| 1 | Ian Stewart | GBR | |
7:58,6 |
| 2 | Pekka Päivärinta | FIN | |
7:58,6 |
| 3 | Boris Kuznezov | URS | |
8:01,2 |
| 4 | Ivan Parlui | URS | 8:02,4 | |
| 5 | Peter Weigt | FRG | 8:02,6 | |
| 6 | Petr Copu | ROM | 8:04,0 | |
| 7 | Edgar Salvé | BEL | 8:04,4 | |
| 8 | Dan Glans | SWE | 8:04,4 | |
| 9 | Kazimierz Maranda | POL | 8:06,4 | |
| 10 | Antonio Burgos | ESP | 8:09,4 | |
| 11 | Martin Zvonicek | TCH | 8:10,8 | |
| 12 | Heikki Vakkuri | FIN | 8:13,0 | |
| 13 | Paul Thijs | BEL | 8:21,8 |