| Final 13:00 | time | | | 1. Venyamin Soldatenko |  URS | 4:02:22.0 | CR | | 2. Christoph Höhne |  GDR | 4:04:45.2 | | | 3. Peter Selzer | GDR | 4:06:11.0 | | | 4. Otto Barch | URS | 4:09:14.4 | | | 5. Winfried Skotnicki | GDR | 4:10:22.0 | | | 6. Bernhard Nermerich |  FRG | 4:11:44.0 | | | 7. Igor Della Rossa | URS | 4:12:08.6 | | | 8. Abdon Pamich |  ITA | 4:14:36.2 | | | 9. Stefan Ingvarsson |  SWE | 4:14:56.0 | | | 10.Charles Sowa |  LUX | 4:15:59.0 | | | 11.János Dalmati |  HUN | 4:16:59.6 | | | 12.Alexandr Bílek |  TCH | 4:17:36.4 | | | 13.Gerhard Weidner | FRG | 4:17:40.8 | | | 14.Örjan Andersson | SWE | 4:20:04.8 | | | 15.Vittorio Visini | ITA | 4:20:45.8 | | | 16.Robert Dobson |  GBR | 4:21:15.0 | | | 17.Daniel Björkgren | SWE | 4:26:39.6 | | | 18.Antal Kiss | HUN | 4:26:53.6 | | | 19.Nesty Fischer |  FRA | 4:28:18.4 | | | 20.Manfred Aeberhard |  SUI | 4:35:45.6 | | | 21.Alfred Badel | SUI | 4:43:12.0 | | | did not finish. | | -. Tore Brustad |  NOR | DNF | | | -. Ronald Wallwork | GBR | DNF | | | -. Herbert Meier | FRG | DNF | | | -. Carl Lawton | GBR | DNF | |
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| History Men 50km Walk | | World and European Record: Hoehne (GDR) 4:13.32 | | Qualification Standard: 4:20:00 |
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