| Final 20:25 | time | | 1. Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8:16.65 | | 2. Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8:16.85 | | 3. Patriz Ilg | FRG | 8:16.92 | | 4. Colin Reitz | GBR | 8:18.12 | | 5. William Van Dijck | BEL | 8:20.19 | | 6. Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | 8:20.25 | | 7. Rainer Schwarz | FRG | 8:20.90 | | 8. Roger Hackney | GBR | 8:20.97 | | 9. José Regalo | POR | 8:21.41 | | 10.Tommy Ekblom | FIN | 8:28.32 | | 11.Pascal Debacker | FRA | 8:34.95 | | 12.Henryk Jankowski | POL | 8:36.55 | | 13.Gabor Marko | HUN | 8:38.78 | | -.Nikolay Matyuschenko | URS | DNF | | -.Boguslaw Maminski | POL | DNF |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Tommy Ekblom | FIN | 8:24.03 | | 2. Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8:24.07 | | 3. Roger Hackney | GBR | 8:24.49 | | 4. Gabor Marko | HUN | 8:24.51 | | 5. Rainer Schwarz | FRG | 8:25.02 | | 6. Pascal Debacker | FRA | 8:25.22 | | 7. Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8:25.44 | | 8. Henryk Jankowski | POL | 8:26.51 | | 9. Francisco Sanchez | ESP | 8:29.20 | | 10.Are Nakkim | NOR | 8:42.95 | | 11.Wolfgang Konrad | AUT | 8:54.33 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. William Van Dijck | BEL | 8:26.52 | | 2. Colin Reitz | GBR | 8:26.86 | | 3. Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8:27.11 | | 4. Patriz Ilg | FRG | 8:27.14 | | 5. Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | 8:27.47 | | 6. Jose Regalo | POR | 8:27.65 | | 7. Nikolay Matyuschenko | URS | 8:27.98 | | 8. Raymond Pannier | FRA | 8:28.73 | | 9. Ro!and Hertner | SUI | 8:36.46 | | 10.Jorge Bello | ESP | 8:38.13 | | 11 Roger Gjoevaag | NOR | 8:39.62 | | 12.A. Lambruschini | ITA | 8:49.90 |
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