| Final Ranking | time | Y | | 1. Delfo Cabrera |  ARG | 2:34:51.6 | 29 | | 2. Tom Richards |  GBR | 2:35:07.6 | 38 | | 3. Gailly Étienne |  BEL | 2:35:33.6 | 25 | | 4. Johannes Coleman |  RSA | 2:36:06.0 | 38 | | 5. Eusebio Guiñez | ARG | 2:36:36.0 | 41 | | 6. Syd Luyt | RSA | 2:38:11.0 | 22 | | 7. Gustav Östling |  SWE | 2:38:40.6 | 33 | | 8. John Systad |  NOR | 2:38:41.0 | 35 | | 9. Alberto Sensini | ARG | 2:39:30.0 | 38 | | 10.Henning Larsen |  DEN | 2:41:22.0 | 37 | | 11.Viljo Heino |  FIN | 2:41:32.0 | 34 | | 12.Anders Melin | SWE | 2:42:20.0 | 26 | | 13.Jussi Kurikkala | FIN | 2:42:48.0 | 35 | | 14.Ted Vogel |  USA | 2:45:27.0 | 23 | | 15.Enrique Inostroza |  CHI | 2:47:48.0 | 27 | | 16.Lloyd Evans |  CAN | 2:48:07.0 | 32 | | 17.Gérard Côté | CAN | 2:48:31.0 | 35 | | 18.Stelios Kyriakidis |  GRE | 2:49:00.0 | 38 | | 19.Kiss József |  HUN | 2:50:20.0 | 39 | | 20.Koru Şevki |  TUR | 2:51:07.0 | 35 | | 21.Johnny Kelley | USA | 2:51:56.0 | 40 | | 22.Kaspar Schiesser |  SUI | 2:52:09.0 | 32 | | 23.Walter Fedorick | CAN | 2:52:12.0 | 30 | | 24.Ollie Manninen | USA | 2:56:49.0 | 31 | | 25.Hong Jong-O |  KOR | 2:56:54.0 | 23 | | 26.Paddy Mulvihill |  IRL | 2:57:35.0 | 32 | | 27.Seo Yun-Bok | KOR | 2:59:36.0 | 25 | | 28.Sven Håkansson | SWE | 3:00:09.0 | 38 | | 29.Jakob Jutz | SUI | 3:03:55.0 | | | 30.Stan Jones | GBR | 3:09:16.0 | 33 | | -. Salvatore Costantino |  ITA | DNF | 29 | | -. Pierre Cousin |  FRA | DNF | 35 | | -. Hans Frischknecht | SUI | DNF | 25 | | -. Mikko Hietanen | FIN | DNF | 36 | | -. Jack Holden | GBR | DNF | 41 | | -. René Josset | FRA | DNF | 37 | | -. Luo Wenao |  CHN | DNF | | | -. Arsène Piesset | FRA | DNF | 28 | | -. Athanasios Ragazos | GRE | DNF | 34 | | -. Chhota Singh |  IND | DNF | | | -. Choi Yun-Chil | KOR | DNF | 20 |
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| | Start and finish at Empire Stadium, Wembley. Loops through the London suburbs. | | Start at 15:00. |
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