| 1 | Roald Aas (M30) | NOR | 2:10.40 | NRM | - |
| Jevgenij Grisjin (Senior) | URS | 2:10.40 | | - |
| 3 | Boris Stenin (Senior) | URS | 2:11.50 | | +1.100 |
| 4 | Jouko Jokinen (Neo) | FIN | 2:12.00 | SB | +1.600 |
| 5 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Senior) | FIN | 2:13.10 | | +2.700 |
| Per-Olof Brogren (Neo) | SWE | 2:13.10 | | +2.700 |
| 7 | Toivo Salonen (Senior) | FIN | 2:13.19 | | +2.790 |
| 8 | Andre Kouprianoff (Neo) | FRA | 2:13.30 | NR | +2.900 |
| 9 | Helmut Kuhnert (Senior) | GDR | 2:13.60 | | +3.200 |
| 10 | Raymond Gilloz (Senior) | FRA | 2:14.20 | | +3.800 |
| 11 | Knut.33 Johannesen (Senior) | NOR | 2:14.50 | SB | +4.100 |
| 12 | Gennadij Voronin (Senior) | URS | 2:14.70 | | +4.300 |
| 13 | Kurt Robert Stille (Senior) | DEN | 2:15.80 | NR | +5.400 |
| 14 | Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 2:16.10 | | +5.700 |
| 15 | Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 2:16.50 | | +6.100 |
| Gunnar Sjölin (M35) | SWE | 2:16.50 | | +6.100 |
| 17 | Richard Hunt (Senior) | USA | 2:17.70 | | +7.300 |
| 18 | Manfred Schüler (Senior) | GDR | 2:18.30 | | +7.900 |
| Olle Dahlberg (M30) | SWE | 2:18.30 | | +7.900 |
| 20 | Mario Gios (Senior) | ITA | 2:18.60 | | +8.200 |
| 21 | Fumio Nagakubo (Neo) | JPN | 2:18.70 | | +8.300 |
| 22 | Floyd Bedbury (Neo) | USA | 2:18.90 | | +8.500 |
| 23 | Keijo Tapiovaara (Neo) | FIN | 2:19.20 | | +8.800 |
| 24 | Hermann Strutz (Neo) | AUT | 2:19.40 | | +9.000 |
| 25 | Antonio Nitto (Neo) | ITA | 2:19.60 | | +9.200 |
| 26 | Terence Monaghan (Senior) | GBR | 2:19.90 | | +9.500 |
| 27 | Renato de Riva (Neo) | ITA | 2:20.60 | | +10.200 |
| 28 | Bo Karenus (Neo) | SWE | 2:21.10 | | +10.700 |
| 29 | Yoshitaka Hori (Senior) | JPN | 2:21.70 | | +11.300 |
| Kenneth "Keith" Meyer (Neo) | USA | 2:21.70 | | +11.300 |
| 31 | Harald Norden (Senior) | GDR | 2:22.10 | | +11.700 |
| Lev Zajtsev (Neo) | URS | 2:22.10 | | +11.700 |
| 33 | Takeo Mizoo (Neo) | JPN | 2:22.60 | | +12.200 |
| 34 | Shuuji Kobayashi (Neo) | JPN | 2:23.00 | | +12.600 |
| 35 | Edward Rudolph (A1) | USA | 2:23.10 | | +12.700 |
| 36 | Ralf Olin (M35) | CAN | 2:23.50 | | +13.100 |
| 37 | Roy Tutty (Senior) | AUS | 2:23.80 | SB | +13.400 |
| 38 | Günter Tilch (Neo) | GDR | 2:24.80 | | +14.400 |
| 39 | Hroar Elvenes (Senior) | NOR | 2:24.90 | | +14.500 |
| 40 | Terence Malkin (Senior) | GBR | 2:25.00 | | +14.600 |
| 41 | Yeong Jang (Senior) | KOR | 2:25.30 | | +14.900 |
| 42 | Yeong-Bae Choi (Neo) | KOR | 2:26.70 | | +16.300 |
| 43 | John Sands (Senior) | CAN | 2:28.40 | SB | +18.000 |
| 44 | Lin-Weon Jang (Senior) | KOR | 2:30.70 | | +20.300 |
| 45 | Lawrence Mason (Senior) | CAN | 2:35.30 | | +24.900 |
| DNS | Franz Offenberger (Senior) | AUT | DNS | | - |
| DNS | Henk van der Grift (Senior) | NED | DNS | | - |
| DNS | Nils Egil Aaness (Senior) | NOR | DNS | | - |