| 1 | Jonny Nilsson (Neo) | SWE | 43.00 | (18) | SB | 7:34.30 | (1) | WR | 2:10.10 | (6) | NR | 15:33.00 | (1) | WR | 178.447 | NR | - |
| 2 | Knut.33 Johannesen (Senior) | NOR | 42.80 | (17) | SB | 7:38.10 | (2) | | 2:09.40 | (2) | NR | 15:57.10 | (3) | SB | 179.600 | NR | +1.153 |
| 3 | Nils Egil Aaness (Senior) | NOR | 42.10 | (11) | | 7:46.60 | (4) | | 2:11.70 | (11) | | 15:54.90 | (2) | PB | 180.406 | PB | +1.959 |
| 4 | Per Ivar Moe (A1) | NOR | 41.60 | (6) | TRJ, PB | 7:45.70 | (3) | WRJ, TRJ | 2:09.50 | (3) | NRJ, TRJ | 16:33.20 | (9) | TRJ | 180.998 | WRJ | +2.551 |
| 5 | Jinyu.40 Wang (Neo) | CHN | 41.10 | (4) | NR | 7:52.40 | (8) | NR | 2:09.60 | (4) | PB | 16:33.50 | (10) | NR | 181.215 | NR | +2.768 |
| 6 | Magne Thomassen (Neo) | NOR | 41.60 | (6) | PB | 7:50.50 | (5) | | 2:11.60 | (10) | | 16:25.70 | (6) | | 181.803 | SB | +3.356 |
| 7 | Fred Anton Maier (Senior) | NOR | 43.40 | (21) | SB | 7:52.20 | (7) | | 2:10.80 | (8) | SB | 16:06.10 | (4) | | 182.525 | SB | +4.078 |
| 8 | Ivar Nilsson (M30) | SWE | 42.60 | (16) | PB | 7:53.00 | (9) | | 2:10.50 | (7) | PB | 16:28.10 | (7) | | 182.805 | WR | +4.358 |
| 9 | Rudie Liebrechts (Neo) | NED | 43.20 | (19) | SB | 7:59.70 | (12) | | 2:09.80 | (5) | NR | 16:20.10 | (5) | | 183.442 | NR | +4.995 |
| 10 | Zhihuan Luo (Neo) | CHN | 41.60 | (6) | PB | 7:56.00 | (10) | PB | 2:09.20 | (1) | NR, TR | 17:04.40 | (15) | PB | 183.488 | PB | +5.041 |
| 11 | Oleg Sjabarov (Senior) | URS | 41.70 | (7) | | 8:02.30 | (14) | | 2:12.30 | (12) | | 16:30.50 | (8) | SB | 183.556 | | +5.109 |
| 12 | Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 42.30 | (13) | SB | 7:51.10 | (6) | NR | 2:11.70 | (11) | | 16:45.40 | (13) | | 183.580 | NR | +5.133 |
| 13 | Eduard Matusevitsj (Senior) | URS | 41.90 | (9) | | 7:56.20 | (11) | | 2:11.60 | (10) | | 16:47.20 | (14) | SB | 183.747 | SB | +5.300 |
| 14 | Boris Stenin (Senior) | URS | 40.70 | (3) | PB | 8:03.30 | (15) | | 2:11.20 | (9) | | 17:26.50 | (17) | | 185.089 | PB | +6.642 |
| 15 | Arie Zee (Senior) | NED | 44.50 | (27) | | 8:00.80 | (13) | | 2:14.50 | (15) | SB | 16:40.60 | (12) | PB | 187.444 | PB | +8.997 |
| 16 | Mario Gios (Senior) | ITA | 44.50 | (27) | SB | 8:03.40 | (16) | NR | 2:15.60 | (19) | | 17:12.80 | (16) | | 189.680 | WR | +11.233 |
| 17 | Jouko Launonen (Senior) | FIN | 41.50 | (5) | PB | 8:12.70 | (27) | | 2:11.20 | (9) | SB | - | | | 134.504 | | - |
| 18 | Jevgenij Grisjin (M30) | URS | 39.80 | (1) | TR | 8:24.40 | (35) | SB | 2:13.60 | (13) | | - | | | 134.774 | | - |
| 19 | Viktor Kositsjkin (Senior) | URS | 42.20 | (12) | SB | 8:05.80 | (19) | | 2:14.30 | (14) | | - | | | 135.547 | | - |
| 20 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Senior) | FIN | 42.00 | (10) | SB | 8:05.40 | (18) | SB | 2:15.10 | (17) | | - | | | 135.574 | | - |
| 21 | Helmut Kuhnert (Senior) | GDR | 42.10 | (11) | SB | 8:05.80 | (19) | SB | 2:15.80 | (20) | | - | | | 135.947 | | - |
| 22 | Edward Rudolph (Neo) | USA | 40.20 | (2) | NR | 8:19.00 | (31) | PB | 2:17.90 | (25) | | - | | | 136.067 | | - |
| 23 | Keijo Tapiovaara (Senior) | FIN | 43.00 | (18) | SB | 8:04.30 | (17) | | 2:15.80 | (20) | | - | | | 136.697 | | - |
| 24 | Arnold Uhrlass (Senior) | USA | 42.60 | (16) | PB | 8:10.40 | (24) | PB | 2:16.50 | (22) | | - | | | 137.140 | | - |
| 25 | Kurt Robert Stille (Senior) | DEN | 43.30 | (20) | NR | 8:15.90 | (28) | | 2:15.00 | (16) | NR | - | | | 137.890 | | - |
| 26 | Göran Slott (Neo) | SWE | 43.80 | (23) | PB | 8:16.60 | (29) | | 2:13.60 | (13) | PB | - | | | 137.995 | | - |
| 27 | Satoshi Shinpo (Neo) | JPN | 43.80 | (23) | PB | 8:12.20 | (26) | PB | 2:15.30 | (18) | PB | - | | | 138.120 | | - |
| 28 | Wensheng Wang (Neo) | CHN | 42.10 | (11) | SB | 8:17.60 | (30) | PB | 2:19.10 | (27) | PB | - | | | 138.228 | | - |
| 29 | Sung-Wun Park (Neo) | PRK | 42.40 | (14) | NR | 8:23.60 | (34) | SB | 2:17.70 | (24) | SB | - | | | 138.660 | | - |
| 30 | Henk van der Grift (Senior) | NED | 42.50 | (15) | SB | 8:30.10 | (37) | SB | 2:16.00 | (21) | SB | - | | | 138.845 | | - |
| 31 | Gerhard Zimmermann (Neo) | FRG | 43.60 | (22) | SB | 8:09.90 | (23) | SB | 2:18.90 | (26) | | - | | | 138.891 | | - |
| 32 | Hermann Strutz (Senior) | AUT | 44.40 | (26) | SB | 8:09.70 | (22) | NR | 2:17.50 | (23) | SB | - | | | 139.204 | | - |
| 33 | Renato de Riva (Senior) | ITA | 43.80 | (23) | PB | 8:10.60 | (25) | SB | 2:19.60 | (28) | | - | | | 139.394 | | - |
| 34 | Günter Tilch (Senior) | GDR | 41.80 | (8) | NR | 8:45.60 | (39) | SB | 2:15.60 | (19) | PB | - | | | 139.560 | | - |
| 35 | Kjell Bäckman (Senior) | SWE | 44.30 | (25) | SB | 8:09.00 | (21) | | 2:20.00 | (29) | | - | | | 139.867 | | - |
| 36 | Sung-Ryool Ri (Neo) | PRK | 47.20 | (30) | SB | 8:08.60 | (20) | NR | 2:11.70 | (11) | NR | - | | | 139.960 | | - |
| 37 | Jürgen Schmidt (Neo) | GDR | 44.30 | (25) | SB | 8:22.20 | (33) | SB | 2:20.80 | (31) | | - | | | 141.454 | | - |
| 38 | Tadao Ishihata (Neo) | JPN | 44.70 | (28) | SB | 8:21.40 | (32) | | 2:20.10 | (30) | SB | - | | | 141.540 | | - |
| 39 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend (Neo) | MGL | 45.40 | (29) | SB | 8:27.50 | (36) | NR | 2:25.30 | (32) | | - | | | 144.584 | | - |
| 40 | Luvsavlkhagvyn Dasjnjam (Neo) | MGL | 44.10 | (24) | SB | 9:13.30 | (40) | SB | 2:28.40 | (33) | | - | | | 148.897 | | - |
| 41 | Hongbin Su (A2) | CHN | 43.30 | (20) | PB | 8:35.90 | (38) | SB | - | | | - | | | 94.890 | | - |