| 1 | Jürgen Straub | GDR | |
3:46,5 |
| 2 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | |
3:46,6 |
| 3 | János Zemen | HUN | |
3:46,6 |
| 4 | Anatoliy Mamontov | URS | 3:46,9 | |
| 5 | Henryk Wasilewski | POL | 3:47,6 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Kanev | BUL | 3:48,8 | |
| 7 | Francis González | FRA | 3:49,2 | |
| 8 | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 3:53,5 |