| -. Allen Poucher |  United States | 2:05.67 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Folkert Meew |  West Germany | 2:06.53 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Viktor Charygin |  Soviet Union | 2:09.00 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Pat O'Connor | United States | 2:09.39 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Viktor Vasilenok | Soviet Union | 2:09.74 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Yasumiro Kamazaki |  Japan | 2:09.87 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Byron MacDonald |  Canada | 2:10.86 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Mizuki Hamano | Japan | 2:12.72 | | +-.--s | - |
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| -. Allen Poucher | United States | 2:07.70 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Folkert Meew | West Germany | 2:09.22 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Pat O'Connor | United States | 2:09.54 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Viktor Vasilenok | Soviet Union | 2:09.65 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Yasumiro Kamazaki | Japan | 2:10.15 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Mizuki Hamano | Japan | 2:10.69 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Viktor Charygin | Soviet Union | 2:10.71 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Byron MacDonald | Canada | 2:12.91 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Ricardo Alvares |  Mexico | 2:13.62 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Allan Scott |  Great Britain | 2:15.45 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Jacek Krawczyk |  Poland | 2:17.70 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Gustavo Rivera | Mexico | 2:18.23 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Flavio Machado |  Brazil | 2:18.46 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Jacques Schreuren |  Luxembourg | 2:18.70 | | +-.--s | - | | -. G. Clancy | Great Britain | 2:21.29 | | +-.--s | - | | -. Danijel Sabo |  Yugoslavia | 2:32.38 | | +-.--s | - |
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