| 1 | Sigvard Ericsson (Senior) | SWE | 16:35.90 | OR, NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Knut.33 Johannesen (Neo) | NOR | 16:36.90 | SB | +1.000 |
| 3 | Oleg Gontsjarenko (Senior) | URS | 16:42.30 | | +6.400 |
| 4 | Sverre Ingolf Haugli (M30) | NOR | 16:48.70 | | +12.800 |
| 5 | Kees Broekman (Senior) | NED | 16:51.20 | | +15.300 |
| 6 | Hjalmar Johan Andersen (M30) | NOR | 16:52.60 | SB | +16.700 |
| 7 | Boris Jakimov (Neo) | URS | 16:59.70 | | +23.800 |
| 8 | Olle Dahlberg (Senior) | SWE | 17:01.30 | | +25.400 |
| 9 | Boris Tsybin (Senior) | URS | 17:03.40 | | +27.500 |
| 10 | Helmut Kuhnert (Neo) | GDR | 17:04.60 | | +28.700 |
| 11 | John D. Cronshey (Senior) | GBR | 17:05.60 | NR | +29.700 |
| 12 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Neo) | FIN | 17:05.90 | SB | +30.000 |
| 13 | Sven.21 Andersson (M30) | SWE | 17:13.50 | | +37.600 |
| 14 | Vladimir Kolár (Senior) | TCH | 17:16.90 | | +41.000 |
| 15 | Gunnar.30 Ström (Senior) | SWE | 17:17.00 | | +41.100 |
| 16 | Vladimir Sjilykovskij (Neo) | URS | 17:17.60 | | +41.700 |
| 17 | Kauko Salomaa (Senior) | FIN | 17:19.00 | PB | +43.100 |
| 18 | Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 17:21.60 | | +45.700 |
| 19 | Knut Håkon Tangen (Senior) | NOR | 17:22.30 | SB | +46.400 |
| 20 | John Graham Hearn (Senior) | GBR | 17:27.60 | PB | +51.700 |
| 21 | Hans Keller (Senior) | FRG | 17:27.70 | | +51.800 |
| 22 | Takeji Asasaka (Senior) | JPN | 17:35.30 | | +59.400 |
| 23 | Yoshiyasu Gomi (Neo) | JPN | 17:35.90 | | +1.00.000 |
| 24 | Toivo Salonen (Neo) | FIN | 17:37.60 | SB | +1.01.700 |
| 25 | Egbert van 't Oever (Senior) | NED | 17:37.70 | PB | +1.01.800 |
| 26 | Bohumil Jauris (Neo) | TCH | 17:38.40 | SB | +1.02.500 |
| 27 | Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 17:45.60 | NR | +1.09.700 |
| Patrick McNamara (M30) | USA | 17:45.60 | NRM | +1.09.700 |
| 29 | Arthur Mannsbarth (Senior) | AUT | 17:47.80 | SB | +1.11.900 |
| 30 | Jong-Seon Kim (Senior) | KOR | 17:52.60 | NR | +1.16.700 |
| 31 | Ralf Olin (M30) | CAN | 17:59.20 | NRM, NR | +1.23.300 |
| 32 | Carlo Calza (Senior) | ITA | 18:32.80 | | +1.56.900 |