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Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 8, 1936
Date Finished: August 8, 1936
Format: Top two in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Ferenc Csík |
| Silver: | Masanori Yusa |
| Bronze: | Shigeo Arai |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Fick | 22 | United States | USA | 57.6 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Ferenc Csík | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 58.3 | QU |
| 3 | Rom Gabrielsen | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:01.2 | |
| 4 | Bob Hamerton | 25 | Canada | CAN | 1:02.1 | |
| 5 | Paulo Tarrto | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 1:02.6 | |
| 6 | Mahmoud Kadri | 18 | Egypt | EGY | 1:03.8 | |
| 7 | Arturo Álvarez | Peru | PER | 1:04.9 | ||
| 8 | Charlie Chan | 25 | China | CHN | 1:06.5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masanori Yusa | 21 | Japan | JPN | 57.8 | QU |
| 2 | Arthur Highland | 24 | United States | USA | 59.9 | QU |
| 3 | William Kendall | Australia | AUS | 1:01.0 | QC | |
| 4 | Egon Roolaid | 17 | Estonia | EST | 1:01.5 | |
| 5 | René Cavalero | 18 | France | FRA | 1:02.2 | |
| 6 | Sjoerd Mooi Wilten | 22 | Netherlands | NED | 1:03.4 | |
| 7 | Alberto Conrad | 26 | Bolivia | BOL | 1:17.5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mickey Ffrench-Williams | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:00.7 | QU |
| 2 | Jikirum Adjaluddin | 25 | Philippines | PHI | 1:01.0 | QU |
| 3 | Heiko Schwartz | 24 | Germany | GER | 1:01.8 | |
| 4 | Munroe Bourne | 26 | Canada | CAN | 1:02.4 | |
| 5 | Isaac Morais | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 1:03.5 | |
| 6 | Günther Zobernig | 20 | Austria | AUT | 1:03.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shigeo Arai | 19 | Japan | JPN | 57.7 | QU |
| 2 | Helmuth Fischer | 25 | Germany | GER | 57.9 | QU |
| 3 | Ödön Gróf | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 1:01.3 | |
| 4 | Leonard Spence | 27 | Bermuda | BER | 1:01.9 | |
| 5 | Claude Desusclade | 17 | France | FRA | 1:07.2 | |
| 6 | Rikhardos Brousalis | Greece | GRE | 1:07.5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masaharu Taguchi | 20 | Japan | JPN | 57.5 | QU/OR |
| 2 | John Christensen | 21 | Denmark | DEN | 1:01.1 | QU |
| 3 | George Larson | 24 | Canada | CAN | 1:01.5 | |
| 4 | Saad El-Din Zaki | Egypt | EGY | 1:03.7 | ||
| 5 | Juan Paz | 24 | Peru | PER | 1:05.6 | |
| 6 | Spyridon Mavrogiorgos | Greece | GRE | 1:08.2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draško Vilfan | 22 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 1:00.5 | QU |
| 2 | Hermann Heibel | 24 | Germany | GER | 1:01.4 | QU |
| 3 | Frederick Dove | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:01.6 | |
| 4 | José Obial | 22 | Philippines | PHI | 1:01.7 | |
| 5 | Leônidas da Silva | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 1:03.3 | |
| 6 | John Young | 19 | Bermuda | BER | 1:07.8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Lindegren | 24 | United States | USA | 58.3 | QU |
| 2 | Oszkár Abay-Nemes | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 1:00.2 | QU |
| 3 | Heikki Hietanen | 21 | Finland | FIN | 1:01.0 | QC |
| 4 | Piet Stam | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 1:01.3 | |
| 5 | Poul Petersen | 23 | Denmark | DEN | 1:01.6 | |
| 6 | Roger Zirilli | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | 1:04.1 |