Heat 1 | time | | 1. Pavel Sysoyev | URS | 8:29.65 | Q | 2. Toni Feldmann | SUI | 8:29.75 | NR Q | 3. Georgi Tikhov | BUL | 8:30.87 | Q | 4. Józef Rębacz | POL | 8:33.36 | Q | 5. Tapio Kantanen | FIN | 8:35.88 | | 6. Umberto Risi | ITA | 8:37.15 | | 7. Spyros Kontossoros | GRE | 8:38.24 | NR | 8. Paul Thys | BEL | 8:41.11 | | 9. Willi Wagner | FRG | 8:44.50 | | 10.Stalle Engen | NOR | 8:44.68 | | 11.Gérard Delalandre | FRA | 8:54.70 | | 12.Ron McAndrew | GBR | 9:02.11 | |
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Heat 2 | time | & | 1. Dušan Moravčík | TCH | 8:32.81 | Q | 2. Pekka Päivärinta | FIN | 8:33.34 | Q | 3. Jean-Paul Villain | FRA | 8:34.17 | Q | 4. Romualdas Bitė | URS | 8:34.28 | Q | 5. Arne Risa | NOR | 8:35.62 | | 6. Henryk Lesiuk | POL | 8:40.34 | | 7. Gheorghe Cefan | ROU | 8:44.34 | | 8. Hans-Dieter Schulten | FRG | 8:46.98 | | 9. Carlos Lopes | POR | 8:54.83 | | 10.Francesco Valente | ITA | 8:57.93 | | 11.Hans Menet | SUI | 8:58.27 | |
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