| 1 | Knut.33 Johannesen (M30) | NOR | 7:38.40 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Per Ivar Moe (A2) | NOR | 7:38.60 | WRJ, TRJ | +0.200 |
| 3 | Fred Anton Maier (Senior) | NOR | 7:42.00 | | +3.600 |
| 4 | Viktor Kositsjkin (Senior) | URS | 7:45.80 | | +7.400 |
| 5 | Hermann Strutz (Senior) | AUT | 7:48.30 | NR | +9.900 |
| 6 | Jonny Nilsson (Neo) | SWE | 7:48.40 | | +10.000 |
| 7 | Ivar Nilsson (M30) | SWE | 7:49.00 | | +10.600 |
| 8 | Rudie Liebrechts (Neo) | NED | 7:50.90 | | +12.500 |
| 9 | Kees Verkerk (Neo) | NED | 7:51.10 | SB | +12.700 |
| 10 | Muzakhid Khabibulin (M30) | URS | 7:52.30 | SB | +13.900 |
| 11 | Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 7:53.90 | SB | +15.500 |
| 12 | Kurt Robert Stille (Senior) | DEN | 7:56.10 | NR | +17.700 |
| 13 | Gerhard Zimmermann (Neo) | FRG | 7:58.80 | | +20.400 |
| 14 | Renato de Riva (Senior) | ITA | 7:57.50 | | +19.100 |
| 15 | Kalervo Hietala (Senior) | FIN | 7:58.80 | NR | +20.400 |
| 16 | Terence Malkin (Senior) | GBR | 7:59.40 | NR | +21.000 |
| 17 | Yeong-Bae Choi (Senior) | KOR | 8:03.40 | NR | +25.000 |
| 18 | Jouko Launonen (Senior) | FIN | 8:03.50 | SB | +25.100 |
| 19 | Örjan Sandler (Neo) | SWE | 8:05.30 | | +26.900 |
| 20 | Richard Hunt (Senior) | USA | 8:09.70 | | +31.300 |
| 21 | Toivo Salonen (M30) | FIN | 8:10.20 | NRM | +31.800 |
| 22 | Anthony Bullen (Senior) | GBR | 8:12.40 | PB | +34.000 |
| 23 | Satoshi Shinpo (Neo) | JPN | 8:12.50 | SB | +34.100 |
| 24 | Toyofumi Aruga (Neo) | JPN | 8:15.90 | PB | +37.500 |
| 25 | Ralf Olin (M35) | CAN | 8:18.20 | | +39.800 |
| 26 | György Ivánkai (Senior) | HUN | 8:19.40 | | +41.000 |
| Yoshihiro Kawano (Neo) | JPN | 8:19.40 | | +41.000 |
| 27 | Sung-Wun Park (Neo) | PRK | 8:20.20 | SB | +41.800 |
| 28 | Wayne Lebombard (Neo) | USA | 8:21.30 | SB | +42.900 |
| 29 | Choon-Bong Kim (Neo) | PRK | 8:22.90 | | +44.500 |
| 30 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend (Neo) | MGL | 8:23.90 | | +45.500 |
| 31 | Ruedi Uster (Neo) | SUI | 8:24.80 | | +46.400 |
| 32 | Oldrich Teplý (Senior) | TCH | 8:25.60 | | +47.200 |
| 33 | Peter Nottet (A2) | NED | 8:26.10 | | +47.700 |
| 34 | Gerald Koning (M30) | CAN | 8:26.90 | | +48.500 |
| 35 | Nam-Yeon Choi (Neo) | KOR | 8:28.00 | PB | +49.600 |
| 36 | Reinhold Seeböck (Neo) | AUT | 8:29.60 | PB | +51.200 |
| 37 | Stanley Fail (Senior) | USA | 8:31.90 | | +53.500 |
| 38 | Jürgen Schmidt (Neo) | GDR | 8:36.60 | | +58.200 |
| 39 | Peter Büttner (Senior) | SUI | 8:45.50 | | +1.07.100 |
| 40 | Mihály Martos (A2) | HUN | 8:47.10 | SB | +1.08.700 |
| 41 | Gerhard Strutz (Neo) | AUT | 8:50.40 | | +1.12.000 |