| 1 | José Luis Gonzalez | ESP | 7:52,27 | |
| 2 | Dieter Baumann | FRG | 7:53,93 | |
| 3 | Pascal Thiebault | FRA | 7:54,03 | |
| 4 | Mark Rowland | GBR | 7:54,64 | |
| 5 | Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 7:56,10 | |
| 6 | Bruno Levant | FRA | 7:56,42 | |
| 7 | Franco Boffi | ITA | 7:59,23 | |
| 8 | Billy Dee | GBR | 8:00,73 | |
| 9 | Lubomir Tesacek | TCH | 8:02,04 | |
| 10 | Volker Welzel | FRG | 8:17,72 | |
| Adrian Passey | GBR | DNF | ||
| Patriz Ilg | FRG | DNF |