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Date: 31 July 1952 / 31 July 1952 / 2 August 1952
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | John Davies | AUS | 2:34.4 |
| 2 | Bowen Stassforth | USA | 2:34.7 |
| 3 | Herbert Klein | GER | 2:35.9 |
| 4 | Nobayasu Hirayama | JPN | 2:37.4 |
| 5 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | JPN | 2:38.6 |
| 6 | Jiro Nagasawa | JPN | 2:39.1 |
| 7 | Maurice Lusien | FRA | 2:39.8 |
| 8 | Ludevit Komadel | TCH | 2:40.1 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Gerald Holan | USA | 2:39.2 |
| 10 | David Hawkins | AUS | 2:39.8 |
| 11 | Monte Nitzkowski | USA | 2:41.4 |
| 12 | Nikola Trojanovic | YUG | 2:41.8 |
| 13 | Daniel Buyze | NED | 2:42.6 |
| 14 | Orlando Cossani | ARG | 2:43.1 |
| 15 | Lee Portelance | CAN | 2:43.8 |
| 16 | Vladimir Borisenko | URS | 2:46.2 |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Pierre Joly dit Dumesnil | FRA | 2:43.4 |
| 18 | Aulis Kahkonen | FIN | 2:43.8 |
| 19 | Marek Petrusewicz | POL | 2:44.0 |
| 20 | Manuel Sanguily | CUB | 2:44.5 |
| 21 | Walter Ocampo Perez | MEX | 2:44.8 |
| 22 | Bengt Rask | SWE | 2:45.3 |
| 23 | Octavio Mobiglia | BRA | 2:46.1 |
| 24 | Juha Tikka | FIN | 2:46.3 |
| 25 | Ludovicus Schoenmaekers | BEL | 2:46.5 |
| 26 | Blago Barbieri | YUG | 2:47.3 |
| 26 | Jurij Kurtshashov | URS | 2:47.3 |
| 26 | Petr Skriptshenkov | URS | 2:47.3 |
| 29 | Adhemar Grijo Filho | BRA | 2:47.6 |
| 30 | Vlastimil Linhart | TCH | 2:48.0 |
| 31 | Brian Barnes | GBR | 2:48.6 |
| 32 | Awad Halloudah | EGY | 2:50.5 |
| 33 | Habib Suharko | INA | 2:51.3 |
| 34 | Knud Gleie | DEN | 2:51.4 |
| 35 | Vladimir Skovajsa | TCH | 2:53.3 |
| 36 | Alfons Oehy | SUI | 2:54.8 |
| 37 | Rene Kohn | LUX | 2:59.3 |
| 38 | Mohammad Bashir | PAK | 3:01.3 |
| 39 | Eduardo Barbeiro | POR | 3:04.6 |
| Disqualified | |||
| Giorgio Grilz | ITA | ||