| Final | time | +time | t.a. | Y | | 1. Tore Sjöstrand |  SWE | 9:04.6 | | 9:04.6 | 26 | | 2. Erik Elmsäter | SWE | 9:08.2 | +3.81 | | 28 | | 3. Hagström Göte | SWE | 9:11.8 | +7.54 | | 29 | | 4. Alexis Guyodo |  FRA | 9:13.6 | +8.92 | | 26 | | 5. Pentti Siltaloppi |  FIN | 9:19.6 | +15.39 | | 30 | | 6. Petar Šegedin |  YUG | 9:20.4 | +16.08 | | 21 | | 7. Browning Ross |  USA | 9:24.1 | +19.42 | | 24 | | 8. Constantino Miranda |  ESP | 9:26.6 | +22.00 | | 23 | | 9. Robert Everaert |  BEL | 9:28.2 | +24.04 | | 24 | | 10.Aarne Kainlauri | FIN | 9:29.0 | +26.89 | | 33 | | 11.Roger Chesneau | FRA | 9:30.2 | +27.45 | | 23 | | -. Raphaël Pujazon | FRA | DNF | | | 30 |
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| | Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
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Heats- Tuesday 03.08 | | First 4 from each 3 heats progressed to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | t.a. | Y | | 1. Erik Elmsäter | SWE | 9:15.0 | 9:14.6 | 28 | | 2. Alexis Guyodo | FRA | 9:17.2 | | 26 | | 3. Pentti Siltaloppi | FIN | 9:22.4 | | 30 | | 4. Constantino Miranda | ESP | 9:24.2 | | 23 | | 5. Stefanović Đorđe | YUG | 9:39.6 | | 26 | | 6. John Doms | BEL | 9:41.8 | | 23 | | 7. Peter Curry |  GBR | | | 27 | | 8. Bob McMillen | USA | | | 20 | | 9. Vasilios Mavrapostolos |  GRE | | | 32 |
| Heat 2 | time | t.a. | Y | | 1. Raphaël Pujazon | FRA | 9:20.8 | 9:20.8 | 30 | | 2. Hagström Göte | SWE | 9:22.6 | | 29 | | 3. Petar Šegedin | YUG | 9:25.0 | | 21 | | 4. Browning Ross | USA | 9:30.4 | | 24 | | 5. Alf Olesen |  DEN | 9:33.6 | | 27 | | 6. Lucien Theys | BEL | 9:37.4 | | 21 | | 7. Mustafa Özcan |  TUR | 9:38.4? | | | | 8. Paavo Toivari | FIN | | | 31 | | 9. Geoffrey Tudor | GBR | | | 24 |
| Heat 3 | time | t.a. | Y | | 1. Tore Sjöstrand | SWE | 9:21.0 | 9:21.1 | 26 | | 2. Aarne Kainlauri | FIN | 9:25.8 | | 33 | | 3. Robert Everaert | BEL | 9:26.4 | | 24 | | 4. Roger Chesneau | FRA | 9:27.6 | | 23 | | 5. Cahit Önel | TUR | 9:28.4 | | 20 | | 6. Whitey Overton | USA | 10:14.4 | | 19 | | 7. Rene Howell | GBR | | | 31 | | 8. Paul Frieden |  LUX | | | 23 |
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