| 1 | Michail Shchennikov | URS | |
19:00,62 |
| 2 | Giovanni de Benedictis | ITA | |
19:02,90 |
| 3 | Axel Noack | GDR | |
19:08,36 |
| 4 | Pavol Blazek | TCH | 19:15,78 | |
| 5 | Jan Zahoncik | TCH | 19:22,70 | |
| 6 | Massimo Fizialetti | ITA | 19:29,14 | |
| 7 | Jan Staaf | SWE | 19:34,08 | |
| 8 | Franz-Josef Weber | FRG | 19:51,89 | |
| 9 | Lyubomir Ivanov | BUL | 19:54,78 | |
| 10 | Igor Plotnikov | URS | 20:01,11 | |
| 11 | Helder Oliveira | POR | 20:04,04 | |
| 12 | Andi Drake | GBR | 20:10,83 |