| 1 | Ton Oudshoorn (Neo) | NED | 41.23 | (2) | SB | 4:28.18 | (2) | SB | 85.926 | | - |
| 2 | Jan Boere (Senior) | NED | 42.00 | (6) | SB | 4:27.76 | (1) | SB | 86.626 | | +0.700 |
| 3 | Arjaan van der Kreeke (Senior) | NED | 40.63 | (1) | | 4:39.31 | (7) | SB | 87.181 | | +1.255 |
| 4 | Nico van der Walle (M30) | NED | 42.73 | (8) | PB | 4:35.69 | (4) | PB | 88.678 | | +2.752 |
| 5 | Dietmar Semler (B1) | FRG | 41.70 | (5) | SB | 4:43.58 | (9) | SB | 88.963 | | +3.037 |
| 6 | Jan de Pijper (Neo) | NED | 43.37 | (10) | PB | 4:38.30 | (5) | PB | 89.753 | | +3.827 |
| 7 | Stefan Panzer (A2) | FRG | 41.39 | (3) | | 4:51.30 | (11) | | 89.940 | | +4.014 |
| 8 | Rein de Vries (A1) | NED | 43.54 | (12) | SB | 4:42.29 | (8) | SB | 90.588 | | +4.662 |
| 9 | Andreas Bredereck (B1) | FRG | 43.17 | (9) | PB | 4:51.34 | (12) | PB | 91.726 | | +5.800 |
| 10 | Thomas Zvolsky (A1) | FRG | 44.31 | (16) | | 4:44.94 | (10) | | 91.800 | | +5.874 |
| 11 | Klaus Neumann (B2) | FRG | 43.52 | (11) | PB | 4:53.44 | (15) | PB | 92.426 | | +6.500 |
| 12 | Andreas Lemcke (B1) | FRG | 44.08 | (13) | | 4:51.52 | (13) | SB | 92.666 | | +6.740 |
| 13 | Peter van Poppel (Senior) | NED | 44.25 | (15) | PB | 4:52.05 | (14) | PB | 92.925 | | +6.999 |
| 14 | Rainer Scharrelmann (Neo) | FRG | 42.45 | (7) | | 5:04.43 | (17) | | 93.188 | | +7.262 |
| 15 | Uwe Gebauer (B2) | FRG | 44.20 | (14) | | 4:54.74 | (16) | SB | 93.323 | | +7.397 |
| 16 | Berend Casemier (Neo) | NED | 41.61 | (4) | SB | 5:21.08 | (18) | SB | 95.123 | | +9.197 |
| 17 | Georg Friesinger (Neo) | FRG | - | | | 4:33.88 | (3) | PB | 45.646 | | - |
| 18 | Thomas Nietsch (Neo) | FRG | - | | | 4:38.50 | (6) | | 46.416 | | - |