| Date | 1 September 1960 — 17:30 |
|---|---|
| Location | Stadio Olimpico, Roma |
| Details | Wind: 0.0 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Armin Hary |  GER | 10.2 | 10.32 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Dave Sime |  USA | 10.2 | 10.35 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Peter Radford |  GBR | 10.3 | 10.42 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Enrique Figuerola |  CUB | 10.3 | 10.44 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Frank Budd | USA | 10.3 | 10.46 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Ray Norton | USA | 10.4 | 10.50 |
