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Date: 20 July 1952 / 21 July 1952
Heats
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Charles Moore | USA | 50.8 |
| 2 | Yury Lituyev | URS | 51.3 |
| 3 | John Holland | NZL | 52.2 |
| 4 | Anatoly Yulin | URS | 52.8 |
| 5 | Harry Whittle | GBR | 53.1 |
| 6 | Armando Filiput | ITA | 54.4 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 7 | David Gracie | GBR | 52.4 |
| 8 | Roland Blackman | USA | 52.7 |
| 9 | Antal Lippay | HUN | 53.0 |
| 9 | Lee Yoder | USA | 53.0 |
| 11 | Timofey Lunyov | URS | 53.1 |
| 12 | Rune Larsson | SWE | 53.9 |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| 13 | Robert Bart | FRA | 53.0 |
| 14 | Lars Ylander | SWE | 53.1 |
| 15 | Angus Scott | GBR | 53.4 |
| 16 | Sven-Olov Eriksson | SWE | 53.8 |
| 17 | Rainer Pelkonen | FIN | 53.9 |
| 18 | Hans Schwarz | SUI | 54.0 |
| 18 | Arvo Hilli | FIN | 54.0 |
| 20 | Eitaro Okano | JPN | 54.4 |
| 21 | Peter Wilkie | RSA | 54.5 |
| 22 | Fotios Kosmas | GRE | 55.3 |
| 23 | Wilson Carneiro | BRA | 59.4 |
| 24 | Kenneth Doubleday | AUS | 1:00.2 |
| Heats | |||
| 25 | Amadeo Francis | PUR | 54.0 |
| 26 | Rudolf Haidegger | AUT | 54.8 |
| 27 | Ragnar Graeffe | FIN | 55.0 |
| 28 | Kemal Horulu | TUR | 55.2 |
| 29 | Jorn Gevert | CHI | 56.1 |
| 29 | Muhamad Shafi | PAK | 56.1 |
| 31 | Moshin Mirza Khan | PAK | 56.3 |
| 32 | Ingi Thorsteinsson | ISL | 56.5 |
| 33 | Emin Doybak | TUR | 56.6 |
| 34 | Jean Thureau | FRA | 56.7 |
| 35 | Pedro Yoma | CHI | 56.8 |
| 35 | Fernando Fernandes | POR | 56.8 |
| 37 | Karl Schmid | SUI | 57.5 |
| 38 | Jean Fonck | LUX | 57.8 |
| 39 | Paulino Ferrer | VEN | 1:02.1 |
| 40 | Dosan Acarbay | TUR | 1:02.8 |