| Final | | time | | | 1. José Luis González |  Spain | 3:38.70 | NR | | 2. José Manuel Abascal | Spain | 3:38.91 | | | 3. Antti Loikkanen |  Finland | 3:39.62 | | | 4. Thomas Wessinghage |  West Germany | 3:39.79 | | | 5. Andreas Baranski | West Germany | 3:40.96 | | | 6. Carlos Cabral |  Portugal | 3:41.24 | | | 7. Pierre Délèze |  Switzerland | 3:41.38 | | | 8. Khristos Papakhristos |  Greece | 3:49.26 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 6th March | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 3:39.74 | Q | | 2. José Manuel Abascal | Spain | 3:40.14 | Q, NR | | 5. Carlos Cabral | Portugal | 3:41.29 | Q | | 7. Khristos Papakhristos | Greece | 3:41.67 | q, NR | | 9. Gianni Truschi |  Italy | 3:44.02 | | | 14.Riccardo Materazzi | Italy | 3:47.31 | | | 15.François Burdel |  France | 3:48.38 | | | 16.László Tóth |  Hungary | 3:49.38 | | | 17.Staffan Lundström |  Sweden | 3:50.49 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 3. José Luis González | Spain | 3:40.86 | Q | | 4. Pierre Délèze | Switzerland | 3:41.28 | Q | | 6. Antti Loikkanen | Finland | 3:41.62 | Q | | 8. Andreas Baranski | West Germany | 3:42.75 | q | | 10.Mirosław Żerkowski |  Poland | 3:44.08 | | | 11.Willy Goddaert |  Belgium | 3:44.13 | | | 12.Rosario Zingales | Italy | 3:44.34 | | | 13.Miguel Lindoso | Spain | 3:46.20 | |
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