| 1 | Oleg Gontsjarenko (Senior) | URS | 7:59.40 | NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Helmut Kuhnert (Neo) | GDR | 8:03.00 | NR | +3.600 |
| 3 | Sigvard Ericsson (Senior) | SWE | 8:09.10 | | +9.700 |
| 4 | Robert Merkulov (Senior) | URS | 8:09.80 | SB | +10.400 |
| 5 | Kees Broekman (Senior) | NED | 8:10.00 | | +10.600 |
| 6 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Neo) | FIN | 8:11.10 | NR | +11.700 |
| 7 | Hjalmar Johan Andersen (M30) | NOR | 8:11.50 | NRM | +12.100 |
| 8 | John D. Cronshey (Senior) | GBR | 8:12.50 | NR | +13.100 |
| 9 | Olle Dahlberg (Senior) | SWE | 8:14.60 | | +15.200 |
| 10 | Vladimir Sjilykovskij (Neo) | URS | 8:16.00 | SB | +16.600 |
| 11 | Boris Jakimov (Neo) | URS | 8:19.60 | | +20.200 |
| 12 | Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 8:20.50 | | +21.100 |
| 13 | Gerard Maarse (Senior) | NED | 8:21.90 | | +22.500 |
| 14 | Jeen van den Berg (Senior) | NED | 8:23.80 | | +24.400 |
| 15 | Dmitrij Sakunenko (Senior) | URS | 8:24.60 | | +25.200 |
| 16 | Jurij.30 Mikhajlov (Senior) | URS | 8:25.80 | | +26.400 |
| 17 | Sverre Ingolf Haugli (M30) | NOR | 8:26.40 | | +27.000 |
| 18 | Vladimir Kolár (Senior) | TCH | 8:26.50 | NR | +27.100 |
| 19 | Boris Tsybin (Senior) | URS | 8:26.60 | SB | +27.200 |
| 20 | Leo Tynkkynen (Neo) | FIN | 8:26.90 | | +27.500 |
| 21 | Knut Håkon Tangen (Senior) | NOR | 8:27.50 | | +28.100 |
| 22 | Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 8:28.00 | NR | +28.600 |
| Gunnar.30 Ström (Senior) | SWE | 8:28.00 | PB | +28.600 |
| 24 | Sven.21 Andersson (M30) | SWE | 8:28.50 | | +29.100 |
| 25 | Takeji Asasaka (Senior) | JPN | 8:29.10 | NR | +29.700 |
| 26 | Hans Keller (Senior) | FRG | 8:30.00 | | +30.600 |
| 27 | Gunnar Sjölin (M30) | SWE | 8:31.30 | | +31.900 |
| 28 | Kauko Salomaa (Senior) | FIN | 8:32.90 | | +33.500 |
| 29 | Patrick McNamara (M30) | USA | 8:33.70 | NRM | +34.300 |
| 30 | Arthur Mannsbarth (Senior) | AUT | 8:38.80 | | +39.400 |
| 31 | Yoshiyasu Gomi (Neo) | JPN | 8:39.00 | | +39.600 |
| 32 | Franz Offenberger (Senior) | AUT | 8:40.00 | | +40.600 |
| 33 | Eugene Sandvig (Senior) | USA | 8:42.20 | | +42.800 |
| 34 | Nico Olsthoorn (Senior) | NED | 8:42.40 | | +43.000 |
| 35 | Matti Hamberg (Senior) | FIN | 8:42.70 | | +43.300 |
| 36 | Ernst Räpple (Neo) | FRG | 8:43.10 | | +43.700 |
| 37 | John Graham Hearn (Senior) | GBR | 8:43.50 | | +44.100 |
| 38 | Egbert van 't Oever (Senior) | NED | 8:44.80 | | +45.400 |
| 39 | Erich Löwenberger (Senior) | GDR | 8:45.30 | PB | +45.900 |
| 40 | Bohumil Jauris (Neo) | TCH | 8:48.50 | | +49.100 |
| 41 | Jürg Rohrbach (Senior) | SUI | 8:53.30 | | +53.900 |
| 42 | Alexander Connell (Senior) | GBR | 8:54.00 | | +54.600 |
| 43 | Arthur Longsjo (Senior) | USA | 8:59.30 | | +59.900 |
| 44 | Yoshitaka Hori (Neo) | JPN | 9:01.40 | | +1.02.000 |
| 45 | Kurt Eminger (Neo) | AUT | 9:01.50 | | +1.02.100 |
| 46 | Charles Burke (Senior) | USA | 9:02.80 | | +1.03.400 |
| 47 | Erich Kull (Senior) | SUI | 9:12.30 | | +1.12.900 |
| 48 | Manfred Schüler (Neo) | GDR | 9:12.80 | SB | +1.13.400 |
| 49 | Michael Posch (Neo) | AUT | 9:26.30 | | +1.26.900 |