| 1 | Fred Anton Maier (Senior) | NOR | 42.70 | (17) | | 7:25.00 | (1) | TR | 2:08.40 | (6) | | 15:26.80 | (1) | TR | 176.340 | WR | - |
| 2 | Magne Thomassen (Senior) | NOR | 41.50 | (4) | | 7:34.00 | (5) | | 2:07.10 | (1) | TR | 15:44.00 | (3) | | 176.466 | | +0.126 |
| 3 | Ard Schenk (Neo) | NED | 41.20 | (3) | | 7:36.00 | (8) | SB | 2:07.20 | (2) | | 16:09.90 | (8) | | 177.695 | WR | +1.355 |
| 4 | Kees Verkerk (Senior) | NED | 42.10 | (9) | | 7:30.90 | (2) | | 2:08.20 | (5) | | 15:55.90 | (6) | | 177.718 | | +1.378 |
| 5 | Jan Bols (Neo) | NED | 42.80 | (19) | | 7:32.10 | (3) | | 2:09.30 | (7) | | 15:42.40 | (2) | | 178.230 | WR | +1.890 |
| 6 | Johnny Höglin (Senior) | SWE | 42.10 | (9) | | 7:32.90 | (4) | | 2:09.50 | (9) | | 15:54.00 | (5) | | 178.256 | NR | +1.916 |
| 7 | Bjørn Tveter (Senior) | NOR | 41.60 | (5) | | 7:36.00 | (8) | | 2:08.00 | (3) | | 16:10.30 | (9) | | 178.381 | | +2.041 |
| 8 | Valerij Kaplan (Senior) | URS | 41.80 | (7) | | 7:37.90 | (10) | | 2:09.30 | (7) | | 16:08.00 | (7) | SB | 179.090 | WR | +2.750 |
| 9 | Per Willy Guttormsen (Senior) | NOR | 42.60 | (15) | | 7:34.80 | (6) | | 2:12.10 | (16) | | 15:48.80 | (4) | | 179.553 | | +3.213 |
| 10 | Jurij Malykhin (Neo) | URS | 42.00 | (8) | | 7:40.10 | (11) | PB | 2:10.00 | (11) | | 16:10.50 | (10) | SB | 179.868 | SB | +3.528 |
| 11 | Aleksandr Kertsjenko (Neo) | URS | 42.20 | (12) | | 7:44.70 | (15) | | 2:08.10 | (4) | | 16:25.20 | (14) | | 180.630 | | +4.290 |
| 12 | Svein-Erik Stiansen (Senior) | NOR | 42.80 | (19) | | 7:42.50 | (12) | | 2:10.60 | (13) | | 16:19.60 | (12) | | 181.563 | WR | +5.223 |
| 13 | Peter Nottet (Neo) | NED | 42.60 | (15) | | 7:35.70 | (7) | | 2:13.00 | (19) | | 16:22.60 | (13) | | 181.633 | | +5.293 |
| 14 | Gerhard Zimmermann (Senior) | FRG | 41.70 | (6) | | 7:45.00 | (16) | | 2:09.50 | (9) | | 16:47.70 | (16) | | 181.751 | | +5.411 |
| 15 | Jonny Nilsson (Senior) | SWE | 42.80 | (19) | | 7:42.80 | (13) | | 2:11.90 | (15) | | 16:16.70 | (11) | | 181.881 | SB | +5.541 |
| 16 | Kimmo Koskinen (Neo) | FIN | 42.40 | (14) | | 7:44.30 | (14) | | 2:12.10 | (16) | | 16:27.10 | (15) | | 182.218 | | +5.878 |
| 17 | Eduard Matusevitsj (M30) | URS | 42.10 | (9) | WRM | 7:48.40 | (19) | | 2:10.40 | (12) | | - | | | 132.406 | | - |
| 18 | Arie Eriks (Neo) | NED | 43.10 | (24) | | 7:50.40 | (20) | | 2:10.60 | (13) | | - | | | 133.673 | | - |
| 19 | Valerij Lavrusjkin (Neo) | URS | 43.00 | (22) | | 7:47.40 | (18) | | 2:12.90 | (18) | | - | | | 134.040 | | - |
| 20 | Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 42.70 | (17) | | 7:51.40 | (21) | | 2:13.10 | (20) | | - | | | 134.206 | | - |
| 21 | Jouko Launonen (Senior) | FIN | 43.00 | (22) | | 7:54.00 | (22) | | 2:13.10 | (20) | | - | | | 134.766 | | - |
| 22 | Renato de Riva (M30) | ITA | 44.10 | (28) | | 7:57.60 | (24) | NRM | 2:14.90 | (24) | NRM | - | | | 136.826 | | - |
| 23 | Richard Wurster (Senior) | USA | 42.20 | (12) | | 8:21.90 | (31) | | 2:14.70 | (23) | | - | | | 137.290 | | - |
| 24 | Neil Blatchford (Neo) | USA | 40.60 | (2) | | 8:40.90 | (34) | SB | 2:14.90 | (24) | SB | - | | | 137.656 | | - |
| 25 | Tadao Ishihata (Senior) | JPN | 44.20 | (29) | | 8:03.10 | (28) | | 2:16.00 | (26) | | - | | | 137.843 | | - |
| 26 | Robert Hodges (Senior) | CAN | 43.40 | (27) | | 8:21.70 | (30) | | 2:14.30 | (22) | | - | | | 138.336 | | - |
| 27 | Rauli Helén (Neo) | FIN | 44.80 | (31) | SB | 7:57.40 | (23) | SB | 2:19.40 | (32) | | - | | | 139.006 | | - |
| 28 | Hermann Strutz (Senior) | AUT | 46.00 | (34) | | 8:01.50 | (26) | | 2:17.60 | (29) | | - | | | 140.016 | | - |
| 29 | Michel Thépénier (Neo) | FRA | 44.40 | (30) | | 8:15.00 | (29) | | 2:18.40 | (30) | | - | | | 140.033 | | - |
| 30 | Colin V. Coates (Neo) | AUS | 43.20 | (26) | SB | 8:30.20 | (33) | SB | 2:17.50 | (28) | | - | | | 140.053 | | - |
| 31 | Paul Enock (M30) | CAN | 45.70 | (33) | | 8:02.00 | (27) | | 2:19.00 | (31) | | - | | | 140.233 | | - |
| 32 | Herbert Frankl (Neo) | AUT | 45.10 | (32) | | 8:26.90 | (32) | | 2:26.50 | (33) | | - | | | 144.623 | | - |
| 33 | Guido Gillarduzzi (Senior) | ITA | 53.40 | (35) | | 7:58.50 | (25) | | 2:16.00 | (26) | | - | | | 146.583 | | - |
| 34 | Örjan Sandler (Senior) | SWE | 43.10 | (24) | | 7:46.70 | (17) | | - | | | - | | | 89.770 | | - |
| 35 | Keiichi Suzuki (Senior) | JPN | 40.30 | (1) | TR | - | | | - | | | - | | | 40.300 | TR | - |