| Final | | time | | | 1. José Luís González |  Spain | 3:44.55 | | | 2. José Luis Carreira | Spain | 3:45.07 | | | 3. Han Kulker |  Netherlands | 3:46.46 | | | 4. Uwe Mönkemeyer |  West Germany | 3:46.47 | | | 5. Peter Wirz |  Switzerland | 3:48.06 | | | 6. Adelino Hidalgo | Spain | 3:49.14 | | | 7. Alessandro Lambruschini |  Italy | 3:49.95 | | | 8. Jan Kraus |  Czechoslovakia | 3:55.77 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 22nd February | | First 2 of each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. José Luís González | Spain | 3:45.41 | Q | | 2. Han Kulker | Netherlands | 3:45.56 | Q | | 3. Uwe Mönkemeyer | West Germany | 3:45.58 | q, PB | | 4. Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 3:47.01 | q | | 12.Nikolaos Tsiakoulas |  Greece | 3:49.54 | | | 18.Mika Maaskola |  Finland | 3:55.06 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 7. Peter Wirz | Switzerland | 3:48.23 | Q | | 8. José Luis Carreira | Spain | 3:48.24 | Q | | 10.Karl Blaha |  Austria | 3:48.79 | | | 11.Rob Harrison |  Great Britain | 3:48.95 | | | 13.Claudio Patrignani | Italy | 3:49.79 | | | 14.Ari Paunonen | Finland | 3:50.07 | | | 17.Vladimir Slouka | Czechoslovakia | 3:51.29 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 5. Adelino Hidalgo | Spain | 3:47.92 | Q | | 6. Jan Kraus | Czechoslovakia | 3:48.03 | Q | | 9. Enda Fitzpatrick |  Ireland | 3:48.53 | | | 15.Rainer Thau | West Germany | 3:50.23 | | | 16.Pascal Clouvel |  France | 3:50.54 | | | 19.Harri Hänninen | Finland | 3:57.25 | |
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