| Final | | time | | | 1. Henryk Szordykowski |  Poland | 3:41.4 | CR, NR | | 2. Volodymyr Panteley |  Soviet Union | 3:41.5 | NR | | 3. Gianni Del Buono |  Italy | 3:42.1 | | | 4. Ulf Högberg |  Sweden | 3:43.2 | | | 5. Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union | 3:43.7 | | | 6. Frank Murphy |  Ireland | 3:44.3 | | | 7. Walter Wilkinson |  Great Britain | 3:46.9 | | | 8. Bram Wassenaar |  Netherlands | 3:48.1 | |
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| | | First 3 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Gianni Del Buono | Italy | 3:49.1 | Q | | 2. Bram Wassenaar | Netherlands | 3:49.7 | Q | | 3. Henry Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:52.0 | | | 4. José Maria Alonso |  Spain | 3:56.3 | | | 5. Mehmet Tümkan |  Turkey | 3:57.8 | | | 6. Edmond van Houwenis |  Belgium | 4:00.6 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Henryk Szordykowski | Poland | 3:45.8 | Q | | 2. Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union | 3:45.9 | Q | | 3. Pierre Toussaint |  France | 3:49.6 | | | 4. Haico Scharn | Netherlands | 3:50.1 | | | 5. Pekka Vasala |  Finland | 3:52.1 | | | 6. Alberto Esteban | Spain | 4:00.8 | |
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| 1. Volodymyr Panteley | Soviet Union | 3:47.7 | Q | | 2. Walter Wilkinson | Great Britain | 3:49.0 | Q | | 3. Jan Kondzior | France | 3:50.4 | | | 4. Jože Međimurec |  Yugoslavia | 3:53.0 | | | 5. Spilios Zakharopoulos |  Greece | 3:53.3 | | | 6. Juan Borraz | Spain | 3:57.2 | |
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| 1. Ulf Högberg | Sweden | 3:46.0 | Q | | 2. Frank Murphy | Ireland | 3:46.2 | Q | | 3. Jacky Boxberger | France | 3:47.1 | | | 4. Edgard Salvé | Belgium | 3:48.9 | | | 5. Ivan Kováč |  Czechoslovakia | 3:55.2 | | | 6. Nayden Petrov |  Bulgaria | 3:55.2 | |
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| All Times | | Final | | time | | | 1. Henryk Szordykowski | Poland | 3:41.4 | CR, NR | | 2. Volodymyr Panteley | Soviet Union | 3:41.5 | NR | | 3. Gianni Del Buono | Italy | 3:42.1 | | | 4. Ulf Högberg | Sweden | 3:43.2 | | | 5. Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union | 3:43.7 | | | 6. Frank Murphy | Ireland | 3:44.3 | | | 7. Walter Wilkinson | Great Britain | 3:46.9 | | | 8. Bram Wassenaar | Netherlands | 3:48.1 | | | Heat 1 | | time | | | Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Gianni Del Buono | Italy | 3:49.1 | Q | | 2. Bram Wassenaar | Netherlands | 3:49.7 | Q | | 3. Henry Gustafsson | Sweden | 3:52.0 | | | 4. José Maria Alonso | Spain | 3:56.3 | | | 5. Mehmet Tümkan | Turkey | 3:57.8 | | | 6. Edmond van Houwenis | Belgium | 4:00.6 | | | 1. Henryk Szordykowski | Poland | 3:45.8 | Q | | 2. Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union | 3:45.9 | Q | | 3. Pierre Toussaint | France | 3:49.6 | | | 4. Haico Scharn | Netherlands | 3:50.1 | | | 5. Pekka Vasala | Finland | 3:52.1 | | | 6. Alberto Esteban | Spain | 4:00.8 | | | 1. Volodymyr Panteley | Soviet Union | 3:47.7 | Q | | 2. Walter Wilkinson | Great Britain | 3:49.0 | Q | | 3. Jan Kondzior | France | 3:50.4 | | | 4. Jože Međimurec | Yugoslavia | 3:53.0 | | | 5. Spilios Zakharopoulos | Greece | 3:53.3 | | | 6. Juan Borraz | Spain | 3:57.2 | | | 1. Ulf Högberg | Sweden | 3:46.0 | Q | | 2. Frank Murphy | Ireland | 3:46.2 | Q | | 3. Jacky Boxberger | France | 3:47.1 | | | 4. Edgard Salvé | Belgium | 3:48.9 | | | 5. Ivan Kováč | Czechoslovakia | 3:55.2 | | | 6. Nayden Petrov | Bulgaria | 3:55.2 | |
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