| 1 | Said Aouita | MAR | |
7:47,94 |
| 2 | José Luis Gonzalez | ESP | |
7:48,66 |
| 3 | Dieter Baumann | FRG | |
7:50,47 |
| 4 | Doug Padilla | USA | 7:50,93 | |
| 5 | Frank O'Mara | IRL | 7:52,21 | |
| 6 | Branko Zorko | YUG | 7:52,26 | |
| 7 | José Luis Carreira | ESP | 7:53,22 | |
| 8 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 7:53,73 | |
| 9 | Brian Abshire | USA | 7:53,93 | |
| 10 | Michail Dasko | URS | 7:54,80 |