| 1 | Hilbert van der Duim (Neo) | NED | 39.72 | (3) | | 4:18.83 | (1) | TR | 2:04.77 | (4) | | 7:29.50 | (1) | TR | 169.398 | TR | - |
| 2 | Andreas Ehrig (A2) | GDR | 39.62 | (2) | | 4:23.83 | (4) | | 2:04.17 | (3) | | 7:36.73 | (5) | | 170.654 | | +1.256 |
| 3 | Frits Schalij (Neo) | NED | 40.75 | (6) | | 4:23.69 | (3) | | 2:03.67 | (2) | | 7:36.84 | (6) | | 171.605 | | +2.207 |
| 4 | Piet Kleine (Senior) | NED | 41.34 | (14) | | 4:19.00 | (2) | | 2:06.84 | (12) | | 7:29.98 | (2) | | 171.784 | | +2.386 |
| 5 | Klaas Vriend (Senior) | NED | 40.84 | (8) | | 4:24.34 | (6) | | 2:06.52 | (11) | | 7:35.36 | (4) | | 172.605 | | +3.207 |
| 6 | Wim Pol (Neo) | NED | 41.41 | (17) | | 4:26.25 | (8) | | 2:06.12 | (8) | | 7:30.07 | (3) | | 172.832 | | +3.434 |
| 7 | Vladimir Malanjev (Senior) | URS | 40.99 | (11) | | 4:24.21 | (5) | SB | 2:04.85 | (5) | | 7:45.83 | (7) | | 173.224 | SB | +3.826 |
| 8 | Nazif Badretdinov (Neo) | URS | 41.34 | (14) | | 4:24.72 | (7) | | 2:06.41 | (9) | | 7:49.18 | (8) | | 174.514 | | +5.116 |
| 9 | Ulf Mademann (A1) | GDR | 40.24 | (4) | | 4:30.85 | (13) | | 2:05.67 | (7) | | 7:55.65 | (13) | | 174.836 | | +5.438 |
| 10 | Viktor.53 Spiridenko (Senior) | URS | 40.89 | (10) | | 4:30.68 | (12) | | 2:06.42 | (10) | | 7:53.39 | (11) | | 175.482 | SB | +6.084 |
| 11 | Yep Kramer (Neo) | NED | 40.67 | (5) | | 4:26.69 | (10) | | 2:04.97 | (6) | | 8:14.55 | (16) | | 176.229 | | +6.831 |
| 12 | Andreas Fischer (Neo) | GDR | 40.82 | (7) | | 4:31.31 | (14) | | 2:10.77 | (24) | | 7:52.20 | (10) | | 176.848 | | +7.450 |
| 13 | Markus Eicher (Senior) | FRG | 42.78 | (30) | | 4:31.43 | (15) | | 2:07.93 | (13) | | 7:49.87 | (9) | | 177.648 | | +8.250 |
| 14 | Andre Fritzsche (Neo) | GDR | 42.59 | (28) | SB | 4:29.35 | (9) | | 2:08.60 | (16) | SB | 7:54.41 | (12) | | 177.788 | PB | +8.390 |
| 15 | Sergej Rjabev (Senior) | URS | 41.07 | (12) | | 4:31.59 | (16) | SB | 2:08.35 | (15) | | 8:08.08 | (15) | | 177.926 | SB | +8.528 |
| 16 | Jürgen Warnicke (Neo) | GDR | 41.18 | (13) | SB | 4:30.12 | (11) | | 2:10.54 | (22) | | 8:05.51 | (14) | | 178.264 | SB | +8.866 |
| 17 | Anatolij Medennikov (Neo) | URS | 39.31 | (1) | | 4:32.55 | (18) | SB | 2:03.18 | (1) | TR, SB | - | | | 125.795 | | -43.603 |
| 18 | Michael Hannig (A2) | GDR | 41.85 | (19) | | 4:31.71 | (17) | | 2:08.16 | (14) | SB | - | | | 129.855 | | -39.543 |
| 19 | Jevgenij Jefimenkov (Neo) | URS | 40.87 | (9) | | 4:37.42 | (22) | | 2:09.33 | (18) | PB | - | | | 130.216 | | -39.182 |
| 20 | Floriano Martello (Senior) | ITA | 41.38 | (16) | | 4:33.00 | (19) | | 2:12.06 | (25) | | - | | | 130.900 | | -38.498 |
| 21 | Maurizio Marchetto (Neo) | ITA | 42.26 | (24) | | 4:36.32 | (20) | | 2:09.82 | (20) | | - | | | 131.586 | | -37.812 |
| 22 | Teun Busser (Neo) | NED | 42.03 | (22) | | 4:36.42 | (21) | | 2:10.47 | (21) | | - | | | 131.590 | | -37.808 |
| 23 | Bernhard Mayer (Senior) | FRG | 42.23 | (23) | | 4:40.93 | (26) | | 2:09.07 | (17) | | - | | | 132.074 | | -37.324 |
| 24 | Jan Miętus (Senior) | POL | 41.90 | (21) | | 4:37.91 | (23) | | 2:12.13 | (26) | | - | | | 132.261 | | -37.137 |
| 25 | Andreas Lemcke (A2) | FRG | 41.88 | (20) | | 4:37.92 | (24) | | 2:12.33 | (28) | | - | | | 132.310 | | -37.088 |
| 26 | Giovanni Panciera (Senior) | ITA | 42.61 | (29) | | 4:40.62 | (25) | | 2:10.59 | (23) | | - | | | 132.910 | | -36.488 |
| 27 | Giovanni Paganin (Senior) | ITA | 41.66 | (18) | | 4:55.06 | (31) | SB | 2:09.58 | (19) | | - | | | 134.029 | | -35.369 |
| 28 | Piotr Krysiak (Neo) | POL | 42.33 | (26) | | 4:48.40 | (28) | | 2:12.18 | (27) | | - | | | 134.456 | | -34.942 |
| 29 | Uwe Gebauer (Neo) | FRG | 42.53 | (27) | | 4:47.73 | (27) | | 2:13.26 | (29) | | - | | | 134.905 | | -34.493 |
| 30 | Zdenek Stepánek (Neo) | TCH | 43.55 | (32) | | 4:50.99 | (30) | | 2:18.09 | (32) | | - | | | 138.078 | | -31.320 |
| 31 | Andreas Erdelji (Senior) | ROU | 45.31 | (34) | | 4:49.34 | (29) | | 2:16.29 | (30) | | - | | | 138.963 | | -30.435 |
| 32 | Stanislav Stepánek (Senior) | TCH | 42.31 | (25) | | 5:08.58 | (35) | | 2:16.94 | (31) | | - | | | 139.386 | | -30.012 |
| 33 | Jan Irovsky (Senior) | TCH | 43.47 | (31) | | 5:04.53 | (33) | | 2:18.62 | (33) | | - | | | 140.431 | | -28.967 |
| 34 | Karel Stárek (Neo) | TCH | 44.33 | (33) | | 5:01.78 | (32) | | 2:23.26 | (34) | | - | | | 142.379 | | -27.019 |
| 35 | Vlastimil Kvasnicka (M30) | TCH | 46.47 | (35) | | 5:05.47 | (34) | NRM | 2:23.54 | (35) | SB | - | | | 145.227 | | -24.171 |
| 36 | Jirí Kosek (A1) | TCH | 46.89 | (36) | | 5:24.57 | (36) | | 2:27.87 | (36) | | - | | | 150.275 | | -19.123 |