| 1 | Knut.33 Johannesen (Senior) | NOR | 43.80 | (8) | | 4:33.90 | (1) | WR | 89.450 | | - |
| 2 | Magne Thomassen (Neo) | NOR | 42.50 | (1) | TR | 4:43.20 | (9) | | 89.700 | | +0.250 |
| 3 | Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 43.00 | (2) | | 4:40.50 | (6) | NR | 89.750 | | +0.300 |
| 4 | Nils Egil Aaness (Senior) | NOR | 43.00 | (2) | | 4:41.50 | (8) | | 89.916 | | +0.466 |
| 5 | Per Ivar Moe (A1) | NOR | 43.40 | (5) | | 4:39.80 | (5) | TRJ | 90.033 | | +0.583 |
| 6 | Rudie Liebrechts (Neo) | NED | 43.80 | (8) | | 4:38.30 | (4) | NR | 90.183 | | +0.733 |
| 7 | Jonny Nilsson (Neo) | SWE | 44.40 | (16) | | 4:35.80 | (2) | NR | 90.366 | | +0.916 |
| 8 | Ivar Nilsson (M30) | SWE | 43.70 | (7) | | 4:41.10 | (7) | NRM | 90.550 | | +1.100 |
| Fred Anton Maier (Senior) | NOR | 44.30 | (13) | | 4:37.50 | (3) | | 90.550 | | +1.100 |
| 9 | Arie Zee (Senior) | NED | 44.30 | (13) | PB | 4:44.20 | (10) | SB | 91.666 | | +2.216 |
| 10 | Göran Slott (Neo) | SWE | 44.00 | (10) | | 4:46.10 | (12) | | 91.683 | | +2.233 |
| 11 | Torstein Seiersten (M30) | NOR | 44.30 | (13) | | 4:44.40 | (11) | NRM | 91.700 | | +2.250 |
| 12 | Kurt Robert Stille (Senior) | DEN | 44.20 | (12) | NR | 4:48.00 | (13) | | 92.200 | | +2.750 |
| 13 | Bo Karenus (Senior) | SWE | 44.00 | (10) | | 4:50.90 | (16) | | 92.483 | | +3.033 |
| 14 | Sune Östlund (Neo) | SWE | 44.50 | (17) | | 4:53.20 | (19) | | 93.366 | | +3.916 |
| 15 | Herbert Höfl (Neo) | FRG | 43.40 | (5) | | 5:01.70 | (26) | SB | 93.683 | | +4.233 |
| 16 | Mario Gios (Senior) | ITA | 45.70 | (23) | | 4:50.30 | (14) | PB | 94.083 | | +4.633 |
| 17 | Renato de Riva (Senior) | ITA | 45.60 | (22) | | 4:52.80 | (18) | | 94.400 | | +4.950 |
| 18 | Sixten Albinsson (Senior) | SWE | 44.80 | (18) | SB | 5:01.10 | (25) | SB | 94.983 | | +5.533 |
| 19 | Hermann Strutz (Senior) | AUT | 45.50 | (19) | | 4:57.20 | (21) | SB | 95.033 | | +5.583 |
| 20 | Per-Olof Brogren (Senior) | SWE | 45.50 | (19) | | 4:58.90 | (23) | SB | 95.316 | | +5.866 |
| 21 | Bertil Brosved (Senior) | SWE | 46.00 | (26) | | 4:56.40 | (20) | | 95.400 | | +5.950 |
| 22 | Uno Borgengård (Senior) | SWE | 47.20 | (27) | | 4:50.30 | (14) | PB | 95.583 | | +6.133 |
| 23 | Lennart Ottosson (M30) | SWE | 45.80 | (24) | | 4:59.90 | (24) | SB | 95.783 | | +6.333 |
| 24 | Ulf Avér (A2) | SWE | 45.50 | (19) | PB | 5:02.30 | (27) | PB | 95.883 | | +6.433 |
| 25 | Reinhold Seeböck (Neo) | AUT | 45.90 | (25) | SB | 5:03.60 | (28) | | 96.500 | | +7.050 |
| 26 | Henk van der Grift (Senior) | NED | 43.30 | (4) | | - | | | 43.300 | | - |
| 28 | Leif Ortman (A2) | SWE | - | | | 4:57.70 | (22) | | 49.616 | | - |
| Kjell Bäckman (Senior) | SWE | DNF | | | 4:51.10 | (17) | | - | | - |