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 |  | 1. John Besford |   Great Britain | 1:11.7 |   |  | 2. Ernst Kuppers |   Germany | 1:12.2 | +0.5s |  | 3. Edgar Siegrist |   Switzerland | 1:12.6 | +0.9s |  | 4. William Karlsen |   Norway | 1:13.0 | +1.3s |  | 5. Hans Schwarz |   Germany | 1:14.4 | +2.7s |  | 6. William Francis |   Great Britain | 1:14.5 | +2.8s |  | 7. Lundvik |   Sweden | 1:14.6 | +2.9s |   
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  Heats - Thursday, 17th August |   
| Heat 1 | time | Rk. |  | 1. William Francis |   Great Britain | 1:13.4 | 5. |  | 2. William Karlsen |   Norway | 1:13.4 | 5. |  | 3. Nallidis |   Germany | 1:15.1 | 8. |  | 4. Samaneck |   Czechoslovakia | 1:17.1 | 12. |   
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| Heat 2 | time | Rk. |  | 1. Hans Schwarz |   Germany | 1:12.9 | 3. |  | 2. Edgar Siegrist |   Switzerland | 1:13.2 | 4. |  | 3. Lundvik |   Sweden | 1:14.0 | 7. |  | 4. Scheffor |   Hungary | 1:15.4 | 10. |   
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| Heat 3 | time | Rk. |  | 1. John Besford |   Great Britain | 1:12.6 | 1. |  | 2. Ernst Kuppers |   Germany | 1:12.7 | 2. |  | 3. Nagy |   Hungary | 1:15.1 | 8. |  | 4. Helling |   Czechoslovakia | 1:15.9 | 11. |  | 5. Chortowski |   Poland | 1:17.6 | 13. |   
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