| Date | 14 October 1968 |
|---|---|
| Location | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Walter Adams |  FRG | 1:46.4 | 1:46.41 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Dieter Fromm |  GDR | 1:46.5 | 1:46.54 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Thomas Saisi |  KEN | 1:46.6 | 1:46.64 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Ben Cayenne |  TTO | 1:46.8 | 1:46.83 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Ron Kutschinski |  USA | 1:47.3 | 1:47.39 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Jean-Pierre Dufresne |  FRA | 1:51.8 | 1:51.89 | |||
| 684 | Henryk Szordykowski |  POL | – | – | ||||
| 7 | Yevgeny Arzhanov |  URS | – | – |
