| 1 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | |
3:44,6 |
| 2 | Pyotr Anissim | URS | |
3:45,4 |
| 3 | Gheorghe Ghipu | ROM | |
3:45,4 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Mamontov | URS | 3:47,0 | |
| 5 | Michal Skowronek | POL | 3:49,1 | |
| 6 | Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 3:55,4 | |
| 7 | Werner Meier | SUI | 3:58,9 | |
| Phil Banning | GBR | DNF |