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Date: 13 October 1968 / 14 October 1968 / 15 October 1968
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Ralph Doubell | AUS | 1:44.3 |
| 2 | Wilson Kiprugut | KEN | 1:44.5 |
| 3 | Thomas Farrell | USA | 1:45.4 |
| 4 | Walter Adams | FRG | 1:45.8 |
| 5 | Josef Plachy | TCH | 1:45.9 |
| 6 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1:46.2 |
| 7 | Thomas Saisi | KEN | 1:47.5 |
| 8 | Benedict Cayenne | TTO | 1:54.3 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Robert Ouko | KEN | 1:47.1 |
| 10 | Byron Dyce | JAM | 1:47.2 |
| 11 | Ronald Kutschinski | USA | 1:47.3 |
| 11 | Franz-Josef Kemper | FRG | 1:47.3 |
| 13 | David Cropper | GBR | 1:47.6 |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Dufresne | FRA | 1:51.8 |
| 15 | Eugeny Arzhanov | URS | |
| 15 | Henryk Szordykowski | POL | |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Tomas Jungwirth | TCH | 1:48.7 |
| 18 | Anders Garderud | SWE | 1:48.9 |
| 19 | Noel Carroll | IRL | 1:49.0 |
| 19 | Ahmed Issa | CHA | 1:49.0 |
| 21 | Matias Habtemichael | ETH | 1:49.6 |
| 22 | Sebsibe Mamo | ETH | 1:49.7 |
| 23 | Gianni del Buono | ITA | 1:50.2 |
| 24 | Roberto Silva | MEX | 1:50.4 |
| 25 | John Ametepey | GHA | 1:50.7 |
| 26 | Subramaniam Ramasamy | MAS | 1:50.8 |
| 26 | Gilles Sibon | FRA | 1:50.8 |
| 28 | Jun Nagai | JPN | 1:51.2 |
| 29 | Papa Mambaye N'diaye | SEN | 1:51.3 |
| 30 | Wade Bell | USA | 1:51.5 |
| 31 | Gerd Larsen | DEN | 1:51.9 |
| 32 | Gilbert Van Manshoven | BEL | 1:52.3 |
| 33 | Xaver Frick | LIE | 1:52.6 |
| 33 | Carlos Baez | PUR | 1:52.6 |
| 35 | Christopher Carter | GBR | 1:52.9 |
| 36 | Hussein Angelo | SUD | 1:53.4 |
| 37 | Robert Honti | HUN | 1:53.8 |
| 37 | Jacques Pennewaert | BEL | 1:53.8 |
| 39 | Jose L'Oficial | DOM | 1:55.6 |
| 40 | Francisco Menocal | NCA | 1:58.9 |
| 41 | Alfredo Cubias | ESA | 2:08.7 |