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Date: 30 November 1956 / 1 December 1956
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | William Yorzyk | USA | 2:19.3 |
| 2 | Takashi Ishimoto | JPN | 2:23.8 |
| 3 | Gyorgy Tumpek | HUN | 2:23.9 |
| 4 | Jack Nelson | USA | 2:26.6 |
| 5 | John Marshall | AUS | 2:27.2 |
| 6 | Eulalio Rios | MEX | 2:27.3 |
| 7 | Brian Wilkinson | AUS | 2:29.7 |
| 8 | Alexandru Popescu | ROU | 2:31.0 |
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| 9 | Rene Pirolley | FRA | 2:30.1 |
| 10 | Jeno Ats | HUN | 2:31.1 |
| 11 | Horst Weber | GER | 2:34.4 |
| 12 | Graham Symonds | GBR | 2:35.7 |
| 13 | Walter Ocampo Perez | MEX | 2:41.4 |
| 14 | Agapito Lozada | PHI | 2:43.5 |
| 15 | George Park | CAN | 2:47.2 |
| 16 | Shah Ghazi | PAK | 2:48.0 |
| 17 | Seow Hoo Fong | MAL | 2:56.0 |
| 18 | Parsons Nabiula | PHI | 3:03.2 |
| 19 | Shamsher Khan | IND | 3:06.3 |