| Final | team | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Yasuji Miyazaki |  Japan | 58.2s | OR | - | 15 | | 2. Tatsugo Kawaishi | Japan | 58.6s | +0.4s | - | 20 | | 3. Albert Schwartz |  United States | 58.8s | +0.6s | - | 24 | | 4. Manuella Kalili | United States | 59.2s | +1.0s | - | 19 | | 5. Zenjiro Takahashi | Japan | 59.2s | +1.0s | - | 20 | | 6. Raymond Webb Thompson Jr | United States | 59.5s | +1.3s | - | 21 |
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Semifinals - Saturday, 6th August | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Yasuji Miyazaki | Japan | 58.0s | OR | - | 15 | 1. | | 2. Manuella Kalili | United States | 59.3s | +1.3s | - | 19 | 4. | | 3. Raymond Webb Thompson Jr | United States | 59.3s | +1.3s | - | 21 | 4. | | 4. Istvan Barany |  Hungary | 59.4s | +1.4s | - | 24 | 6. | | 5. Andras Szekely | Hungary | 1:01.4 | +3.4s | - | 23 | 9. |
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| Semi 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Tatsugo Kawaishi | Japan | 59.0s | +1.0s | - | 20 | 2. | | 2. Albert Schwartz | United States | 59.2s | +1.2s | - | 24 | 3. | | 3. Zenjiro Takahashi | Japan | 59.5s | +1.5s | - | 20 | 7. | | 4. Walter Spence |  Canada | 59.6s | +1.6s | - | 31 | 8. |
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Heats - Saturday, 6th August | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd time advanced to Semifinals. |
| Heat 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Manuella Kalili | United States | 59.6s | +0.9s | 6 | 19 | 4. | | 2. Istvan Barany | Hungary | 1:00.4 | +1.7s | 2 | 24 | 7. | | 3. Munroe Bourne | Canada | 1:01.1 | +2.4s | 7 | 22 | 8. | | 4. Reginald Sutton |  Great Britain | 1:02.9 | +4.2s | 4 | 23 | 13. | | 5. Leopoldo Tahier |  Argentina | 1:05.3 | +6.6s | 3 | 21 | 17. | | 6. Manoel Da Rocha Villar |  Brazil | 1:08.4 | +9.7s | 5 | 19 | 22. |
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| Heat 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Walter Spence | Canada | 59.3s | +0.6s | 5 | 31 | 2. | | 2. Albert Schwartz | United States | 59.6s | +0.9s | 3 | 24 | 4. | | 3. Tatsugo Kawaishi | Japan | 59.8s | +1.1s | 6 | 20 | 6. | | 4. Andras Wanie | Hungary | 1:02.8 | +4.1s | 1 | 21 | 12. | | 5. Mostyn Yanto French-Williams | Great Britain | 1:05.9 | +7.2s | 2 | 17 | 18. | | -. Antonio Luiz Dos Santos | Brazil | DNS | | 5 | 18 | |
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| Heat 3 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Zenjiro Takahashi | Japan | 59.5s | +0.8s | 6 | 20 | 3. | | 2. Raymond Webb Thompson Jr | United States | 1:02.0 | +3.3s | 5 | 21 | 10. | | 3. Alfredo Rocca | Argentina | 1:04.2 | +5.5s | 4 | 24 | 15. | | 4. Joseph Whiteside | Great Britain | 1:04.7 | +6.0s | 2 | 26 | 16. | | 5. Eskil Lundahl |  Sweden | 1:06.2 | +7.5s | 3 | 26 | 19. | | 6. Joao Pedro Thomaz Pereira | Brazil | 1:08.2 | +9.5s | 1 | | 21. |
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| Heat 4 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Yasuji Miyazaki | Japan | 58.7s | | 3 | 15 | 1. | | 2. Andras Szekely | Hungary | 1:01.5 | +2.8s | 2 | 23 | 9. | | 3. Abdurahman Ali |  Philippines | 1:02.2 | +3.5s | 4 | 21 | 11. | | 4. Noel Ryan |  Australia | 1:02.9 | +4.2s | 1 | 20 | 13. | | 5. Robert Halloran | Canada | 1:06.9 | +8.2s | 6 | | 20. | | -. Alberto Zorrilla | Argentina | DNS | | 4 | 26 | |
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