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Date: 20 July 1952 / 21 July 1952 / 22 July 1952
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Malvin Whitfield | USA | 1:49.2 |
| 2 | Arthur Wint | JAM | 1:49.4 |
| 3 | Heinz Ulzheimer | GER | 1:49.7 |
| 4 | Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 1:49.7 |
| 5 | Albert Webster | GBR | 1:50.2 |
| 6 | Gunther Steines | GER | 1:50.6 |
| 7 | Reginald Pearman | USA | 1:52.1 |
| 8 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | SWE | 1:52.1 |
| 9 | Hans Ring | SWE | 1:54.0 |
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| 10 | Audun Boysen | NOR | 1:50.4 |
| 11 | Urban Cleve | GER | 1:51.6 |
| 12 | Bill Parnell | CAN | 1:52.7 |
| 13 | Pyotr Chevgun | URS | 1:52.8 |
| 13 | John Hutchins | CAN | 1:52.8 |
| 15 | John Barnes | USA | 1:53.4 |
| 16 | Charles White | GBR | 1:53.6 |
| 17 | Edmund Potrzebowski | POL | 1:53.7 |
| 18 | Ludvik Liska | TCH | 1:54.8 |
| 19 | Sohan Singh Dhanoa | IND | 1:54.9 |
| 20 | Jeno Bakos | HUN | 1:55.5 |
| 21 | Gennady Modoy | URS | 1:55.7 |
| 22 | Frank Evans | GBR | 1:56.8 |
| 23 | Donald MacMillan | AUS | 1:58.4 |
| 24 | Patrick El-Mabrouk | FRA | |
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| 25 | John Ross | CAN | 1:52.5 |
| 26 | Louis DeSmet | BEL | 1:52.9 |
| 26 | Olavi Talja | FIN | 1:52.9 |
| 28 | Yoshitaka Muroya | JPN | 1:54.0 |
| 29 | Argemiro Roque | BRA | 1:54.1 |
| 30 | Rene Dijan | FRA | 1:54.3 |
| 31 | Ekrem Kocak | TUR | 1:54.5 |
| 32 | Roman Korban | POL | 1:54.7 |
| 33 | Fred Luthy | SUI | 1:55.0 |
| 34 | Oscar Soetewey | BEL | 1:55.4 |
| 35 | Erkki Ronnholm | FIN | 1:55.7 |
| 36 | Turhan Goker | TUR | 1:55.9 |
| 37 | Maurice Marshall | NZL | 1:56.2 |
| 38 | Alam Zeb | PAK | 1:56.3 |
| 39 | Georgy Ivakin | URS | 1:56.4 |
| 40 | Gudmundur Larusson | ISL | 1:56.5 |
| 41 | Johannes Baumgartner | SUI | 1:57.1 |
| 42 | Lucien DeMuynck | BEL | 1:57.4 |
| 43 | Evelio Planas | CUB | 1:57.6 |
| 43 | Francisco Rivera | PUR | 1:57.6 |
| 45 | Vasilios Mavroidis | GRE | 1:58.7 |
| 46 | Filemon Camacho | VEN | 2:00.0 |
| 47 | Aryeh Gill-Glick | ISR | 2:00.9 |
| 48 | Victor Solares | GUA | 2:01.4 |
| 49 | Mohamed Sanni-Thomas | GHA | 2:05.8 |
| 50 | Boonpak Kwancharoen | THA | 2:12.6 |