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Date: 13 October 1964 / 14 October 1964 / 15 October 1964
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ian O'Brien | AUS | 2:27.8 |
| 2 | Georgy Prokopenko | URS | 2:28.2 |
| 3 | Chester Jastremski | USA | 2:29.6 |
| 4 | Alexandr Tutakaev | URS | 2:31.0 |
| 5 | Egon Henninger | GER | 2:31.1 |
| 6 | Osamu Tsurumine | JPN | 2:33.6 |
| 7 | Wayne Anderson | USA | 2:35.0 |
| 8 | Vladimir Kosinski | URS | 2:38.1 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Kenjiro Matsumoto | JPN | 2:34.3 |
| 10 | Yoshiaki Shikiishi | JPN | 2:34.5 |
| 10 | Tom Trethewey | USA | 2:34.5 |
| 10 | Wilhelm Messner | GER | 2:35.5 |
| 13 | Klaus Katzur | GER | 2:37.3 |
| 14 | Ferenc Lenkei | HUN | 2:37.5 |
| 15 | John Oravainen | AUS | 2:39.6 |
| 16 | Neil Nicholson | GBR | 2:39.9 |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Peter Tonkin | AUS | 2:39.3 |
| 18 | Nazario Padron | ESP | 2:40.5 |
| 19 | Gershon Shefa | ISR | 2:40.6 |
| 20 | Hermanus Vriens | NED | 2:40.8 |
| 21 | Cesare Caramelli | ITA | 2:40.9 |
| 22 | Rolando Landrito | PHI | 2:41.9 |
| 23 | Gian Corrado Gross | ITA | 2:42.8 |
| 24 | Amman Jalmaani | PHI | 2:44.7 |
| 25 | Farid Zablith Filho | BRA | 2:45.2 |
| 26 | Ruedi Brack | SUI | 2:46.0 |
| 27 | Tong Kim Cheah | MAS | 2:46.2 |
| 28 | Wieger Mensonides | NED | 2:47.4 |
| 29 | Chin Jang-Rhim | KOR | 2:48.6 |
| 30 | Charles Fox | ZAM | 2:49.1 |
| 31 | Miguel Angel Navarro | ARG | 2:49.7 |
| 32 | Huynh Van Hai | VIE | 2:51.6 |
| 33 | Eliot Chenaux | PUR | 2:52.5 |
| Did not start | |||
| Virayuth Klumbanjong | THA | ||
| Costantino Dennerlein | ITA | ||