| Final | | time | | | 1. Jürgen Straub |  East Germany | 3:46.5 | | | 2. Paul-Heinz Wellmann |  West Germany | 3:46.6 | | | 3. János Zemen |  Hungary | 3:46.6 | | | 4. Anatoliy Mamontov |  Soviet Union | 3:46.9 | | | 5. Henryk Wasilewski |  Poland | 3:47.6 | | | 6. Vladimir Kanev |  Bulgaria | 3:48.6 | | | 7. Francis Gonzalez |  France | 3:49.2 | | | 8. Eamonn Coghlan |  Ireland | 3:53.5 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 12th March | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 3 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Henryk Wasilewski | Poland | 3:42.5 | Q | | 2. Paul-Heinz Wellmann | West Germany | 3:42.5 | Q | | 3. Jürgen Straub | East Germany | 3:42.6 | Q | | 4. Anatoliy Mamontov | Soviet Union | 3:42.7 | q | | 9. Herman Mignon |  Belgium | 3:43.5 | | | 12.Panayiotis Pallikaris |  Greece | 3:45.4 | | | 13.Rudi Pagel | West Germany | 3:45.5 | | | 16.Evert Hoving |  Netherlands | 3:46.2 | | | 17.János Hrenek | Hungary | 3:48.3 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. János Zemen | Hungary | 3:43.3 | Q | | 6. Vladimir Kanev | Bulgaria | 3:43.3 | Q | | 7. Francis Gonzalez | France | 3:43.4 | Q | | 8. Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 3:43.5 | q | | 10.Wybo Lelieveld | Netherlands | 3:44.1 | | | 11.Tamás Szántó | Hungary | 3:45.1 | | | 14.Peter Belger | West Germany | 3:45.6 | | | 15.Jozef Lenčéš |  Czechoslovakia | 3:46.2 | |
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