Final 14:30 | time | 1. Donald Thompson | GBR | 4:25.30.0 | 2. John Ljiunggren | SWE | 4:25.47.0 | 3. Abdon Pamich | ITA | 4:27.55.4 | 4. Aleksandr Stcherbina | URS | 4:31.44.0 | 5. Thomas Misson | GBR | 4:33.03.0 | 6. Alexander Oakley | CAN | 4:33.08.6 | 7. Giuseppe Dordoni | ITA | 4:33.27.2 | 8. Zora Singh | IND | 4:37.44.6 | 9. Anatoly Vediakov | URS | 4:39.57.6 | 10.Antonio De Gaetano | ITA | 4:41.01.6 | 11.Ladislav Moc | TCH | 4:42.33.6 | 12.George Hazle | SAF | 4:43.18.8 | 13.Max Weber | GER | 4:44.47.4 | 14.Svatopluk Sykora | TCH | 4:46.14.6 | 15.Ajit Singh | IND | 4:47.28.4 | 16.Horst Astroth | GER | 4:50.57.0 | 17.Josef Dolezal | TCH | 4:51.18.6 | 18.Juan Jose Ribas | ESP | 4:51.20.0 | 19.Ron Laird | USA | 4:53.21.6 | 20.Francis O'Reilly | IRL | 4:54.40.0 | 21.Charles Sowa | LUX | 4:57.00.4 | 22.Louis Marquis | SUI | 5:00.13.0 | 23.Bruce McDonald | USA | 5:00.47.6 | 24.John Allen | USA | 5:03.15.2 | 25.Alfred Leiser | SUI | 5:06.55.0 | 26.Mohamed Ben Lazhar | TUN | 5:07.57.4 | 27.Rene Charriere | SUI | 5:09.00.8 | 28.Jacques Arnoux | FRA | 5:20.22.0 | -. Naoui Zlassi | TUN | DNF | -. Ake Soderlund | SWE | DNF | -. Bela Dienesz | HUN | DNF | -. Norman Read | NZL | DNF | -. Erik Soderlund | SWE | DNF | -. Noel Freeman | AUS | DQ | -. Ronald Crawford | AUS | DQ | -. Guillermo Weller | ARG | DQ | -. Kurt Sakowski | GER | DQ | -. Grigory Klimov | URS | | -. Albert Johnson | GBR | | -. K. Bahrouni | TUN | DNS | -. S. Badulescu | ROM | DNS |
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| Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. Capp.: 65,000. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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