| 1 | Eric Heiden (Neo) | USA | 7:02.29 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (Senior) | NOR | 7:03.28 | SB | +0.990 |
| 3 | Tom Erik Oxholm (Neo) | NOR | 7:05.59 | SB | +3.300 |
| 4 | Hilbert van der Duim (Neo) | NED | 7:07.97 | SB | +5.680 |
| 5 | Øyvind Tveter (Senior) | NOR | 7:08.36 | SB | +6.070 |
| 6 | Piet Kleine (Senior) | NED | 7:08.96 | | +6.670 |
| 7 | Mike Woods (Senior) | USA | 7:10.39 | | +8.100 |
| 8 | Ulf Ekstrand (Neo) | SWE | 7:13.13 | PB | +10.840 |
| 9 | Yep Kramer (Neo) | NED | 7:14.09 | | +11.800 |
| 10 | Andreas Ehrig (Neo) | GDR | 7:14.56 | | +12.270 |
| 11 | Viktor Ljoskin (Senior) | URS | 7:16.24 | | +13.950 |
| 12 | Tomas Gustafson (Neo) | SWE | 7:16.85 | | +14.560 |
| 13 | Dmitrij Ogloblin (Senior) | URS | 7:16.92 | | +14.630 |
| 14 | Jan Junell (Neo) | SWE | 7:19.50 | SB | +17.210 |
| 15 | Sergej.60 Berezin (Neo) | URS | 7:19.93 | | +17.640 |
| 16 | Yasuhiro Shimizu (Neo) | JPN | 7:21.50 | | +19.210 |
| 17 | Pertti Niittylä (Senior) | FIN | 7:21.51 | NR | +19.220 |
| 18 | Craig Kressler (A2) | USA | 7:25.43 | TRJ | +23.140 |
| 19 | Colin V. Coates (M30) | AUS | 7:27.25 | | +24.960 |
| 20 | Craig Webster (Neo) | CAN | 7:28.94 | | +26.650 |
| 21 | Masahiko Yamamoto (Neo) | JPN | 7:33.02 | | +30.730 |
| 22 | Andreas Erdelji (Senior) | ROU | 7:34.41 | | +32.120 |
| 23 | Maurizio Marchetto (Senior) | ITA | 7:35.50 | SB | +33.210 |
| 24 | Yoon-Soo Na (B2) | KOR | 7:39.62 | NRJ | +37.330 |
| 25 | Masayuki Kawahara (Senior) | JPN | 7:42.18 | | +39.890 |
| 26 | Alan Luke (Neo) | GBR | 7:52.65 | SB | +50.360 |
| 27 | John French (Senior) | GBR | 7:59.62 | | +57.330 |
| 28 | Geoffrey Sandys (Senior) | GBR | 8:01.09 | | +58.800 |
| 29 | Temirbaataryn Njamdavaa (Neo) | MGL | 8:07.68 | | +1.05.390 |