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Date: 17 October 1968 / 18 October 1968
Heats
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Daniel Rebillard | FRA | 4:41.71 |
| 2 | Mogens Jensen | DEN | 4:42.43 |
| 3 | Xaver Kurmann | SUI | 4:39.42 |
| 4 | John Bylsma | AUS | 4:41.60 |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| 5 | Cipriano Chemello | ITA | 4:42.29 |
| 5 | Rupert Kratzer | FRG | 4:41.43 |
| 5 | Paul Crapez | BEL | 4:49.99 |
| 5 | Radames Trevino | MEX | 4:42.40 |
| Heats | |||
| 9 | Martin Rodriguez | COL | 4:45.38 |
| 10 | Rajmund Zielinski | POL | 4:46.03 |
| 11 | Knut Knudsen | NOR | 4:46.70 |
| 12 | Juan Merlos | ARG | 4:47.81 |
| 13 | Daniel Yuste | ESP | 4:50.36 |
| 14 | Jiri Daler | TCH | 4:50.50 |
| 15 | Ian Hallam | GBR | 4:50.62 |
| 16 | Ole Wackstrom | FIN | 4:50.76 |
| 17 | Gosta Pettersson | SWE | 4:51.37 |
| 18 | David Brink | USA | 4:55.40 |
| 19 | Vernon Stauble | TTO | 5:07.80 |
| 20 | Benjamin Evangelista | PHI | 5:22.12 |
| 21 | Tarek Abou-Zahab | LBN | 5:35.42 |
| 22 | Colin Forde | BAR | 5:35.60 |
| 23 | Inocente Lizano | CUB | 4:51.09 |
| 24 | Fedor Den Hertog | NED | 4:54.32 |
| 25 | Emil Rusu | ROU | 4:56.45 |
| 26 | Kwon Jung-Hyun | KOR | 5:09.90 |
| 27 | Pakanit Boriharnvanakhet | THA | 5:34.50 |
| 28 | Denfield McNab | BIZ | 6:12.96 |
| Did not start | |||
| Solo Razafinarivo | MAD | ||
| Francois Ombanzi | COD | ||
| Edwin Torres | PUR | ||
| Mahari Ogbamichiel | ETH | ||
| Pong-Ng Joo | MAS | ||