| 1 | Helmut Kuhnert (Senior) | GDR | 43.50 | (7) | | 4:46.20 | (2) | | 2:12.40 | (2) | NR | 8:10.00 | (3) | SB | 184.416 | | - |
| 2 | Jan.31 Pesman (Senior) | NED | 44.60 | (18) | | 4:49.70 | (7) | | 2:12.60 | (3) | NR | 8:04.50 | (1) | | 185.533 | PB | +1.117 |
| 3 | Viktor Kositsjkin (Neo) | URS | 44.30 | (15) | | 4:49.00 | (4) | | 2:15.60 | (8) | SB | 8:06.20 | (2) | | 186.287 | SB | +1.871 |
| 4 | Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 43.90 | (13) | | 4:49.40 | (5) | PB | 2:13.70 | (5) | SB | 8:17.80 | (7) | | 186.480 | PB | +2.064 |
| 5 | Henk van der Grift (Senior) | NED | 42.40 | (3) | NR | 4:52.60 | (11) | SB | 2:13.80 | (6) | | 8:28.80 | (12) | | 186.647 | SB | +2.231 |
| 6 | Nils Egil Aaness (Senior) | NOR | 43.50 | (7) | | 4:51.70 | (10) | SB | 2:11.70 | (1) | | 8:29.60 | (14) | | 186.977 | SB | +2.561 |
| 7 | Kees Broekman (M30) | NED | 45.10 | (25) | | 4:47.90 | (3) | SB | 2:15.90 | (9) | SB | 8:14.40 | (4) | | 187.823 | SB | +3.407 |
| 8 | Jeen van den Berg (M30) | NED | 45.00 | (23) | SB | 4:53.30 | (12) | | 2:16.50 | (13) | PB | 8:17.00 | (5) | | 189.083 | PB | +4.667 |
| 9 | Antonio Nitto (Neo) | ITA | 44.20 | (13) | | 4:56.20 | (15) | PB | 2:17.10 | (16) | | 8:26.70 | (11) | | 189.937 | PB | +5.521 |
| 10 | Svein Erik Sogge (Neo) | NOR | 44.50 | (16) | | 4:59.00 | (20) | | 2:16.10 | (11) | SB | 8:30.40 | (15) | SB | 190.740 | | +6.324 |
| 11 | Mario Gios (Senior) | ITA | 45.00 | (23) | | 4:58.30 | (17) | SB | 2:16.60 | (15) | | 8:25.40 | (9) | | 190.790 | SB | +6.374 |
| 12 | Kees Jan Kroon (Senior) | NED | 43.80 | (12) | | 4:57.60 | (16) | SB | 2:15.90 | (9) | SB | 8:42.20 | (17) | | 190.920 | SB | +6.504 |
| 13 | Gunnar.21 Nilsen (M35) | NOR | 44.50 | (16) | | 4:58.40 | (18) | | 2:16.40 | (12) | PB | 8:34.60 | (16) | SB | 191.160 | PB | +6.744 |
| 14 | Kurt Robert Stille (Senior) | DEN | 45.10 | (25) | NR | 4:59.60 | (22) | NR | 2:17.60 | (18) | NR | 8:25.10 | (8) | NR | 191.410 | | +6.994 |
| 15 | Per Ødegaard (Senior) | NOR | 45.60 | (32) | PB | 4:55.80 | (14) | SB | 2:17.10 | (16) | SB | 8:28.80 | (12) | SB | 191.480 | SB | +7.064 |
| 16 | Renato de Riva (Neo) | ITA | 45.30 | (31) | | 4:58.60 | (19) | SB | 2:18.00 | (19) | | 8:25.80 | (10) | | 191.647 | SB | +7.231 |
| 17 | Kjell Bäckman (Senior) | SWE | 47.40 | (44) | | 4:50.40 | (9) | SB | 2:20.00 | (24) | | 8:17.20 | (6) | | 192.187 | | +7.771 |
| Roald Aas (M30) | NOR | 43.50 | (7) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Vladimir Gurov (Neo) | URS | 42.80 | (5) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Boris Stenin (Senior) | URS | 41.80 | (2) | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Oleg Gontsjarenko (Senior) | URS | 42.60 | (4) | | 4:49.40 | (5) | NR | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Valerij.39 Kotov (Neo) | URS | 43.60 | (11) | PB | 4:45.00 | (1) | PB | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Jan Mul (n/a) | NED | 48.50 | (47) | SB | - | | | 2:36.70 | (45) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Jaap Frederiks (Neo) | NED | 46.00 | (38) | PB | - | | | 2:36.40 | (44) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Georges Detaille (n/a) | BEL | 48.80 | (49) | SB | 5:54.90 | (46) | SB | 2:37.80 | (46) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Peter Zeller (Neo) | GDR | 49.00 | (50) | | 5:38.50 | (45) | | 2:32.20 | (43) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Günter Tilch (Neo) | GDR | 56.30 | (51) | | 5:25.40 | (44) | | 2:23.40 | (36) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Dieter Halbach (Neo) | GDR | 44.60 | (18) | SB | 5:24.00 | (43) | | 2:27.30 | (41) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Klaus-Jürgen Bachmann (Senior) | FRG | 47.90 | (46) | | 5:19.70 | (41) | | 2:28.20 | (42) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Jürgen Schmidt (A1) | GDR | 46.20 | (40) | SB | 5:21.80 | (42) | | 2:21.70 | (29) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Tinus Roozendaal (Senior) | NED | 45.80 | (35) | SB | 5:15.30 | (40) | SB | 2:26.10 | (39) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Klaas Kalis (Senior) | NED | 48.60 | (48) | SB | 5:10.60 | (34) | SB | 2:26.90 | (40) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Klaas Blokker (M30) | NED | 47.00 | (42) | SB | 5:13.20 | (37) | | 2:25.40 | (38) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Manfred Zojer (Neo) | AUT | 44.60 | (18) | | 5:13.80 | (38) | PB | 2:23.40 | (36) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Edward Webster (Senior) | AUS | 46.20 | (40) | | 5:12.20 | (36) | | 2:22.70 | (33) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| John Eyre (Senior) | AUS | 45.90 | (37) | | 5:11.40 | (35) | | 2:23.20 | (34) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Heinz Wolfram (Senior) | GDR | 47.60 | (45) | | 5:08.30 | (32) | | 2:23.20 | (34) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Arie Zee (Neo) | NED | 45.10 | (25) | | 5:14.20 | (39) | | 2:19.00 | (21) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Michael Posch (Senior) | AUT | 45.10 | (25) | PB | 5:09.70 | (33) | PB | 2:22.30 | (31) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Garry Cassidy (A2) | AUS | 45.60 | (32) | | 5:07.10 | (30) | NRJ | 2:22.60 | (32) | NRJ | - | | | - | | - |
| Terence Malkin (Senior) | GBR | 45.20 | (30) | | 5:08.00 | (31) | | 2:21.50 | (28) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Jan.29 Vermeulen (M30) | NED | 45.60 | (32) | PB | 5:05.00 | (26) | SB | 2:22.20 | (30) | NRM | - | | | - | | - |
| Arthur Mannsbarth (M30) | AUT | 46.00 | (38) | PB | 5:05.30 | (27) | | 2:21.00 | (27) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Harald Norden (Senior) | GDR | 44.70 | (21) | | 5:06.70 | (29) | PB | 2:19.90 | (23) | PB | - | | | - | | - |
| Fred Anton Maier (Neo) | NOR | 47.30 | (43) | | 5:02.10 | (24) | | 2:20.20 | (26) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Manfred Schüler (Senior) | GDR | 43.60 | (10) | | 5:06.60 | (28) | | 2:18.00 | (19) | | - | | | - | | - |
| John D. Cronshey (M30) | RSA | 45.10 | (25) | PB | 5:02.10 | (24) | SB | 2:19.80 | (22) | NRM | - | | | - | | - |
| Terence Monaghan (Senior) | GBR | 45.80 | (35) | | 5:00.30 | (23) | | 2:20.10 | (25) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Jevgenij Grisjin (Senior) | URS | 40.90 | (1) | TR | 4:59.30 | (21) | SB | 2:12.70 | (4) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 43.00 | (6) | | 4:54.40 | (13) | | 2:14.80 | (7) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Torstein Seiersten (Senior) | NOR | 44.90 | (22) | | 4:49.70 | (7) | SB | 2:16.50 | (13) | | - | | | - | | - |