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moocher
@moocher
Commis, mate.
6 weeks minimum, and then only very carefully.
Once you start to use the limb, avoid wearing an elasticated bandage - it'll slow down the rate at which your limb regains full strength.
FWIW, I've done this to myself at least four, maybe five times (used to do a lot of cross-country running, last time I did it 'cos I was pissed).
GWS
ETA - stick with the rest, elevation and ice. Compression - I'm unsure about - someone will be along to advise shortly.
ETFA - Also, once you are up to the point when you can do some physio, cycling using SPDs (other clipless pedals are available) is less likely to cause you harm than is walking - simply because it constrains your ankle to flexing through the arc which it is supposed to - as opposed to flailing all over the place.