1. Jens-Peter Herold | East Germany | 3:44.39 | | 2. Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:44.61 | | 3. Tony Morrell | Great Britain | 3:44.83 | | 4. Steffen Brand | West Germany | 3:45.58 | | 5. Teófilo Benito | Spain | 3:47.13 | | 6. António Monteiro | Portugal | 3:47.46 | | 7. Róbert Banai | Hungary | 3:48.50 | | 8. Rob Harrison | Great Britain | 3:53.29 | |
|
|
|
| First - from each Heat and next Best - advanced to Final. |
1. Jens-Peter Herold | East Germany | 3:42.63 | Q | 2. Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:42.99 | Q | 3. Tony Morrell | Great Britain | 3:43.42 | Q | 8. Róbert Banai | Hungary | 3:45.54 | q | 9. Marc Corstjens | Belgium | 3:45.80 | | 11.Davide Tirelli | Italy | 3:48.68 | | -. Ronny Olsson | Sweden | DQ | |
|
|
4. Steffen Brand | West Germany | 3:44.48 | Q | 5. Teófilo Benito | Spain | 3:44.76 | Q | 6. Rob Harrison | Great Britain | 3:44.84 | Q | 7. António Monteiro | Portugal | 3:45.01 | q | 10.Víctor Rojas | Spain | 3:45.92 | | -. Enda Fitzpatrick | Ireland | DNS | |
|
|