| Final 13.09 16:00 | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Georges Vallerey |  France | 1:07.6 | CR | | | | 2. Gyula Valent |  Hungary | 1:10.5 | | +2.9s | | | 3. Jiri Kovar |  Czechoslovakia | 1:10.5 | | +2.9s | | | 4. Albert Kinnear |  Great Britain | 1:10.7 | | +3.1s | | | 5. Laszlo Gyongyossi | Hungary | 1:10.8 | | +3.2s | | | 6. Bertil Persson |  Sweden | 1:10.8 | | +3.2s | | | 7. Mario Castro Simas |  Portugal | 1:11.6 | | +4.0s | |
| World Record: 1:04.8 Adolph Kiefer, United States - Detroit, United States 18th January 1936 | | European Champion 1938: 1:09.0 Heinz Schlauch, Germany |
| Coupe Fern | | time | | gap | L | | 8. Lucien Zins | France | 1:10.7 | | | - | | 9. Tony Summers | Great Britain | 1:12.4 | | +1.7s | - | | 10.Fritz Maus |  Netherlands | 1:12.8 | | +2.1s | - | | 11.Maroje Miloslavic |  Yugoslavia | 1:13.3 | | +2.6s | - | | 12.Helmut Koppeelstatter |  Austria | 1:13.5 | | +2.8s | - |
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Heats - Friday, 12th September | | Best 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd advanced to Final. |
| Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | Rk | | 1. Georges Vallerey | France | 1:08.9 | CR | | 2 | 1. | | 2. Bertil Persson | Sweden | 1:10.5 | | +1.6s | 5 | 4. | | 3. Albert Kinnear | Great Britain | 1:10.9 | | +2.0s | 3 | 7. | | 4. Ciril Pelchan | Yugoslavia | 1:13.2 | | +4.3s | 1 | 13. | | 5. Egidio Massaria |  Italy | 1:13.5 | | +4.6s | 4 | 14. | | -. Josef Potuznik | Czechoslovakia | DNS | | + | 6 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | Rk | | 1. Jiri Kovar | Czechoslovakia | 1:09.2 | | | 2 | 2. | | 2. Laszlo Gyongyossi | Hungary | 1:10.5 | | +1.3s | 5 | 4. | | 3. Lucien Zins | France | 1:11.6 | | +2.4s | 4 | 8. | | 4. Maroje Miloslavic | Yugoslavia | 1:12.1 | | +2.9s | 6 | 9. | | 5. Per-Olof Olsson | Sweden | 1:14.0 | | +4.8s | 3 | 15. | | -. Artur Mendes da Silva | Portugal | DNS | | | 1 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | Rk | | 1. Mario Castro Simas | Portugal | 1:09.8 | | | 4 | 3. | | 2. Gyula Valent | Hungary | 1:10.7 | | +0.9s | 6 | 6. | | 3. Tony Summers | Great Britain | 1:12.4 | | +2.6s | 1 | 10. | | 4. Fritz Maus | Netherlands | 1:12.5 | | +2.7s | 3 | 11. | | 5. Helmut Koppelstatter | Austria | 1:12.8 | | +3.0s | 5 | 12. | | 6. Edoardo Bergamo | Italy | 1:15.6 | | +5.8s | 2 | 16. |
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| Ranking | | time | FR | | 1. Georges Vallerey | France | 1:06.8 | 1. | | 2. Stack |  United States | 1:07.8 | | | 3. De Groot | United States | 1:08.3 | | | 4. Da Silva |  Brazil | 1:08.9 | | | 5. Holiday | United States | 1:09.0 | | | 6. Bjoern Borg | Sweden | 1:09.2 | | | 6. Olsson | Sweden | 1:09.2 | 15. | | 8. Chavez |  Argentina | 1:09.4 | | | 9. Weeden | United States | 1:09.9 | | | 10.Zins | France | 1:10.2 | 8. |
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