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Date: 31 July 1952
Summary
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | John Davies | AUS | 2:36.8 |
| 2 | Ludevit Komadel | TCH | 2:38.8 |
| 3 | Nobayasu Hirayama | JPN | 2:39.1 |
| 4 | Gerald Holan | USA | 2:39.2 |
| 5 | Monte Nitzkowski | USA | 2:41.4 |
| 6 | Daniel Buyze | NED | 2:42.6 |
| 7 | Orlando Cossani | ARG | 2:43.1 |
| 8 | Lee Portelance | CAN | 2:43.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Herbert Klein | GER | 2:37.0 |
| 2 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | JPN | 2:37.3 |
| 3 | Bowen Stassforth | USA | 2:38.7 |
| 4 | Jiro Nagasawa | JPN | 2:39.0 |
| 5 | Maurice Lusien | FRA | 2:39.1 |
| 6 | David Hawkins | AUS | 2:39.8 |
| 7 | Nikola Trojanovic | YUG | 2:41.8 |
| 8 | Vladimir Borisenko | URS | 2:46.2 |