| -. 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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