| | | -. Davis Johnson |  United States | 2:10.53 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Steve Furniss |  United States | 2:12.72 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. John Hawes |  Canada | 2:13.93 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Stan. Rodionov |  Soviet Union | 2:13.99 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Igor Potiakin |  Soviet Union | 2:14.92 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Atle Malberg |  Norway | 2:16.92 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Gainsandro Rudan |  Yugoslavia | 2:18.60 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. D. Hamm |  Great Britain | 2:20.27 |  | +-.--s | - | 
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 | | -. Davis Johnson |  United States | 2:10.11 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Igor Potiakin |  Soviet Union | 2:15.88 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Steve Furniss |  United States | 2:15.98 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. John Hawes |  Canada | 2:16.21 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Stan. Rodionov |  Soviet Union | 2:16.85 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Atle Malberg |  Norway | 2:16.97 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Gainsandro Rudan |  Yugoslavia | 2:18.63 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. D. Hamm |  Great Britain | 2:18.69 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Geroge Cross |  Canada | 2:19.17 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Keigo Kakabe |  Japan | 2:20.18 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Karol Fischer |  Czechoslovakia | 2:20.22 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. E. Riach |  Great Britain | 2:20.74 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Nikolay Petrov |  Bulgaria | 2:20.81 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Michele Garufi |  Italy | 2:21.67 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Eduardo Araujo |  Brazil | 2:22.85 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Moris Hamidi |  France | 2:24.70 |  | +-.--s | - |  | -. Michele Bosco |  Italy | 2:25.33 |  | +-.--s | - | 
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