| 1 | Richard Wilde | GBR | |
7:46,85 | WR |
| 2 | Harald Norpoth | FRG | |
7:49,50 | |
| 3 | Javier Alvarez | ESP | |
7:52,45 | |
| 4 | Nikolay Sviridov | URS | 7:54,6 | ||
| 5 | Werner Girke | FRG | 7:56,0 | ||
| 6 | Emile Puttemans | BEL | 7:57,0 | ||
| 7 | Jørn Lauenborg | DEN | 7:58,2 | ||
| 8 | Kazimierz Maranda | POL | 8:07,2 |