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Date: 25 October 1968 / 25 October 1968
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Roland Matthes | GDR | 2:09.6 |
| 2 | Mitchell Ivey | USA | 2:10.6 |
| 3 | Jack Horsley | USA | 2:10.9 |
| 4 | Gary Hall | USA | 2:12.6 |
| 5 | Santiago Esteva | ESP | 2:12.9 |
| 6 | Leonid Dobroskokin | URS | 2:15.4 |
| 7 | Joachim Rother | GDR | 2:15.8 |
| 8 | Franco Del Campo | ITA | 2:16.5 |
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| 9 | Reinhard Blechert | FRG | 2:16.5 |
| 10 | Ejvind Pedersen | DEN | 2:16.6 |
| 11 | Matyas Borloi | HUN | 2:17.9 |
| 12 | Bob Schoutsen | NED | 2:18.2 |
| 13 | Franco Chino | ITA | 2:19.5 |
| 14 | Jaime Monzo | ESP | 2:20.1 |
| 15 | Jaime Rivera | MEX | 2:20.7 |
| 15 | Karl Byrom | AUS | 2:20.7 |
| 15 | Jose Joaquin Santibanez | MEX | 2:20.7 |
| 18 | Jim Shaw | CAN | 2:21.0 |
| 19 | Marinus Van Beek | NED | 2:21.2 |
| 20 | Hans Ljungberg | SWE | 2:22.3 |
| 20 | Eliseo Vidal | CUB | 2:21.3 |
| 22 | Lars Jensen | DEN | 2:22.5 |
| 23 | Luis Acosta | MEX | 2:24.0 |
| 24 | Gerald Evard | SUI | 2:24.7 |
| 25 | Leonardo Barenboim | ARG | 2:25.2 |
| 26 | Tony Asamali | PHI | 2:30.0 |
| 27 | Francisco Ramis | PUR | 2:30.4 |
| 28 | Antonio Cruz | GUA | 2:36.3 |
| 29 | Wong Man-Chiu | HKG | 2:38.6 |
| 30 | Chan King-Ming | TPE | 2:46.9 |
| Did not start | |||
| Carlos Van Der Maath | ARG | ||
| Toomas Arusoo | CAN | ||
| Cesar Filardi | BRA | ||
| John Jackson | GBR | ||
| Ralph Hutton | CAN | ||
| Sven Ferm | SWE | ||
| Hans Tegeback | SWE | ||