Final | | time | | gap | L | 1. Leonid Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 2:41.1 | | | 1 | 2. Roberto Lazzari | Italy | 2:41.3 | | +0.2s | 4 | 3. Klaus Bodinger | West Germany | 2:41.4 | | +0.3s | 5 | 4. Albert Anonyjan | Soviet Union | 2:41.9 | | +0.8s | 7 | 5. Horst Maluk | East Germany | 2:41.9 | | +0.8s | 3 | 6. Konrad Enke | East Germany | 2:42.0 | | +0.9s | 2 | 7. Hans Tröger | West Germany | 2:44.4 | | +3.3s | 8 | 8. Andrzej Kłopotowski | Poland | 2:44.9 | | +3.8s | 6 |
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World Record: Terence Gathercole, Australia 2:36.5 Townsville, Australia 28th June 1958 | European Record: Leonid Koilesnikov, Soviet Union 2:39.3 Moskva, Soviet Union 19th July 1958 |
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Semi 1 | | time | | gap | L | 2. Klaus Bodinger | West Germany | 2:42.8 | Q | | 6 | 3. Horst Maluk | East Germany | 2:43.6 | Q | +0.8s | 5 | 5. Konrad Enke | East Germany | 2:43.7 | Q | +0.9s | 4 | 6. Albert Anonyjan | Soviet Union | 2:43.9 | Q | +1.1s | 3 | 10.Vítězslav Svozil | Czechoslovakia | 2:45.3 | | +2.5s | 1 | 12.Sándor Utassy | Hungary | 2:46.6 | | +3.8s | 8 | 13.Christopher Walkden | Great Britain | 2:47.6 | | +4.9s | 2 | -. Gilbert Desmit | Belgium | DQ | | | 7 |
Semi 2 | | time | | gap | L | 1. Roberto Lazzari | Italy | 2:42.0 | Q | | 4 | 3. Andrzej Kłopotowski | Poland | 2:43.6 | Q | +1.6s | 5 | 7. Leonid Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 2:44.1 | Q | +2.1s | 2 | 8. Hans Tröger | West Germany | 2:44.4 | Q | +2.3s | 3 | 9. Viktor Svoboda | Czechoslovakia | 2:45.2 | | +3.2s | 7 | 11.György Kunsági | Hungary | 2:46.4 | | +4.4s | 6 | 14.Gerald Brauner | Austria | 2:50.0 | | +8.0s | 1 | 15.Franco Masperi | Italy | 2:50.5 | | +8.5s | 8 |
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Heat 5 | | time | | 7. Klaus Bodinger | West Germany | 2:43.7 | Q | 10.Leonid Kolesnikov | Soviet Union | 2:45.5 | Q | 12.Viktor Svoboda | Czechoslovakia | 2:45.8 | Q | 16.Franco Masperi | Italy | 2:48.6 | Q | 19.Jesús Domínguez | Spain | 2:53.0 | | 23.Georges Szmirlisz | Greece | 2:59.0 | |
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Heat 4 | | time | | 1. Konrad Enke | East Germany | 2:42.1 | Q | 13.Svozil Vítězslav | Czechoslovakia | 2:46.5 | Q | 21.Michael Kelly | Ireland | 2:56.8 | |
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Heat 3 | | time | | 3. Horst Maluk | East Germany | 2:42.3 | Q | 4. Andrzej Kłopotowski | Poland | 2:42.8 | Q | 11.Gilbert Desmit | Belgium | 2:45.6 | Q | 15.Sándor Utassy | Hungary | 2:47.9 | Q | 17.Andre Skvarlo | Poland | 2:49.8 | | 24.Ŷ"zer Ŷ"delli | Turkey | 3:03.7 | | 26.Pekka Lairola | Finland | DQ |
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Heat 2 | | time | | 4. Albert Anonyjan | Soviet Union | 2:42.8 | Q | 8. György Kunsági | Hungary | 2:44.3 | Q | 9. Christopher Walkden | Great Britain | 2:44.6 | Q | 25.Ernest Schweitzer | Luxemburg | 3:09.8 | |
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Heat 1 | | time | | 1. Roberto Lazzari | Italy | 2:42.1 | Q | 6. Hans Tröger | West Germany | 2:43.2 | Q | 14.Gerald Brauner | Austria | 2:47.2 | Q | 18.Richard Hemingway | Great Britain | 2:52.4 | | 20.Guillermo Alsina | Spain | 2:54.6 | | 22.Bisser Naumov | Bulgaria | 2:58.3 | |
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