| Final | | time | | | 1. Gennaro Di Napoli |  Italy | 7:47.24 | | | 2. John Mayock |  Great Britain | 7:48.47 | | | 3. José Luís González |  Spain | 7:48.82 | | | 4. ũric Dubus |  France | 7:49.40 | | | 5. Víctor Rojas | Spain | 7:50.04 | | | 6. Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 7:50.05 | | | 7. Stefano Mei | Italy | 7:51.42 | | | 8. Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 7:52.38 | | | 9. Cândido Maia |  Portugal | 7:56.32 | | | -. Yves Brenier | France | DNF | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | | | 5. Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | 7:54.36 | Q | | 6. Víctor Rojas | Spain | 7:54.54 | Q | | 7. Anacleto Jiménez | Spain | 7:54.68 | Q | | 8. ũric Dubus | France | 7:54.80 | q | | 10.Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 7:55.65 | q | | 11.Zeki Ŷztürk |  Turkey | 7:58.33 | | | 13.Michael Buchleitner |  Austria | 7:58.79 | | | 14.António Monteiro | Portugal | 8:01.73 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. José Luís González | Spain | 7:52.87 | Q | | 2. John Mayock | Great Britain | 7:53.11 | Q | | 3. Stefano Mei | Italy | 7:53.29 | Q | | 4. Cândido Maia | Portugal | 7:53.58 | q | | 9. Yves Brenier | France | 7:55.19 | q | | 12.Kai Jenkel |  Switzerland | 7:58.58 | | | 15.Spyros Christopoulos |  Greece | 8:18.11 | |
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