| 1 | Eric Dubus | FRA | |
7:53,94 |
| 2 | Jacky Carlier | FRA | |
7:54,75 |
| 3 | Branko Zorko | YUG | |
7:54,77 |
| 4 | Michail Dasko | URS | 7:55,22 | |
| 5 | Mario Silva | POR | 7:56,34 | |
| 6 | Uwe Pflügner | GDR | 7:57,90 | |
| 7 | Ian Hamer | GBR | 7:58,15 | |
| 8 | Nick O'Brien | IRL | 7:58,76 | |
| 9 | Zoltan Kaldy | HUN | 8:02,33 | |
| 10 | Adelino Hidalgo | ESP | 8:02,71 |