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Date: 3 August 1932
Heats
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Eddie Tolan | USA | 21.2 |
| 2 | George Simpson | USA | 21.4 |
| 3 | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | 21.5 |
| 4 | Arthur Jonath | GER | 21.5 |
| 5 | Carlos Bianchi | ARG | 21.6 |
| 6 | William Walters | RSA | 21.9 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 7 | Harold Wright | CAN | 21.8 |
| 7 | Daniel Joubert | RSA | 21.7 |
| 9 | Allan Elliot | NZL | 21.9 |
| 9 | Erich Borchmeyer | GER | 21.8 |
| 11 | Birchall Pearson | CAN | 21.9 |
| 11 | Roberto Genta | ARG | 22.0 |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| 13 | Stanley Fuller | GBR | 22.1 |
| 13 | Itaro Nakajima | JPN | 21.9 |
| 13 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | JPN | 21.8 |
| 13 | Stanley Engelhart | GBR | 21.8 |
| 17 | Christiaan Berger | NED | 22.0 |
| 17 | Stuart Black | NZL | 22.0 |
| 17 | Walter Hendrix | GER | 21.9 |
| 17 | Teichi Nishi | JPN | 21.9 |
| Heats | |||
| 21 | Andrej Engel | TCH | 22.3 |
| 21 | Liu Changchun | CHN | 23.4 |
| 21 | Enrique Sanchez | MEX | 22.8 |
| 21 | Ronald Vernieux | IND | 22.5 |
| 25 | Everardo Muzquiz | MEX | 22.4 |