| 1 | Fred Anton Maier (Senior) | NOR | 4:37.10 | | - |
| 2 | Bjørn Tveter (Neo) | NOR | 4:39.00 | | +1.900 |
| 3 | Gerhard Zimmermann (Senior) | FRG | 4:42.00 | | +4.900 |
| 4 | Peter Bräuer (Senior) | FRG | 4:44.10 | | +7.000 |
| 5 | Magne Thomassen (Senior) | NOR | 4:44.90 | | +7.800 |
| 6 | Edwin Keller (Neo) | FRG | 4:46.20 | | +9.100 |
| 7 | Herbert Höfl (Senior) | FRG | 4:53.50 | | +16.400 |
| 8 | Helmut Kwiatkowski (Senior) | FRG | 4:55.20 | | +18.100 |
| 9 | Bernd Hasieber (Neo) | FRG | 4:56.50 | | +19.400 |
| 10 | Jürgen Traub (Senior) | FRG | 4:58.60 | | +21.500 |
| 11 | Hansruedi Widmer (Neo) | SUI | 4:58.90 | | +21.800 |
| 12 | Klaus Kaensche (Senior) | FRG | 4:59.20 | | +22.100 |
| 13 | Karl Merdes (M35) | FRG | 5:01.08 | | +23.980 |
| 14 | Peter Mark (Neo) | SUI | 5:02.09 | | +24.990 |
| 15 | Ruedi Uster (Senior) | SUI | 5:03.05 | | +25.950 |
| 16 | John Tipper (Neo) | GBR | 5:05.08 | | +27.980 |
| 17 | Hans Lichtenstern (A1) | FRG | 5:14.20 | | +37.100 |
| 18 | Bernard Oger (Neo) | FRA | 5:14.90 | | +37.800 |
| 19 | Rolf-Dieter Bastian (A2) | FRG | 5:16.90 | | +39.800 |
| 20 | Othmar Braunecker (Senior) | AUT | 5:18.90 | | +41.800 |
| 21 | François Perrenoud (B2) | FRA | 5:19.20 | NRJ | +42.100 |
| 22 | Laurens Jan Bazuin (Senior) | NED | 5:28.60 | SB | +51.500 |
| 23 | Jean Michel Nardin (A2) | FRA | 5:33.50 | | +56.400 |