| Final | time | | 1. Chris Brasher | GBR | 8:41.2 | | 2. Sandor Rozsnyoi | HUN | 8:43.6 | | 3. Ernst Larsen | NOR | 8:44.0 | | 4. Heinz Laufer | GER | 8:44.4 | | 5. Semyon Rzshishchin | URS | 8:44.6 | | 6. John Disley | GBR | 8:44.6 | | 7. Neil Robbins | AUS | 8.50.0 | | 8. Eric Shirley | GBR | 8.57:0 | | 9. Charles Jones | USA | 9.13:0 | | -. Zdislaw Krzyskowiak | POL | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Sandor Roznyoi | HUN | 8.46:6 | | 2. J.I. Disley | GBR | 8.46:6 | | 3. Ernst Larsen | NOR | 8.46:8 | | 4. Charles Jones | USA | 8.47:4 | | 5. Zdislaw Krzyskowiak | POL | 8.48:0 | | 6. Horace Ashenfelter | USA | 8.51:0 | | 7. Vasily Vlasenko | URS | 8.55:0 | | 8. Georgios Papavassiliou | GRE | 8.55:6 | | 9. Yevgeny Kadiakine | URS | 9.09:6 | | 10.Graham Thomas | AUS | 9.09:8 | | 11.Olavi Rinteenpaa | FIN | 9.10:0 | | -. Frans Herman | BEL | DNF |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Eric Shirley | GBR | 8.52:6 | | 2. Semyon Rjichine | URS | 8.53:0 | | 3. Heinz Laufer | GER | 8.53:0 | | 4. Chris Brasher | GBR | 8.53:8 | | 5. Neil Robbins | AUS | 8.55.4 | | 6. Karl Tjornebo | SWE | 9.02:0 | | 7. Ilkka Auer | FIN | 9.04:0 | | 8. Laszlo Jeszenski | HUN | 9.04.2 | | 9. Phillip Coleman | USA | 9.10:0 | | 10.Ronald Blackney | AUS | 9.16.0 | | -. Eduardo Fontecilla | CHI | DNF |
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