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Date: 30 January 1956
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Yevgeny Grishin | URS | 2:08.6 |
| 1 | Yury Mikhaylov | URS | 2:08.6 |
| 3 | Toivo Salonen | FIN | 2:09.4 |
| 4 | Juhani Järvinen | FIN | 2:09.7 |
| 5 | Robert Merkulov | URS | 2:10.3 |
| 6 | Sigvard Ericsson | SWE | 2:11.0 |
| 7 | Colin Hickey | AUS | 2:11.8 |
| 8 | Boris Shilkov | URS | 2:11.9 |
| 9 | Knut Johannesen | NOR | 2:12.2 |
| 10 | Roald Aas | NOR | 2:19.9 |
| 11 | Wim de Graaff | NED | 2:13.1 |
| 11 | Gerard Maarse | NED | 2:13.1 |
| 11 | Bertil Eng | SWE | 2:13.1 |
| 11 | Kees Broekman | NED | 2:13.1 |
| 15 | Bohumil Jauris | TCH | 2:13.6 |
| 16 | Jan Kristiansen | NOR | 2:13.7 |
| 17 | Bengt Malmsten | SWE | 2:14.6 |
| 18 | Matti Hamberg | FIN | 2:14.8 |
| 19 | Johnny Cronshey | GBR | 2:15.0 |
| 20 | Pat McNamara | USA | 2:15.2 |
| 21 | Taketsugu Asazaka | JPN | 2:15.4 |
| 22 | Gunnar Ström | SWE | 2:15.6 |
| 23 | Yoshitaka Hori | JPN | 2:15.9 |
| 24 | Hroar Elvenes | NOR | 2:16.0 |
| 25 | Johnny Werket | USA | 2:16.1 |
| 26 | Leo Tynkkynen | FIN | 2:16.2 |
| 27 | Guido Citterio | ITA | 2:16.5 |
| 27 | Vladimír Kolář | TCH | 2:16.5 |
| 29 | Chang Yung | KOR | 2:16.7 |
| 30 | Gene Sandvig | USA | 2:17.1 |
| 31 | Franz Offenberger | AUT | 2:17.3 |
| 32 | Arthur Mannsbarth | AUT | 2:17.4 |
| 33 | John Hearn | GBR | 2:17.5 |
| 34 | Raymond Gilloz | FRA | 2:17.7 |
| 35 | Hans Keller | GER | 2:18.1 |
| 36 | Shinkichi Takemura | JPN | 2:18.3 |
| 37 | Don McDermott | USA | 2:18.6 |
| 38 | Kurt Eminger | AUT | 2:19.0 |
| 39 | Jaroslav Doubek | TCH | 2:19.2 |
| 39 | Yoshiyasu Gomi | JPN | 2:19.2 |
| 41 | Ralf Olin | CAN | 2:19.7 |
| 42 | Jo Yun-Sik | KOR | 2:20.0 |
| 42 | Guido Caroli | ITA | 2:20.0 |
| 44 | Kim Jong-Sun | KOR | 2:20.5 |
| 45 | Johnny Sands | CAN | 2:20.7 |
| 46 | Jürg Rohrbach | SUI | 2:21.7 |
| 46 | Erich Kull | SUI | 2:21.7 |
| 48 | Remo Tomasi | ITA | 2:22.2 |
| 49 | Nico Olsthoorn | NED | 2:22.6 |
| 50 | Alex Connell | GBR | 2:23.0 |
| 51 | Pyeon Chang-Nam | KOR | 2:23.5 |
| 51 | Ernst Biel | AUT | 2:23.5 |
| 53 | Gordon Audley | CAN | 2:26.1 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Pierre Huylebroeck | BEL | ||