| Heat 1 | Ataturk Stadium - 0 |
| Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | SB |
| 2 | 1182 | SALAMA Adel | 1956 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 57.83 |
| 3 | 225 | GOIKOETXEA Ramon | 1959 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 1:02.00 |
| 4 | 1855 | GOKDENIZ Unsal | 1957 | M55 | TUR TURKEY | 1:07.18 |
| 5 | 1050 | MARTIN Anthony | 1959 | M55 | IRL IRELAND | 58.34 |
| 6 | 1917 | PAMUKCU Ahmet | 1955 | M55 | TUR TURKEY | 1:22.0 |
| 7 | 971 | ZORN Gerhard | 1956 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 56.08 |
| 8 | 669 | SKINNER William | 1959 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:01.61 |
| Qual.Rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times qualified. |
| Heat 2 | Ataturk Stadium - 0 |
| Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | SB |
| 3 | 1175 | RAPACCIONI Claudio | 1954 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 1:02.01 |
| 4 | 1447 | AKISHEV Dmitrii | 1958 | M55 | RUS RUSSIA | 1:00.00 |
| 5 | 792 | HOFNER Reinhard | 1958 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 1:01.0 |
| 6 | 1387 | ZURAWSKI Bogumil | 1959 | M55 | POL POLAND | 57.67 |
| 7 | 1497 | KHUSAINOV Rashid | 1959 | M55 | RUS RUSSIA | 57.00 |
| 8 | 1243 | ABROMAITIS Kestutis | 1956 | M55 | LTU LITHUANIA | 1:05.00 |
| Qual.Rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times qualified. |
| Heat 3 | Ataturk Stadium - 0 |
| Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | SB |
| 3 | 95 | PETKOV Stefan | 1957 | M55 | BUL BULGARIA | 1:00.96 |
| 4 | 832 | LANGENBACH Gunter | 1957 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 1:03.25 |
| 5 | 1885 | KARA Ali | 1959 | M55 | TUR TURKEY | 1:00.80 |
| 6 | 485 | LE JEUNE Gilbert | 1958 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 1:03.25 |
| 7 | 1693 | ZULAUF Stephan | 1959 | M55 | SUI SWITZERLAND | 57.04 |
| 8 | 605 | JAMES Tennyson | 1957 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 57.00 |
| Qual.Rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 2 fastest times qualified. |
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