| 1 | Boris Sjilkov (Senior) | URS | 7:48.70 | OR | - |
| 2 | Sigvard Ericsson (Senior) | SWE | 7:56.70 | NR | +8.000 |
| 3 | Oleg Gontsjarenko (Senior) | URS | 7:57.50 | PB | +8.800 |
| 4 | Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 8:00.20 | NR | +11.500 |
| Kees Broekman (Senior) | NED | 8:00.20 | PB | +11.500 |
| 6 | Roald Aas (Senior) | NOR | 8:01.60 | NR | +12.900 |
| 7 | Olle Dahlberg (Senior) | SWE | 8:01.80 | SB | +13.100 |
| 8 | Knut.33 Johannesen (Neo) | NOR | 8:02.30 | SB | +13.600 |
| 9 | Helmut Kuhnert (Neo) | GDR | 8:04.80 | | +16.100 |
| 10 | Torstein Seiersten (Senior) | NOR | 8:06.40 | SB | +17.700 |
| 11 | Hjalmar Johan Andersen (M30) | NOR | 8:06.50 | NRM | +17.800 |
| 12 | Gunnar Sjölin (M30) | SWE | 8:06.70 | SB | +18.000 |
| 13 | Vladimir Kolár (Senior) | TCH | 8:08.90 | NR | +20.200 |
| 14 | Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 8:10.00 | NR | +21.300 |
| 15 | John D. Cronshey (Senior) | GBR | 8:10.10 | NR | +21.400 |
| 16 | Dmitrij Sakunenko (Senior) | URS | 8:10.50 | SB | +21.800 |
| 17 | Patrick McNamara (M30) | USA | 8:10.60 | NRM, NR | +21.900 |
| 18 | Gerard Maarse (Senior) | NED | 8:11.10 | PB | +22.400 |
| 19 | Boris Jakimov (Neo) | URS | 8:12.60 | PB | +23.900 |
| 20 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Neo) | FIN | 8:13.70 | | +25.000 |
| 21 | Kauko Salomaa (Senior) | FIN | 8:14.30 | PB | +25.600 |
| 22 | Sven.21 Andersson (M30) | SWE | 8:16.90 | PB | +28.200 |
| 23 | Yeong Jang (Neo) | KOR | 8:17.60 | NR | +28.900 |
| 24 | Jeen van den Berg (Senior) | NED | 8:19.10 | SB | +30.400 |
| 25 | Leo Tynkkynen (Neo) | FIN | 8:19.90 | SB | +31.200 |
| 26 | John Graham Hearn (Senior) | GBR | 8:21.40 | PB | +32.700 |
| 27 | Yoshiyasu Gomi (Neo) | JPN | 8:22.20 | NR | +33.500 |
| 28 | Arthur Mannsbarth (Senior) | AUT | 8:23.60 | PB | +34.900 |
| Takeji Asasaka (Senior) | JPN | 8:23.60 | PB | +34.900 |
| 30 | Hans Keller (Senior) | FRG | 8:24.50 | NR | +35.800 |
| 31 | Eugene Sandvig (Senior) | USA | 8:25.50 | PB | +36.800 |
| 32 | Matti Hamberg (Senior) | FIN | 8:28.10 | PB | +39.400 |
| 33 | Ralf Olin (M30) | CAN | 8:30.50 | NRM, NR | +41.800 |
| 34 | Franz Offenberger (Senior) | AUT | 8:30.80 | SB | +42.100 |
| 35 | Raymond Gilloz (Senior) | FRA | 8:32.50 | NR | +43.800 |
| 36 | Jong-Seon Kim (Senior) | KOR | 8:34.30 | PB | +45.600 |
| 37 | Chang-Pyeon Nam (M30) | KOR | 8:36.70 | NRM | +48.000 |
| 38 | Kurt Eminger (Neo) | AUT | 8:39.40 | SB | +50.700 |
| 39 | Jürg Rohrbach (Senior) | SUI | 8:39.50 | NR | +50.800 |
| 40 | Arthur Longsjo (Senior) | USA | 8:40.00 | PB | +51.300 |
| 41 | Carlo Calza (Senior) | ITA | 8:41.10 | NR | +52.400 |
| 42 | Alexander Connell (Senior) | GBR | 8:42.50 | | +53.800 |
| 43 | Charles Burke (Senior) | USA | 8:47.40 | | +58.700 |
| 44 | Paolino Dimai (Senior) | ITA | 8:48.00 | | +59.300 |
| 45 | Remo Tomasi (Senior) | ITA | 8:48.30 | | +59.600 |
| 46 | Yoshitaka Hori (Neo) | JPN | 8:53.50 | PB | +1.04.800 |