| 1 | Sten Stensen (Senior) | NOR | 41.93 | (15) | | 7:23.55 | (1) | SB | 2:02.81 | (6) | SB | 15:18.55 | (1) | | 173.150 | | - |
| 2 | Harm Kuipers (Senior) | NED | 41.52 | (11) | | 7:24.54 | (2) | PB | 2:02.71 | (4) | SB | 15:28.55 | (2) | SB | 173.305 | PB | +0.155 |
| 3 | Göran Claeson (Senior) | SWE | 41.13 | (6) | | 7:25.74 | (3) | SB | 2:02.48 | (2) | SB | 16:04.64 | (14) | | 174.763 | SB | +1.613 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Tsygankov (Senior) | URS | 41.14 | (7) | | 7:38.21 | (9) | | 2:02.63 | (3) | | 15:43.61 | (5) | | 175.019 | | +1.869 |
| 5 | Hans van Helden (Senior) | NED | 41.39 | (9) | | 7:33.49 | (6) | | 2:01.90 | (1) | SB | 15:57.90 | (12) | | 175.267 | SB | +2.117 |
| 6 | Jurij Kondakov (Neo) | URS | 41.34 | (8) | | 7:37.73 | (8) | | 2:02.71 | (4) | | 15:57.26 | (11) | | 175.879 | | +2.729 |
| 7 | Vladimir.49 Ivanov (Senior) | URS | 42.31 | (20) | | 7:35.15 | (7) | | 2:04.49 | (9) | | 15:36.28 | (3) | | 176.136 | | +2.986 |
| 8 | Asle Terje Johansen (Neo) | NOR | 41.12 | (5) | | 7:43.94 | (15) | | 2:04.65 | (10) | | 15:45.53 | (6) | | 176.341 | | +3.191 |
| 9 | Jan Egil Storholt (Senior) | NOR | 40.74 | (2) | | 7:50.32 | (18) | | 2:04.29 | (8) | | 15:54.38 | (9) | | 176.921 | | +3.771 |
| 10 | Piet Kleine (Neo) | NED | 42.47 | (24) | | 7:39.05 | (10) | | 2:03.56 | (7) | SB | 15:49.96 | (8) | | 177.060 | | +3.910 |
| 11 | Colin V. Coates (Senior) | AUS | 42.01 | (17) | | 7:45.43 | (16) | | 2:06.61 | (16) | | 15:43.00 | (4) | NR | 177.906 | NR | +4.756 |
| 12 | Aleksandr.50 Vladimirov (Neo) | URS | 42.11 | (18) | | 7:43.51 | (13) | | 2:05.14 | (11) | | 15:57.14 | (10) | | 178.031 | | +4.881 |
| 13 | Örjan Sandler (M30) | SWE | 42.54 | (25) | | 7:30.10 | (4) | NRM | 2:06.43 | (14) | | 16:06.83 | (15) | | 178.035 | SB | +4.885 |
| 14 | Jan Derksen (Neo) | NED | 42.37 | (22) | | 7:30.77 | (5) | | 2:10.30 | (27) | | 15:49.92 | (7) | | 178.376 | | +5.226 |
| 15 | Klaus Wunderlich (Neo) | GDR | 42.16 | (19) | | 7:43.69 | (14) | SB | 2:06.32 | (13) | | 16:20.65 | (16) | SB | 179.669 | SB | +6.519 |
| 16 | Franz Krienbühl (M45) | SUI | 43.42 | (30) | | 7:41.55 | (11) | NR | 2:08.25 | (23) | NR | 16:01.40 | (13) | NR | 180.395 | NR | +7.245 |
| 17 | Mike Woods (Neo) | USA | 41.86 | (14) | | 7:48.02 | (17) | | 2:05.78 | (12) | | - | | | 130.589 | | -42.561 |
| 18 | Shigeyuki Nemoto (Neo) | JPN | 41.45 | (10) | SB | 7:51.02 | (19) | | 2:07.48 | (19) | | - | | | 131.045 | | -42.105 |
| 19 | Weichang Zhao (Senior) | CHN | 41.82 | (13) | | 8:00.10 | (22) | SB | 2:06.55 | (15) | NR | - | | | 132.013 | | -41.137 |
| 20 | Gerard Cassan (Neo) | CAN | 41.54 | (12) | | 8:07.56 | (31) | | 2:06.94 | (17) | NR | - | | | 132.609 | | -40.541 |
| 21 | Herbert Schwarz (Neo) | FRG | 41.99 | (16) | | 8:03.77 | (26) | | 2:07.73 | (21) | SB | - | | | 132.944 | | -40.206 |
| 22 | Andrzej.51 Zawadzki (Neo) | POL | 42.35 | (21) | | 7:57.01 | (20) | | 2:09.14 | (24) | | - | | | 133.118 | | -40.032 |
| 23 | Greg Berg (B2) | USA | 42.42 | (23) | | 8:02.40 | (24) | NRJ | 2:07.62 | (20) | NRJ | - | | | 133.200 | | -39.950 |
| 24 | Peter Lake (Senior) | GBR | 42.63 | (27) | | 8:05.25 | (27) | | 2:07.43 | (18) | NR | - | | | 133.632 | | -39.518 |
| 25 | Masaki Suzuki (Senior) | JPN | 40.00 | (1) | | 8:32.21 | (33) | SB | 2:07.95 | (22) | SB | - | | | 133.871 | | -39.279 |
| 26 | Jouko Salakka (Neo) | FIN | 42.60 | (26) | | 8:00.88 | (23) | | 2:10.66 | (28) | SB | - | | | 134.241 | | -38.909 |
| 27 | Peter Mueller (A2) | USA | 40.75 | (3) | | 8:33.11 | (34) | SB | 2:09.15 | (25) | SB | - | | | 135.111 | | -38.039 |
| 28 | Richard Tourne (Neo) | FRA | 43.04 | (28) | | 8:07.36 | (30) | SB | 2:11.53 | (30) | SB | - | | | 135.619 | | -37.531 |
| 29 | Qinsheng He (Senior) | CHN | 43.27 | (29) | SB | 8:06.49 | (28) | PB | 2:11.13 | (29) | PB | - | | | 135.629 | | -37.521 |
| 30 | Gus Katinas (Neo) | AUS | 44.06 | (31) | | 7:58.87 | (21) | SB | 2:11.74 | (31) | | - | | | 135.860 | | -37.290 |
| 31 | Tapani Renko (Neo) | FIN | 44.41 | (32) | | 8:06.94 | (29) | | 2:11.87 | (32) | SB | - | | | 137.061 | | -36.089 |
| 32 | Gilbert van Eesbeeck (Neo) | BEL | 44.61 | (33) | | 8:12.67 | (32) | | 2:14.08 | (33) | | - | | | 138.570 | | -34.580 |
| 33 | Floriano Martello (Neo) | ITA | 58.31 | (34) | | 8:02.40 | (25) | | 2:09.97 | (26) | | - | | | 149.873 | | -23.277 |
| Amund Martin Sjøbrend (Neo) | NOR | 40.82 | (4) | | 7:41.90 | (12) | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |