| 1 | Aleksandr Kertsjenko (Neo) | URS | 41.30 | (1) | TR | 4:35.20 | (2) | SB | 2:11.50 | (1) | | 7:57.00 | (4) | | 178.699 | TR, SB | - |
| 2 | Valerij Troitskij (Neo) | URS | 41.60 | (2) | | 4:36.20 | (3) | | 2:11.90 | (2) | | 7:58.30 | (5) | SB | 179.429 | | +0.730 |
| 3 | Gennadij Podkovyrov (Senior) | URS | 42.40 | (4) | | 4:38.90 | (6) | | 2:17.10 | (7) | | 7:56.40 | (3) | SB | 182.223 | SB | +3.524 |
| 4 | Stanislav Seljanin (Senior) | URS | 45.10 | (20) | SB | 4:35.10 | (1) | SB | 2:13.30 | (3) | SB | 7:52.60 | (1) | TR, SB | 182.643 | SB | +3.944 |
| 5 | Viktor Kuzovkov (Senior) | URS | 43.50 | (8) | | 4:38.60 | (4) | | 2:17.20 | (8) | | 7:55.90 | (2) | | 183.256 | | +4.557 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Tsygankov (Neo) | URS | 42.80 | (6) | SB | 4:39.80 | (7) | SB | 2:18.60 | (11) | | 8:01.20 | (7) | SB | 183.753 | SB | +5.054 |
| 7 | Valerij Voltsjkov (Senior) | URS | 44.00 | (13) | SB | 4:41.00 | (10) | SB | 2:16.00 | (6) | SB | 8:00.70 | (6) | | 184.236 | SB | +5.537 |
| 8 | Ivan Svitsjkarjov (Senior) | URS | 43.70 | (10) | | 4:40.80 | (9) | SB | 2:15.90 | (5) | | 8:12.50 | (10) | | 185.050 | PB | +6.351 |
| 9 | Rainer Klehr (Neo) | GDR | 43.70 | (9) | | 4:42.20 | (11) | | 2:18.70 | (12) | | 8:01.70 | (9) | | 185.136 | | +6.437 |
| 10 | Mikhail Mokrusjin (Neo) | URS | 42.40 | (5) | | 4:48.40 | (15) | PB | 2:14.50 | (4) | | 8:21.40 | (14) | SB | 185.439 | PB | +6.740 |
| 11 | Boris Vasjljajev (Neo) | URS | 44.00 | (12) | | 4:43.70 | (13) | | 2:18.20 | (10) | | 8:01.30 | (8) | SB | 185.479 | SB | +6.780 |
| 12 | Michael Brychcy (Neo) | GDR | 42.90 | (7) | | 4:51.80 | (18) | | 2:17.80 | (9) | | 8:20.60 | (13) | | 187.526 | | +8.827 |
| 13 | Karl-Heinz Drbal (A1) | GDR | 44.90 | (19) | | 4:44.20 | (14) | | 2:21.50 | (18) | | 8:13.40 | (11) | | 188.772 | | +10.073 |
| 14 | Son-un Cho (n/a) | PRK | 44.30 | (15) | | 4:50.60 | (16) | NR | 2:20.30 | (15) | | 8:23.10 | (15) | PB | 189.809 | NR | +11.110 |
| 15 | Nikolaj Murzin (Neo) | URS | 45.50 | (22) | PB | 4:54.70 | (21) | PB | 2:21.00 | (17) | PB | 8:20.00 | (12) | PB | 191.616 | PB | +12.917 |
| 16 | Dan-su Shim (n/a) | PRK | 46.60 | (27) | PB | 4:54.90 | (23) | PB | 2:27.30 | (26) | PB | 8:35.10 | (16) | PB | 196.360 | PB | +17.661 |
| 17 | Vladimir Trofimov (n/a) | URS | 46.70 | (28) | PB | 4:59.40 | (27) | PB | 2:25.50 | (23) | PB | 8:47.50 | (17) | PB | 197.850 | PB | +19.151 |
| 18 | Aleksandr.1 Potapov (n/a) | URS | 47.40 | (29) | PB | 5:10.40 | (29) | PB | 2:36.00 | (30) | PB | 9:01.30 | (18) | PB | 205.263 | PB | +26.564 |
| Vadim Vasnetsov (Senior) | URS | - | | | 4:56.70 | (25) | SB | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Sergej Sidorov (A1) | URS | 45.60 | (23) | SB | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Mihály Martos (Senior) | HUN | 43.90 | (11) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Andrej Poljakov (n/a) | URS | 54.50 | (32) | PB | 5:13.50 | (31) | PB | 2:35.60 | (29) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Jurij Sjepelev (n/a) | URS | 47.90 | (30) | PB | 5:13.50 | (30) | PB | 2:34.80 | (28) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Zbigniew Krychniak (Neo) | POL | 52.00 | (31) | | 5:01.50 | (28) | | 2:23.90 | (21) | | - | | | - | | - |
| György Ivánkai (M30) | HUN | 46.50 | (26) | | 4:55.80 | (24) | | 2:27.70 | (27) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Grzegorz Wysocki (Neo) | POL | 45.90 | (24) | | 4:54.70 | (22) | | 2:25.60 | (24) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Henryk Szandala (Neo) | POL | 44.60 | (16) | | 4:57.70 | (26) | | 2:23.60 | (20) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Weok-Ki Kim (n/a) | PRK | 45.30 | (21) | PB | 4:51.70 | (17) | PB | 2:26.90 | (25) | | - | | | - | | - |
| György Martos (Senior) | HUN | 44.60 | (17) | | 4:53.40 | (20) | | 2:23.60 | (19) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Cha-Weok Kim (n/a) | PRK | 44.10 | (14) | PB | 4:51.90 | (19) | PB | 2:20.90 | (16) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Jürgen Rudolph (Neo) | GDR | 46.30 | (25) | | 4:40.20 | (8) | | 2:24.80 | (22) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Klaus Wunderlich (B2) | GDR | 44.80 | (18) | | 4:42.50 | (12) | NRJ, TRJ | 2:19.70 | (14) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Valerij Kaplan (Senior) | URS | 42.30 | (3) | | 4:38.90 | (5) | | 2:18.80 | (13) | | - | | | - | | - |