| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |   
| Final | time | +time | L | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Bill Porter |  USA | 13.9s |   | 2 | 14.2 | 22 |  | 2. Clyde Scott |  USA | 14.1s | +0.04 | 6 |   | 23 |  | 3. Craig Dixon |  USA | 14.1s | +0.09 | 1 |   | 22 |  | 4. Alberto Triulzi |  ARG | 14.6s | +0.51 | 4 |   | 20 |  | 5. Peter Gardner |  AUS | 14.7?s | +0.59 | 5 |   | 23 |  | 6. Lidman Håkan |  SWE | 14.8?s | +0.66 | 3 |   | 33 |   
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|   |  | First 3 from each 2 semi-finals progressed to Final. |   
| Semi 1 | time | +time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Craig Dixon |  USA | 14.2s |   | 14.4 | 22 |  | 2. Peter Gardner |  AUS | 14.5s | +0.38 |   | 23 |  | 3. Lidman Håkan |  SWE | 14.6s | +0.44 |   | 33 |  | 4. Pol Braekman |  BEL |   | +0.82 |   | 28 |  | 5. Olivier Bernard |  SUI |   |   |   | 27 |  | -. André Marie |  FRA | DNF |   |   | 22 |   
| Semi 2 | time |   | +time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Bill Porter |  USA | 14.1s | OR |   | 14.2 | 22 |  | 2. Clyde Scott |  USA | 14.2s |   | +0.00 |   | 23 |  | 3. Alberto Triulzi |  ARG | 14.6s |   | +0.56 |   | 20 |  | 4. Jim Vickers |  IND |   |   | +0.89 |   |   |  | 5. Ray Weinberg |  AUS |   |   | +1.07 |   | 18 |  | 6. Hugues Frayer |  FRA |   |   | +1.15 |   | 25 |   
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| Heat 1 | time | +time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Bill Porter |  USA | 14.3s |   | 14.5 | 22 |  | 2. Pol Braekman |  BEL | 15.2s | +0.83 |   | 28 |  | 3. Mario Recordón |  CHI | 15.3s | +1.05 |   | 26 |  | 4. Ray Barkway |  GBR | 15.3s | +1.03 |   | 23 |  | 5. Erdal Barkay |  TUR |   |   |   | 20 |   
| Heat 2 | time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Clyde Scott |  USA | 14.8s | 14.8 | 23 |  | 2. Hugues Frayer |  FRA | 15.5s |   | 25 |  | 3. Rendin Börje |  SWE | 15.5s |   | 26 |  | 4. Lazaros Petropoulakis |  GRE |   |   | 23 |   
| Heat 3 | time | +time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Alberto Triulzi |  ARG | 14.6s |   | 14.7 | 20 |  | 2. Peter Gardner |  AUS | 14.6s | +0.13 |   | 23 |  | 3. Manuel Suárez |  ESP | 15.9s | +1.40 |   | 27 |  | 4. Joe Birrell |  GBR |   | +2.59 |   | 18 |  | 5. Petros Krosfilit-Omiros |  GRE |   | +2.60 |   |   |   
| Heat 4 | time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Jim Vickers |  IND | 14.7s | 14.9 |   |  | 2. Lidman Håkan |  SWE | 14.7s |   | 33 |  | 3. Julio Sabater |  PUR | 15.3s |   | 21 |  | 4. Jan Zwaan |  NED | 15.4?s |   | 22 |  | 5. Charles Green |  AUS | 15.4?s |   | 26 |   
| Heat 5 | time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. André Marie |  FRA | 14.9s | 15.0 | 22 |  | 2. Olivier Bernard |  SUI | 14.9s |   | 27 |  | 3. Sydney Foster |  JAM | 15.1s |   |   |  | -. Don Finlay |  GBR | DNF |   | 39 |   
| Heat 6 | time | t.a. | Y |  | 1. Craig Dixon |  USA | 14.2s | 14.4 | 22 |  | 2. Ray Weinberg |  AUS | 15.0s |   | 18 |  | 3. Gilbert Omnès |  FRA | 15.2s |   | 30 |  | 4. Hernán Alzamora |  PER |   |   | 21 |  | 5. Mazar Ul-Haq Khan |  PAK |   |   |   |   
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