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Date: 17 October 1964 / 19 October 1964 / 21 October 1964
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Peter Snell | NZL | 3:38.1 |
| 2 | Josef Odlozil | TCH | 3:39.6 |
| 3 | John Davies | NZL | 3:39.6 |
| 4 | Alan Simpson | GBR | 3:39.7 |
| 5 | Dyrol Burleson | USA | 3:40.0 |
| 6 | Witold Baran | POL | 3:40.3 |
| 7 | Michel Bernard | FRA | 3:41.2 |
| 8 | John Whetton | GBR | 3:42.4 |
| 9 | Jean Wadoux | FRA | 3:45.4 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 10 | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 3:41.9 |
| 10 | Eugene Allonsius | BEL | 3:41.9 |
| 12 | Wolf-Dieter Holtz | GER | 3:42.3 |
| 13 | Tom O'Hara | USA | 3:43.4 |
| 14 | Karl-Uno Olofsson | SWE | 3:44.8 |
| 15 | Jurgen May | GER | 3:46.8 |
| 16 | Simo Vazic | YUG | 3:48.3 |
| 17 | Ergas Leps | CAN | 3:51.2 |
| 18 | James Ryun | USA | 3:55.0 |
| Heats | |||
| 19 | Siegfried Valentin | GER | 3:44.9 |
| 20 | Mamo Sebsibe | ETH | 3:45.8 |
| 21 | Ivan Byelitsky | URS | 3:46.7 |
| 22 | William McKim | GBR | 3:46.8 |
| 22 | Olavi Salonen | FIN | 3:46.8 |
| 24 | Stig Lindback | SWE | 3:47.1 |
| 25 | Hans-Rudi Knill | SUI | 3:47.2 |
| 26 | Francesco Bianchi | ITA | 3:47.9 |
| 27 | Volker Tulzer | AUT | 3:49.0 |
| 28 | Attila Simon | HUN | 3:49.1 |
| 29 | Rolf Jelinek | SUI | 3:51.2 |
| 30 | Michel Medinger | LUX | 3:51.8 |
| 31 | Chung Kyo-Mo | KOR | 3:53.0 |
| 32 | Hugo Walser | LIE | 3:53.3 |
| 33 | Denos Adjima Beche | CIV | 3:53.5 |
| 34 | Esmail Yazdanpanah-Barughi | IRI | 3:54.8 |
| 35 | Basil Clifford | IRL | 3:54.9 |
| 35 | Albert Thomas | AUS | 3:54.9 |
| 37 | Toichi Yamaguchi | JPN | 3:56.7 |
| 37 | Anar Khan | PAK | 3:56.7 |
| 39 | Neville Myton | JAM | 3:57.0 |
| 40 | Eric Donu Amevor | GHA | 3:58.4 |
| 41 | Ramasamy Subramaniam | MAS | 3:59.4 |
| 42 | Patrick Field | HKG | 4:02.6 |
| 43 | Tira Klai Arngtong | THA | 4:08.7 |
| Did not start | |||
| Muharrem Dalkilic | TUR | ||
| Manuel Oliveira | POR | ||
| Ahmed Issa | CHA | ||
| Michel Jazy | FRA | ||
| Jean Randrianjatovo | MAD | ||
| Jose Gregorio Neira | COL | ||
| Nguyen Van Ly | VIE | ||