 4. Emmanuel McDonald-Bailey |  GBR | 21.0s | | 5. Leslie Laing |  JAM | 21.2s | | 6. Gerardo Bonnhoff |  ARG | 21.3s |
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| | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | | 71 competitors from -- nations. |
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| Semi 1 | time | | 1. Andrew Stanfield | USA | 21.1s | | 2. James Gathers | USA | 21.3s | | 3. Leslie Laing | JAM | 21.6s | | 4. Werner Zandt |  GER | 21.7s | | 5. Nicholas Stacey | GBR | 21.8s | | 6. Vaclav Janecek |  TCH | 22.0s |
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| Semi 2 | time | | 1. Emmanuel Mcdonald Bailey | GBR | 21.3s | | 2. Thane Baker | USA | 21.3s | | 3. Gerardo Bonnhoff | ARG | 21.5s | | 4. Rafael Fortún Chacón |  CUB | 21.6s | | 5. Lavy Pinto |  IND | 21.7s | | -. John Treloar |  AUS | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. James Gathers | USA | 21.4s | | 2. Lavy Pinto | IND | 21.6s | | 3. Theodorus Saat |  NED | 21.7s | | 4. Zdobyslaw Stawczyk |  POL | 22.0s | | 5. Miroslav Horcic | TCH | 22.1s | | 6. Raul Mazorra Zamora | CUB | 31.0s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Thane Baker | USA | 21.4s | | 2. Rafael Fortºn Chac³n | CUB | 21.7s | | 3. Paul Dolan |  IRL | 21.9s | | 4. Peter Kraus | GER | 21.9s | | 5. Voitto Hellsten |  FIN | 22.4s | | 6. Rafio Adio Oluwa |  NGR | 22.5s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Emmanuel Mcdonald Bailey | GBR | 21.0s | | 2. Vaclav Janecek | TCH | 21.7s | | 3. Edwin Carr | AUS | 21.8s | | 4. Schalk Booysen |  SAF | 21.9s | | 5. Maurice Gerdil |  FRA | 22.0s | | 6. Robert Hutchison |  CAN | 22.3s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Gerardo Bonnhoff | ARG | 21.4s | | 2. Nicholas Stacey | GBR | 21.5s | | 3. Angel Koleff |  BUL | 21.8s | | 4. Angel Garcia Delgado | CUB | 21.8s | | 5. David Tabak |  ISR | 21.8s | | 6. Roman Budzynski | POL | 22.4s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Andrew Stanfield | USA | 20.9s | | 2. Leslie Laing | JAM | 21.4s | | 3. Etienne Bally | FRA | 21.8s | | 4. Levan Sanadze |  URS | 22.1s | | 5. James Mcfarlane | CAN | 22.1s | | -. Boonterm Pakpuang |  THA | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. John Treloar | AUS | 21.6s | | 2. Werner Zandt | GER | 21.7s | | 3. Vladiir Suharev | URS | 21.7s | | 4. Gerard Mach | POL | 21.8s | | 5. Brian Shenton | GBR | 21.9s | | 6. Tomio Hosoda |  JPN | 22.3s |
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Heats - Tuesday 22.07 15:00 |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Gerardo Bonnhoff | ARG | 21.6s | | 2. Etienne Bally | FRA | 21.9s | | 3. Adolf Turakainen | FIN | 22.4s | | 4. Hordur Haraldsson |  ISL | 22.4s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Thane Baker | USA | 21.4s | | 2. Levan Sanadze | URS | 22.1s | | 3. Stefanos Petrakis |  GRE | 22.4s | | 4. Willy Eichenberger |  SUI | 22.6s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. James Mcfarlane | CAN | 22.8s | | 2. Roman Budzynski | POL | 23.1s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Rafael Fortºn Chacon | CUB | 21.8s | | 2. Nicholas Stacey | GBR | 21.8s | | 3. Fernand Linssen |  BEL | 22.3s | | 4. Edward Albi Ajado | NGR | 22.7s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Theodorus Saat | NED | 22.0s | | 2. Werner Zandt | GER | 22.1s | | 3. Juan Leiva |  VEN | 22.3s | | 4. Fawzi Chaaban |  EGY | 22.7s | | 5. Eugenio Eleuterio |  POR | 23.2s |
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| Heat 6 | time | | 1. David Tabak | ISR | 22.4s | | 2. Maurice Gerdil | FRA | 22.5s |
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| Heat 7 | time | | 1. Andrew Stanfield | USA | 21.8s | | 2. Zdobyslaw Stawczyk | POL | 22.0s | | 3. Enrique Jamie Beckles | ARG | 22.6s | | 4. Youssef Ali Omar Omar | EGY | 22.8s | | 5. Adulya Vanastit | THA | 23.3s |
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| Heat 8 | time | | 1. Vladimir Suharev | URS | 21.9s | | 2. Angel García Delgado | CUB | 21.9s | | 3. Hans Wehrli | SUI | 22.2s | | 4. Pauli Tavisalo | FIN | 22.3s | | 5. Abdul Aziz |  PAK | 22.7s |
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| Heat 9 | time | | 1. Vaclav Janecek | TCH | 21.9s | | 2. Peter Kraus | GER | 22.0s | | 3. Jemadar Muhamad Aslam | PAK | 22.2s | | 4. Fred Hammer |  LUX | 22.4s |
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| Heat 10 | time | | 1. Brian Shenton | GBR | 21.9s | | 2. Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 22.2s | | 3. Robert Schaeffer | LUX | 22.4s | | 4. Vasilios Syllis | GRE | 22.7s |
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| Heat 11 | time | | 1. Schalk Booysen | SAF | 21.8s | | 2. Gerard Mach | POL | 22.1s | | 3. Muhamad Sharif Butt | PAK | 22.3s | | 4. Asmundur Bjarnason | ISL | 22.4s | | 5. Walter Sutton | CAN | 22.4s |
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| Heat 12 | time | | 1. James Gathers | USA | 21.2s | | 2. Tomio Hosoda | JPN | 22.2s | | 3. Henri Brault | FRA | 22.2s | | 4. Luigi Grossi |  ITA | 22.2s | | 5. Muslim Aremu Arogundade | NGR | 22.3s |
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| Heat 13 | time | | 1. Emmanuel McDonald-Bailey | GBR | 21.4s | | 2. Miroslav Horcic | TCH | 22.4s | | 3. Giorgio Sobrero | ITA | 22.4s | | 4. Ernst Mühlethaler | SUI | 23.0s | | 5. Um Pal-Yong |  KOR | 23.0s |
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| Heat 14 | time | | 1. Rafio Adio Oluwa | NGR | 22.8s | | 2. Boonterm Pakpuang | THA | 23.8s |
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| Heat 15 | time | | 1. Leslie Laing | JAM | 21.8s | | 2. Paul Dolan | IRL | 21.9s | | 3. Frantisek Broz | TCH | 22.2s | | 4. Fernando Casimiro | POR | 22.6s | | 5. Julio Barillas |  GUA | 22.7s |
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| Heat 16 | time | | 1. Raul Mazorra Zamora | CUB | 22.3s | | 2. Robert Hutchison | CAN | 22.4s | | 3. Emad el-Din Shafei | EGY | 22.5s | | 4. Aroon Sankosik | THA | 23.5s |
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| Heat 17 | time | | 1. Edwin Carr | AUS | 22.0s | | 2. Angel Koleff | BUL | 22.0s |
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| Heat 18 | time | | 1. John Treloar | AUS | 21.5s | | 2. Lavy Pinto | IND | 21.6s | | 3. Peter Karádi |  HUN | 22.1s | | 4. Lucio Sangermano | ITA | 22.1s |
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