| Final 17:50 | time | | | 1. Gaston Roelants |  BEL | 8:32.6 | CR NR | | 2. Zoltán Vamos |  ROU | 8:37.6 | NR | | 3. Nikolay Sokolov |  URS | 8:40.6 | | | 4. Hermann Bühl |  GDR | 8:47.2 | | | 5. Attila Simon |  HUN | 8:49.4 | | | 6. Vladimir Yevdokimov | URS | 8:50.8 | | | 7. Guy Texereau |  FRA | 8:51.4 | | | 8. Aleksey Konov | URS | 8:52.6 | | | 9. Slavko Špan |  YUG | 8:57.2 | | | 10.Esko Siren |  FIN | 8:59.6 | | | 11.Rainer Dörner | GDR | 9:13.8 | | | -. Maurice Herriott |  GBR | DNS | |
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Heats - Friday 14.09 18:00 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Hermann Bühl | GDR | 8:48.2 | Q | | 2. Guy Texereau | FRA | 8:48.8 | NR Q | | 3. Vladimir Yevdokimov | URS | 8:49.2 | Q | | 5. Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak |  POL | 8:49.8 | | | 6. Miklos Fazekas | HUN | 8:57.6 | | | 7. Ole Ellefsæter |  NOR | 8:59.8 | | | 8. Georgios Papavasiliou |  GRE | 9:05.8 | | | 9. Horst Gansel |  AUT | 9:14.4 | | | 10.Kristleifur Guðbjörnsson |  ISL | 9:30.8 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Gaston Roelants | BEL | 8:42.0 | Q | | 2. Nikolay Sokolov | URS | 8:46.8 | Q | | 3. Rainer Dörner | GDR | 8:46.8 | Q | | 4. Attila Simon | HUN | 8:50.0 | Q | | 5. Bohumír Zháňal |  TCH | 8:51.6 | | | 6. Franc Hafner | YUG | 8:54.2 | | | 7. Edward Motyl | POL | 8:55.8 | | | 8. Brian Hall | GBR | 8:57.0 | | | 9. Gianfranco Sommaggio |  ITA | 9:16.8 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Aleksey Konov | URS | 843:4 | Q | | 2. Zoltán Vamos | ROU | 8:44.6 | Q | | 3. Slavko Špan | YUG | 8:45.0 | Q | | 4. Esko Siren | FIN | 8:46.4 | Q | | 5. Cahit Önel |  TUR | 8:47.2 | NR | | 6. David Chapman | GBR | 8:50.4 | | | 7. Jerzy Chromik | POL | 8:54.0 | | | 8. Ludwig Müller |  FRG | 9:00.4 | | | 9. Joaquim Ferreira |  POR | 9:01.8 | | | 10.Jozsef Macsar | HUN | 9:04.6 | |
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