| 1 | Jan Egil Storholt (Senior) | NOR | 40.41 | (1) | SB | 4:23.31 | (3) | SB | 84.295 | | - |
| 2 | Harm Kuipers (Senior) | NED | 41.84 | (5) | | 4:20.51 | (1) | PB | 85.258 | | +0.963 |
| 3 | Hans van Helden (Senior) | NED | 41.33 | (3) | | 4:25.76 | (6) | NR | 85.623 | | +1.328 |
| 4 | Piet Kleine (Neo) | NED | 41.88 | (6) | | 4:25.41 | (5) | | 86.115 | | +1.820 |
| 5 | Jappie van Dijk (Senior) | NED | 42.18 | (10) | | 4:24.87 | (4) | | 86.325 | | +2.030 |
| 6 | Jan Derksen (Neo) | NED | 42.44 | (13) | | 4:25.78 | (7) | | 86.736 | | +2.441 |
| 7 | Örjan Sandler (M30) | SWE | 42.41 | (12) | SB | 4:26.65 | (8) | SB | 86.851 | | +2.556 |
| 8 | Bo Fransson (A2) | SWE | 42.08 | (9) | SB | 4:29.67 | (10) | | 87.025 | | +2.730 |
| 9 | Ingar Bollerud (Senior) | NOR | 42.47 | (14) | | 4:29.12 | (9) | | 87.323 | | +3.028 |
| 10 | Colin V. Coates (Senior) | AUS | 42.22 | (11) | | 4:32.32 | (13) | | 87.606 | | +3.311 |
| 11 | Lennart.51 Carlsson (Neo) | SWE | 41.08 | (2) | SB | 4:39.62 | (16) | SB | 87.683 | | +3.388 |
| 12 | Ivar Aarnes (Neo) | NOR | 42.65 | (16) | SB | 4:31.46 | (12) | | 87.893 | | +3.598 |
| 13 | Helmut Kraus (Neo) | FRG | 41.90 | (7) | | 4:36.95 | (15) | | 88.058 | | +3.763 |
| 14 | Anton Eicher (Neo) | FRG | 41.50 | (4) | | 4:40.24 | (17) | | 88.206 | | +3.911 |
| 15 | Karl-Johan Eliassen (Senior) | NOR | 43.21 | (20) | SB | 4:31.43 | (11) | SB | 88.448 | | +4.153 |
| 16 | Giancarlo (Giovanni) Gloder (Senior) | ITA | 42.67 | (17) | | 4:36.78 | (14) | | 88.800 | | +4.505 |
| 17 | Herbert Schwarz (Neo) | FRG | 42.58 | (15) | | 4:41.12 | (19) | | 89.433 | | +5.138 |
| 18 | Charles Gilmore (Neo) | USA | 43.06 | (19) | | 4:40.45 | (18) | SB | 89.801 | | +5.506 |
| 19 | Gus Katinas (Neo) | AUS | 42.02 | (8) | SB | 4:50.39 | (22) | | 90.418 | | +6.123 |
| 20 | Ivano Bamberghi (Senior) | ITA | 43.83 | (22) | | 4:42.36 | (20) | | 90.890 | | +6.595 |
| 21 | Markus Eicher (A2) | FRG | 42.82 | (18) | | 4:51.67 | (23) | | 91.431 | | +7.136 |
| 22 | Bernhard Mayer (Neo) | FRG | 43.81 | (21) | | 4:52.65 | (24) | | 92.585 | | +8.290 |
| 23 | Erik Vea (Neo) | NOR | - | | | 4:21.61 | (2) | SB | 43.601 | | - |
| 24 | Floriano Martello (Neo) | ITA | - | | | 4:48.07 | (21) | | 48.011 | | - |