| Final | time | | | 1. József Kovács |  HUN | 14.8s | CR | | 2. Erwin Wegner |  GER | 14.9s | | | 3. Holger Albrechtsen |  NOR | 15.0s | | | 4. Willem Kaan |  NED | 15.0s | | | 5. Corrado Valle |  ITA | 15.1s | | | -. Ernst Leitner |  AUT | DQ | |
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| | | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. József Kovács | HUN | 14.8s | CR Q | | 2. Willem Kaan | NED | 14.9s | NR Q | | 3. Ernst Leitner | AUT | 15.0s | Q | | 4. Sten Pettersson |  SWE | 15.1s | | | 5. Vladas Komaras |  LTU | NT | | | 6. Gianni Caldana | ITA | DNF | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Erwin Wegner | GER | 14.9s | Q | | 2. Corrado Valle | ITA | 15.0s | Q | | 3. Holger Albrechtsen | NOR | 15.1s | Q | | 4. Ivo Buratovic |  YUG | 15.1s | | | 5. Christos Mantikas |  GRE | 15.1s | | | 6. Johann Langmayr | AUT | 30.0s | |
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| | | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. József Kovács | HUN | 15.2s | Q | | 2. Erwin Wegner |  GER | 15.4s | Q | | 3. Ivo Buratovic | YUG | 15.6s | Q | | 4. Paul Mathiotte |  FRA | 15.8s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Gianni Caldana | ITA | 15.1s | CR Q | | 2. Ernst Leitner | AUT | 15.2s | Q | | 3. Sten Pettersson | SWE | 15.3s | Q | | 4. Pierre Bernard | FRA | 15.7s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Christos Mantikas | GRE | 15.1s | CR Q | | 2. Corrado Valle | ITA | 15.1s | CR Q | | 3. Willem Kaan | NED | 15.1s | CR Q | | 4. Willi Welscher | GER | 15.4s | | | 5. Ludvík Kománek |  TCH | 15.4s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Holger Albrechtsen | NOR | 15.8s | Q | | 2. Vladas Komaras | LTU | 16.6s | Q | | 3. Johann Langmayr | AUT | 27.3s | Q | | -. Bengt Sjöstedt |  FIN | DNF | |
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