| Final | time | | Birth | | 1. Karel Lismont |  BEL | 2:13:09.0 | CR | 08.03.49 | | 2. Trevor Wright |  GBR | 2:13:59.62 | | 23.09.46 | | 3. Ron Hill | GBR | 2:14:34.83 | | 25.09.38 | | 4. Colin Kirkham | GBR | 2:16:22.0 | | 30.10.44 | | 5. Gaston Roelants | BEL | 2:17:48.85 | | 05.02.37 | | 6. Pentti Rummakko |  FIN | 2:17:58.86 | | 12.10.43 | | 7. Lutz Philipp |  FRG | 2:18:08.6 | | 14.10.40 | | 8. Agustín Fernández |  ESP | 2:18:26.6 | | 11.05.38 | | 9. Kalle Hakkarainen | FIN | 2:18:45.0 | | 08.12.40 | | 10.Gyula Tóth |  HUN | 2:18:59.6 | | 12.04.37 | | 11.Danny McDaid |  IRL | 2:19:07.2 | | 04.08.41 | | 12.Antonio Brutti |  ITA | 2:19:34.8 | | 02.05.45 | | 13.Yuriy Volkov |  URS | 2:19:56.6 | | 23.08.38 | | 14.Bernard Caraby |  FRA | 2:19:59.0 | | 21.05.40 | | 15.Armando Aldegalega |  POR | 2:20:01.2 | | 23.11.37 | | 16.İsmail Akçay |  TUR | 2:20:26.8 | | 09.07.42 | | 17.Giacomo Marietta | ITA | 2:21:30.0 | | 01.01.50 | | 18.Fleming Kempel |  DEN | 2:21:34.8 | | --.--.48 | | 19.Yuriy Velikorodnykh | URS | 2:21:59.0 | | 18.02.42 | | 20.Anatoliy Baranov | URS | 2:22:16.0 | | 02.02.40 | | 21.Zdzisław Bogusz |  POL | 2:22:16.0 | | 31.05.37 | | 22.Maurice Peiren | BEL | 2:22:36.4 | | 23.12.37 | | 23.Juan Hidalgo | ESP | 2:22:42.4 | | 16.12.45 | | 24.Jan Wawrzuta | POL | 2:23:51.6 | | 01.04.44 | | 25.Manfred Steffny | FRG | 2:24:05.6 | | 14.08.41 | | 26.Jørgen Jensen | DEN | 2:24:33.2 | | 10.04.44 | | 27.Einar Weidemann |  NOR | 2:24:54.0 | | 21.08.44 | | 28.Mario Binato | ITA | 2:24:57.8 | | 22.09.40 | | 29.René Combes | FRA | 2:25:35.6 | | 24.06.37 | | 30.Hüseyin Aktaş | TUR | 2:25:39.8 | | 25.03.41 | | 31.Mogens Findal | DEN | 2:26:04.2 | | --.--.40 | | 32.Jean-Pierre Spengler |  SUI | 2:26:12.8 | | --.--.40 | | 33.Carlos Pérez | ESP | 2:26:53.6 | | 01.06.35 | | 34.Bent Natvig | NOR | 2:28:12.6 | | 01.08.46 | | 35.Ulf Håkansson |  SWE | 2:28:37.8 | | --.--.42 | | 36.Geert Jansen |  NED | 2:29:14.4 | | 03.01.42 | | 37.Sven-Olof Lindvall | SWE | 2:30:38.6 | | 01.04.35 | | 38.Helmuth Kunisch | SUI | 2:30:42.4 | | 26.11.36 | | 39.Patrick Coyle | IRL | 2:30:45.0 | | --.--.44 | | 40.Josef Gwerder | SUI | 2:33:06.6 | | 12.01.39 | | 41.Lajos Mecser | HUN | 2:34:35.2 | | 23.09.42 | | did not finish. | | -. Bjarne Sletten | NOR | DNF | | 22.05.38 | | -. Paul Angenvoorth | FRG | DNF | | 10.08.45 | | -. Fernand Kolbeck | FRA | DNF | | 11.10.44 | | -. Jürgen Busch |  GDR | DNF | | 24.12.42 | | -. Edward Stawiarz | POL | DNF | | 16.06.40 | | -. Janos Szerenyi | HUN | DNF | | 21.08.38 | | -. Pat McMahon | IRL | DNF | | 01.02.42 | | -. Peter Fredriksson | SWE | DNF | | 19.09.46 | | -. Seppo Tuominen | FIN | DNF | | 09.07.43 | | -. Nedo Farčić |  YUG | DNF | | 12.10.41 | | -. Georg Förster |  AUT | DNF | | 24.06.41 |
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| Places | | BEL 1. 5. 22. | | GBR 2. 3. 4. | | FIN 6. 9. DF | | FRG 7. 25. DF | | ESP 8. 23. 33. | | HUN 10. 41. DF | | IRL 11. 39. DF | | ITA 12. 17. 28. | | URS 13. 19. 20. | | FRA 14. 29. DF | | POR 15. | | TUR 16. 30. | | DEN 18. 26. 31. | | POL 21. 24. DF | | NOR 27. 34. DF | | SUI 32. 38. 40. | | SWE 35. 37. DF | | NED 36. | | GDR DF | | YUG DF | | AUT DF |
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