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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Olympic Park Swimming Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 6, 1932
Date Finished: August 6, 1932
Format: Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Yasuji Miyazaki |
| Silver: | Tatsugo Kawaishi |
| Bronze: | Albert Schwartz |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuella Kalili | 19 | United States | USA | 59.6 | QU |
| 2 | István Bárány | 24 | Hungary | HUN | 1:00.4 | QU |
| 3 | Munroe Bourne | 22 | Canada | CAN | 1:01.1 | |
| 4 | Reg Sutton | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:02.9 | |
| 5 | Leopoldo Tahier | Argentina | ARG | 1:05.3 | ||
| 6 | Manoel Villar | 19 | Brazil | BRA | 1:08.4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Spence | 31 | Canada | CAN | 59.3 | QU |
| 2 | Albert Schwartz | 24 | United States | USA | 59.6 | QU |
| 3 | Tatsugo Kawaishi | 20 | Japan | JPN | 59.8 | QC |
| 4 | András Wanié | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 1:02.8 | |
| 5 | Mickey Ffrench-Williams | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:05.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenjiro Takahashi | 20 | Japan | JPN | 59.5 | QU |
| 2 | Raymond Thompson | 21 | United States | USA | 1:02.0 | QU |
| 3 | Alfredo Rocca | Argentina | ARG | 1:04.2 | ||
| 4 | Joseph Whiteside | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:04.7 | |
| 5 | Eskil Lundahl | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 1:06.2 | |
| 6 | João Pereira | Brazil | BRA | 1:08.2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuji Miyazaki | 15 | Japan | JPN | 58.7 | QU |
| 2 | András Székely | 23 | Hungary | HUN | 1:01.5 | QU |
| 3 | Abdurahman Ali | 21 | Philippines | PHI | 1:02.2 | |
| 4 | Noel Ryan | Australia | AUS | 1:02.9 | ||
| 5 | Robert Halloran | Canada | CAN | 1:06.9 |