| Final | | time | | gap | L | 100m | | 1. György Tumpek |  Hungary | 2:32.2 | | | - | 1:13.3 | | 2. Zsolt Feyér | Hungary | 2:35.1 | | +2.9s | - | 1:10.9 | | 3. Vadim Martinchik |  Soviet Union | 2:36.3 | | +3.1s | - | 1:12.1 | | 4. Jack Hale |  Great Britain | 2:38.9 | | +6.7s | - | 1:15.9 | | 5. Vladimir Borisenko | Soviet Union | 2:39.7 | | +7.5s | - | 1:14.2 | | 6. Manfred Mäsel |  West Germany | 2:40.2 | | +8.0s | - | 1:16.9 | | 7. Maurice Lusien |  France | 2:40.7 | | +8.5s | - | 1:13.8 | | 8. Herbert Klein | West Germany | 2:42.1 | | +9.9s | - | 1:15.9 |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | | 1. Zsolt Feyér | Hungary | 2:41.4 | 2 | 6. | | 2. Nikola Trojanović |  Yugoslavia | 2:44.6 | 3 | 11. | | 3. Javier Alberti |  Spain | 2:51.6 | 7 | 16. | | 4. Geert Jan van Rooij |  Netherlands | 2:56.3 | 4 | 18. | | -. Marek Petrusewicz |  Poland | DNS | 5 | | | -. Horst Fritzsche |  East Germany | DNS | 6 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | | 1. Vladimir Borisenko | Soviet Union | 2:39.8 | 6 | 1. | | 2. Hans Wohlmann | East Germany | 2:44.3 | 2 | 10. | | 3. Giorgio Grilz |  Italy | 2:46.3 | 4 | 12. | | 4. Kurt Siska |  Austria | 2:50.3 | 5 | 14. | | -. Hans Muller | Netherlands | DNS | 3 | | | -. Robert Wardrop | Great Britain | DNS | 7 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | | 1. György Tumpek | Hungary | 2:40.4 | 2 | 3. | | 2. Maurice Lusien | France | 2:40.6 | 5 | 4. | | 3. Jesús Domínguez | Spain | 2:44.2 | 7 | 9. | | 4. Bo Larsson |  Sweden | 2:51.5 | 3 | 15. | | 5. K. Hudec |  Czechoslovakia | 2:52.8 | 6 | 17. | | -. Lars Svantesson | Sweden | DNS | 4 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | | 1. Jack Hale | Great Britain | 2:40.2 | 7 | 2. | | 2. Manfred Mäsel | West Germany | 2:40.9 | 6 | 5. | | 3. Herbert Klein | West Germany | 2:42.0 | 1 | 7. | | 4. Vadim Martinchik | Soviet Union | 2:42.0 | 5 | 7. | | 5. Aulis Kähkönen |  Finland | 2:49.5 | 3 | 13. | | -. Kucar | Yugoslavia | DNS | 2 | | | -. L. Berlanský | Czechoslovakia | DNS | 4 | |
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| Overall | | Heats | Final | | 1. György Tumpek | Hungary | 2:40.4 1 h2 | 2:32.2 1 F | | 2. Zsolt Feyér | Hungary | 2:41.4 1 h4 | 2:35.1 2 F | | 3. Vadim Martinchik | Soviet Union | 2:42.0 4 h1 | 2:36.3 3 F | | 4. Jack Hale | Great Britain | 2:40.2 1 h1 | 2:38.9 4 F | | 5. Vladimir Borisenko | Soviet Union | 2:39.8 1 h3 | 2:39.7 5 F | | 6. Manfred Mäsel | West Germany | 2:40.9 2 h1 | 2:40.2 6 F | | 7. Maurice Lusien | France | 2:40.6 2 h2 | 2:40.7 7 F | | 8. Herbert Klein | West Germany | 2:42.0 3 h1 | 2:42.1 8 F | | 9. Jesús Domínguez | Spain | 2:44.2 3 h2 | - | | 10.Hans Wohlmann | East Germany | 2:44.3 2 h3 | - | | 11.Nikola Trojanović | Yugoslavia | 2:44.6 2 h4 | - | | 12.Giorgio Grilz | Italy | 2:46.3 3 h3 | - | | 13.Aulis Kähkönen | Finland | 2:49.5 5 h1 | - | | 14.Siska | Austria | 2:50.3 4 h3 | - | | 15.Bo Larsson | Sweden | 2:51.5 4 h2 | - | | 16.Javier Alberti | Spain | 2:51.6 3 h4 | - | | 17.Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 2:52.8 5 h2 | - | | 18.Geert Jan van Rooij | Netherlands | 2:56.3 4 h4 | - | | -. Kucar | Yugoslavia | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Berlanský | Czechoslovakia | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Lars Svantesson | Sweden | - DNS h2 | - | | -. Hans Muller | Netherlands | - DNS h3 | - | | -. Bert Wardrop | Great Britain | - DNS h3 | - | | -. Marek Petrusewicz | Poland | - DNS h4 | - | | -. Horst Fritzsche | East Germany | - DNS h4 | - |
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