| 1 | Ivar Eriksen Ballangrud (M30) | NOR | 8:19.60 | OR | - |
| 2 | Birger Wasenius (Senior) | FIN | 8:23.30 | NR | +3.700 |
| 3 | Antero.16 Ojala (A2) | FIN | 8:30.10 | WRJ | +10.500 |
| 4 | Jan Langedijk (Senior) | NED | 8:32.00 | SB | +12.400 |
| 5 | Max Stiepl (Neo) | AUT | 8:35.00 | | +15.400 |
| 6 | Ossi Blomqvist (Senior) | FIN | 8:36.60 | PB | +17.000 |
| 7 | Charles Mathiesen (Senior) | NOR | 8:36.90 | | +17.300 |
| 8 | Karl Wazulek (Neo) | AUT | 8:38.40 | | +18.800 |
| 9 | Michael.08 Staksrud (Senior) | NOR | 8:38.50 | | +18.900 |
| 10 | Adolf van der Scheer (Senior) | NED | 8:43.30 | SB | +23.700 |
| 11 | Robert Peterson (Neo) | USA | 8:46.50 | PB | +26.900 |
| 12 | Janusz Kalbarczyk (Senior) | POL | 8:47.70 | NR | +28.100 |
| 13 | Heinz Sames (Senior) | GER | 8:48.50 | | +28.900 |
| Roelof Koops (Senior) | NED | 8:48.50 | SB | +28.900 |
| 15 | Edward Schroeder (Senior) | USA | 8:49.10 | | +29.500 |
| 16 | Lou Dijkstra (Senior) | NED | 8:51.50 | | +31.900 |
| 17 | László Hidvéghy (Senior) | HUN | 8:53.20 | NR | +33.600 |
| 18 | Alfons Berzinš (Neo) | LAT | 8:53.40 | NR | +33.800 |
| 19 | Wilhelm Löwinger (Neo) | AUT | 8:53.90 | SB | +34.300 |
| 20 | Edvard.13 Wangberg (Neo) | NOR | 8:54.70 | | +35.100 |
| 21 | Seien Kin (Neo) | JPN | 8:55.90 | NR | +36.300 |
| 22 | Aleksander Mitt (M30) | EST | 9:00.40 | NRM, NR | +40.800 |
| Åke Ekman (Neo) | FIN | 9:00.40 | SB | +40.800 |
| 24 | Karl Prochaska (Neo) | AUT | 9:02.60 | PB | +43.000 |
| 25 | Thomas White (Neo) | CAN | 9:04.50 | PB | +44.900 |
| 26 | Axel.10 Allan Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 9:06.40 | SB | +46.800 |
| 27 | Seitoku Ri (Senior) | JPN | 9:08.70 | SB | +49.100 |
| Woo-Shik Jang (Neo) | KOR | 9:08.70 | SB | +49.100 |
| 29 | Arvīds Lejnieks (Neo) | LAT | 9:11.90 | | +52.300 |
| 30 | Jānis Andriksons (Senior) | LAT | 9:15.00 | | +55.400 |
| 31 | Kunio Nando (A2) | JPN | 9:20.10 | NRJ | +1.00.500 |
| 32 | Jaromir Turnovský (Neo) | TCH | 9:25.80 | NR | +1.06.200 |
| 33 | George Kennedy (Neo) | AUS | 9:48.90 | NR | +1.29.300 |
| 34 | Oldřich Hanč (Neo) | TCH | 10:03.00 | SB | +1.43.400 |
| 35 | James Graeffe (C1) | BEL | 10:52.60 | PB | +2.33.000 |
| DQ | Charles de Ligne (Senior) | BEL | DQ | | - |
| Willy Sandner (Senior) | GER | - | | - |