| Final | | time | | | 1. Dieter Baumann |  West Germany | 7:50.43 | | | 2. Abel Antón |  Spain | 7:51.88 | | | 3. Jacky Carlier |  France | 7:52.23 | | | 4. Rémy Geoffroy | France | 7:52.90 | | | 5. Branko Zorko |  Yugoslavia | 7:54.16 | | | 6. João Campos |  Portugal | 7:54.93 | | | 7. Adelino Hidalgo | Spain | 7:55.17 | PB | | 8. Mário Silva | Portugal | 7:55.89 | | | 9. Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 7:58.16 | | | 10.Herman Hofstee |  Netherlands | 8:00.13 | | | 11.Frank Bialluch | West Germany | 8:00.33 | | | -. Peter Wirz |  Switzerland | DNF | |
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Heats - Saturday, 18th February | | First 4 from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Jacky Carlier | France | 8:02.98 | Q | | 2. Branko Zorko | Yugoslavia | 8:03.36 | Q | | 3. Dieter Baumann | West Germany | 8:03.44 | Q | | 9. João Campos | Portugal | 8:04.09 | Q | | 10.Adelino Hidalgo | Spain | 8:04.50 | q | | 12.Herman Hofstee | Netherlands | 8:06.03 | q | | 14.Markus Neukirch | West Germany | 8:07.42 | | | 15.Liam O'Brien |  Ireland | 8:11.21 | | | 16.Colin Walker |  Great Britain | 8:17.02 | | | 18.Peter Van de Kerkhove |  Belgium | 8:19.75 | | | 19.Paul Larkins | Great Britain | 8:21.35 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Rémy Geoffroy | France | 8:03.49 | Q | | 5. Mário Silva | Portugal | 8:03.62 | Q | | 6. Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 8:03.67 | Q | | 7. Abel Antón | Spain | 8:03.73 | Q | | 8. Peter Wirz | Switzerland | 8:03.73 | q | | 11.Frank Bialluch | West Germany | 8:04.72 | q | | 13.Alistair Currie | Great Britain | 8:07.34 | | | 17.Enda Fitzpatrick | Ireland | 8:17.41 | | | -. Béla Vágó |  Hungary | DNF | |
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