| 1 | Ronnie Nooitgedagt (Neo) | NED | 43.90 | (6) | | 4:34.90 | (2) | | 2:11.90 | (3) | | 7:50.20 | (1) | TR | 180.704 | TR | - |
| 2 | Johan Granath (Neo) | SWE | 42.20 | (1) | | 4:39.30 | (4) | | 2:10.10 | (1) | | 8:13.00 | (8) | | 181.417 | | +0.713 |
| 3 | Piet Vink (Neo) | NED | 44.70 | (12) | | 4:31.80 | (1) | TR | 2:14.80 | (9) | | 7:52.60 | (2) | | 182.193 | | +1.489 |
| 4 | Karel te Winkel (Neo) | NED | 44.60 | (11) | | 4:41.10 | (7) | | 2:13.10 | (5) | | 8:04.40 | (4) | | 184.257 | | +3.553 |
| 5 | Karl-Heinz Drbal (A2) | GDR | 44.10 | (8) | | 4:45.30 | (10) | | 2:12.70 | (4) | | 8:17.00 | (10) | | 185.583 | SB | +4.879 |
| 6 | Oloph Granath (A1) | SWE | 43.50 | (4) | | 4:42.50 | (8) | NRJ | 2:16.40 | (12) | | 8:20.10 | (13) | | 186.060 | | +5.356 |
| 7 | Claes Lavås (Neo) | SWE | 45.70 | (18) | | 4:45.90 | (12) | | 2:13.70 | (6) | | 8:11.20 | (7) | | 187.037 | | +6.333 |
| 8 | Klaus Wunderlich (A1) | GDR | 44.10 | (8) | | 4:44.30 | (9) | SB | 2:14.10 | (8) | | 8:32.40 | (20) | | 187.423 | | +6.719 |
| 9 | Michael Brychcy (Neo) | GDR | 43.00 | (2) | | 4:57.30 | (22) | SB | 2:13.70 | (6) | | 8:23.60 | (15) | | 187.477 | SB | +6.773 |
| 10 | Jürgen Rudolph (Neo) | GDR | 45.90 | (20) | | 4:40.20 | (6) | | 2:19.30 | (20) | | 8:08.30 | (6) | | 187.863 | | +7.159 |
| 11 | Stanisław Kłotkowski (Senior) | POL | 45.80 | (19) | | 4:46.10 | (13) | | 2:16.40 | (12) | | 8:13.90 | (9) | | 188.340 | | +7.636 |
| 12 | Rainer Klehr (Neo) | GDR | 45.10 | (14) | | 4:47.30 | (16) | | 2:17.40 | (15) | | 8:17.40 | (12) | | 188.525 | | +7.821 |
| 13 | György Martos (Senior) | HUN | 44.00 | (7) | | 4:51.20 | (19) | | 2:16.60 | (14) | | 8:29.50 | (18) | | 189.016 | | +8.312 |
| 14 | Lars Johannesson (Neo) | SWE | 45.20 | (16) | | 4:47.00 | (14) | SB | 2:18.10 | (18) | | 8:26.70 | (17) | | 189.736 | SB | +9.032 |
| 15 | Peter van Bennekom (Neo) | NED | 45.10 | (14) | SB | 4:47.00 | (14) | SB | 2:17.80 | (17) | SB | 8:31.80 | (19) | SB | 190.046 | SB | +9.342 |
| 16 | Atty Duijn (Senior) | NED | 46.90 | (27) | SB | 4:49.10 | (17) | SB | 2:18.90 | (19) | SB | 8:17.30 | (11) | SB | 191.113 | PB | +10.409 |
| 17 | Fred Brouns (A2) | NED | 46.10 | (23) | SB | 4:50.70 | (18) | SB | 2:19.40 | (21) | SB | 8:36.80 | (22) | SB | 192.697 | PB | +11.993 |
| 18 | Aad van Leeningen (Senior) | NED | 46.30 | (25) | SB | 4:53.50 | (20) | SB | 2:19.50 | (22) | SB | 8:38.80 | (23) | SB | 193.597 | SB | +12.893 |
| 19 | Gyula Markó (Senior) | HUN | 46.70 | (26) | | 4:55.00 | (21) | PB | 2:20.30 | (24) | | 8:32.60 | (21) | | 193.894 | | +13.190 |
| 20 | Jerzy Liebchen (Neo) | POL | 45.30 | (17) | | 4:57.30 | (22) | | 2:20.10 | (23) | | 8:44.20 | (24) | | 193.970 | | +13.266 |
| 21 | Józef Iskrzycki (Senior) | POL | 52.00 | (33) | | 4:45.50 | (11) | | 2:15.90 | (10) | | 8:21.40 | (14) | | 195.025 | | +14.321 |
| 22 | Lars-Magnus Jansson (Neo) | SWE | 46.00 | (22) | | 4:58.10 | (25) | SB | 2:23.50 | (26) | SB | 8:48.50 | (25) | | 196.366 | SB | +15.662 |
| 23 | Tommy Lindbohm (Neo) | SWE | 45.90 | (20) | | 4:58.00 | (24) | SB | 2:22.60 | (25) | | 8:53.80 | (27) | | 196.480 | SB | +15.776 |
| 24 | Arne Wallenbert (A2) | SWE | 44.10 | (8) | | 5:03.60 | (26) | SB | 2:25.70 | (29) | | 8:54.90 | (28) | | 196.757 | SB | +16.053 |
| 25 | Mihály Martos (Senior) | HUN | 43.20 | (3) | | 5:13.80 | (29) | | 2:23.90 | (27) | | 9:00.80 | (29) | | 197.547 | | +16.843 |
| 26 | Ab Krook (Senior) | NED | 58.80 | (35) | | 4:40.10 | (5) | SB | 2:11.80 | (2) | | 8:07.40 | (5) | SB | 198.156 | | +17.452 |
| 27 | Torbjörn Ylvén (Senior) | SWE | 44.70 | (12) | SB | 5:12.40 | (28) | PB | 2:25.40 | (28) | SB | 8:52.20 | (26) | PB | 198.454 | PB | +17.750 |
| 28 | Ingvar Jacobsson (Neo) | SWE | 46.10 | (23) | | 6:00.20 | (36) | | 2:17.70 | (16) | | 8:24.50 | (16) | | 202.483 | SB | +21.779 |
| 29 | Wim Beukers (Senior) | NED | 1:05.10 | (36) | | 4:36.30 | (3) | SB | 2:16.10 | (11) | | 7:55.50 | (3) | | 204.067 | SB | +23.363 |
| 30 | Jaroslav Mašek (Senior) | TCH | 47.00 | (29) | | 5:18.10 | (30) | SB | 2:29.00 | (30) | | 9:15.50 | (34) | | 205.234 | SB | +24.530 |
| 31 | Gheorghe Varga (A2) | ROU | 47.50 | (31) | | 5:24.50 | (33) | | 2:31.90 | (31) | | 9:11.00 | (30) | | 207.316 | | +26.612 |
| 32 | Karel Babánek (B2) | TCH | 47.10 | (30) | SB | 5:27.60 | (34) | SB | 2:32.40 | (33) | SB | 9:14.80 | (32) | SB | 207.980 | SB | +27.276 |
| 33 | Vlastimil Kvasnicka (Neo) | TCH | 50.20 | (32) | | 5:21.70 | (31) | SB | 2:35.80 | (35) | | 9:14.80 | (32) | | 211.230 | SB | +30.526 |
| 34 | Victor Sotirescu (Senior) | ROU | 46.90 | (27) | | 5:31.50 | (35) | | 2:32.00 | (32) | | 9:45.10 | (35) | | 211.327 | | +30.623 |
| 35 | Ioan Romulus Roşca (Senior) | ROU | 56.10 | (34) | | 5:22.30 | (32) | SB | 2:34.00 | (34) | SB | 9:14.50 | (31) | SB | 216.600 | SB | +35.896 |
| Horst Meinhardt (Neo) | GDR | 43.50 | (4) | | 5:05.30 | (27) | | DNS | | | - | | | - | | - |