| Final 18:05 | time | | | 1. Martinus Osendarp |  Netherlands | 10.5s | | | 2. Orazio Mariani |  Italy | 10.6s | | | 3. Lennart Strandberg |  Sweden | 10.6s | | | 4. Wijnand van Beveren | Netherlands | 10.6s | | | 5. Arthur Sweeney |  Great Britain | 11.0s | | | 6. Bernard Marchand |  Switzerland | 11.2s | |
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| History Men 100m | | World Record: Owens (USA) 10.2s | | European Record: Berger (NED), Strandberg (SWE) 10.3s | | Championship Record: Berger (NED) 10.6s |
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| | First 3 progress to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Lennart Strandberg | Sweden | 10.5s | CR Q | | 2. Martinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 10.7s | Q | | 3. Bernard Marchand | Switzerland | 10.7s | Q | | 4. Manfred Kersch |  Germany | 10.7s | | | 5. Ernest Page | Great Britain | 10.8s | | | 6. Gyula Gyenes |  Hungary | 10.8s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Orazio Mariani | Italy | 10.4s | CR Q | | 2. Wijnand van Beveren | Netherlands | 10.4s | CR Q | | 3. Arthur Sweeney | Great Britain | 10.5s | Q | | 4. Julien Saelens |  Belgium | 10.6s | NR | | 5. Sir József | Hungary | 11.0s | | | 6. Erik Sjøvall |  Norway | 11.0s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Martinus Osendarp | Netherlands | 10.5s | CR Q | | 2. Julien Saelens | Belgium | 10.6s | NR Q | | 3. Ernest Page | Great Britain | 10.7s | Q | | 4. Lennart Lindgren | Sweden | 10.8s | | | 5. Jean Jourdian |  France | 10.9s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Lennart Strandberg | Sweden | 10.6 | Q | | 2. Arthur Sweeney | Great Britain | 10.7 | Q | | 3. Erik Sjøvall | Norway | 10.7 | Q | | 4. François Mersch |  Luxembourg | 10.7 | | | 5. Bernard Zaslona |  Poland | 10.9 | | | 6. Xaver Frick |  Liechtenstain | 12.5 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Wijnand van Beveren | Netherlands | 10.6 | Q | | 2. Bernard Marchand | Switzerland | 10.7 | Q | | 3. Gyula Gyenes | Hungary | 10.7 | Q | | 4. Dieudonné Devrint | Belgium | 10.7 | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Orazio Mariani | Italy | 10.5 | Q | | 2. Sir József | Hungary | 10.7 | Q | | 3. Manfred Kersch | Germany | 10.7 | Q | | 4. Paul Hanni | Switzerland | 10.8 | | | 5. Jean Fusil | France | 11.2 | |
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| Best 1938 | | 1. Martinus Osendarp | NED | 10.3s | 1. | | 2. Sjorvall | NOR | 10.4s | SF 6. | | 3. Orazio Mariani | ITA | 10.5s | 2. | | 3. Kersch | GER | 10.5s | SF 4. | | 5. Lennart Strandberg | SWE | 10.6s | 3. | | 5. Daelli | ITA | 10.6s | -?? | | 5. Wijnand van Beveren | NED | 10.6s | 4. | | Other participants | | -. Hornberger |  Germany | | -?? | | -. J. Saelens |  Belgium | | S 4. | | -. Zaslona |  Poland | | H 5. | | -. Gyenes |  Hungary | | S 6. | | -. Jean Jourdian |  France | | H 5. | | -. Lindgren |  Sweden | | H 4. | | -. E.-L. Page |  Great Britain | | S 5. | | -. Arthur Sweeney | Great Britain | | 5. | | -. Mersch |  Luxembourg | | H 4. | | -. J. Sir | Hungary | | S 5. | | -. Jost | Luxembourg | | -?? | | -. Bernard Marchand |  Switzerland | | 6. | | -. Cokui |  Albania | | -?? | | -. Frick |  Liechtenstain | | H 6. | | -. Jean Fusil | France | | H 5. | | -. Sabit | Albania | | -?? | | Others | | -. N. Kersch | Germany | | S 4. | | -. Guthy | Belgium | | H 4. | | -. Haenni | Switzerland | | H 4. |
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