| Final 11:30 | time | | 1. Vladimir Golubnichiy |  URS | 1:34.07.2 | | 2. Noel Freeman |  AUS | 1:34.16.4 | | 3. Stanley Vickers |  GBR | 1:34.56.4 | | 4. Dieter Lindner |  GER | 1:35.33.8 | | 5. Norman Read |  NZL | 1:36.59.0 | | 6. Lennart Back |  SWE | 1:37.17.0 | | 7. John Ljiunggren | SWE | 1:37.59.0 | | 8. Ladislav Moc |  TCH | 1:38.32.4 | | 9. Alexander Oakley |  CAn | 1:38.46.0 | | 10.Eric Hall | GBR | 1:38.54.0 | | 11.Ronald Crawford | AUS | 1:39.16.2 | | 12.Henri Delerue |  FRA | 1:39.37.6 | | 13.George Hazle |  SAF | 1:40.16.2 | | 14.Lennart Carlsson | SWE | 1:40.25.0 | | 15.Tommy Kristensen |  DEN | 1:41.07.6 | | 16.Johannes Koch | GER | 1:41.53.4 | | 17.Louis Marquis |  SUI | 1:41.59.6 | | 18.Charles Sowa |  LUX | 1:42.43.8 | | 19.Ronald Zinn |  USA | 1:42.47.0 | | 20.Zora Singh |  IND | 1:43.19. | | 21.Stefano Serchinich |  ITA | 1:43.58.6 | | 22.Luigi De Rosso | ITA | 1:45.04.2 | | 23.Robert Minim | USA | 1:45.09.0 | | 24.Rudolph Haluza | USA | 1:45.11.0 | | 25.Leo Rosschou Larsen | DEN | 1:46.35.8 | | 26.Gianni Corsaro | ITA | 1:46.47.2 | | 27.Kalifa Bahrouni |  TUN | 1:47.09.6 | | 28.Naoui Zlassi | TUN | 1:55.21.0 | | -. Mohamed Ben Lazhar | TUN | DNF | | -. Gabriel Reymond | SUI | DNF | | -. Siegfried Lefanczik | GER | DNF | | -. Kenneth Matthews | GBR | DNF | | -. Anatoly Vediakov | URS | DNF | | -. Gennady Solodov | URS | DNF | | -. Tibor Balajcza |  HUN | DNF | | -. Ajit Singh | IND | DNF | | -. E. Filipescu |  ROM | DNS |
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| | | Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. Capp.: 65,000. | | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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