| Final 16:30 | time | | 1. Klaus-Peter Justus |  GDR | 3:40.6/55 | | | 2. Tom Birger Hansen |  DEN | 3:40.8/75 | | | 3. Thomas Wessinghage |  FRG | 3:41.1 | | | 4. Haico Scharn |  NED | 3:41.3 | | | 5. Vladimir Panteley |  URS | 3:41.4 | | | 6. Pekka Vasala |  FIN | 3:41.5 | | | 7. Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | 3:41.6 | | | 8. Rolf Gysin |  SUI | 3:41.8 | | | 9. Ulf Högberg |  SWE | 3:42.3 | | | 10.Gunnar Ekman | SWE | 3:42.5 | | | 11.Henryk Wasilewski |  POL | 3:42.7 | | | 12.Marcel Philippe |  FRA | 3:46.0 | |
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Heats - Friday 06.09 17:00 | | First 3 and Best 3 progress. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Ulf Högberg | SWE | 3:42.0 | Q | | 2. Haico Scharn | NED | 3:42.5 | Q | | 3. Rolf Gysin | SUI | 3:42.6 | Q | | 4. Klaus-Peter Justus | GDR | 3:42.8 | q | | 5. Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 3:43.7 | | | 6. Ivan Kováč |  TCH | 3:44.7 | | | 7. John Hartnett |  IRL | 3:46.6 | | | 8. Fernando Mamede |  POR | 3:47.1 | | | 9. Gerd Larsen | DEN | 3:47.7 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Henryk Wasilewski | POL | 3:43.0 | Q | | 2. Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 3:43.1 | Q | | 3. Gunnar Ekman | SWE | 3:43.2 | Q | | 4. Gheorghe Ghipu |  ROU | 3:43.4 | | | 5. Luigi Zarcone |  ITA | 3:44.4 | | | 6. Pyotr Anisim | URS | 3:44.7 | | | 7. Frank Clement |  GBR | 3:45.0 | | | 8. Lars-Martin Kaupang |  NOR | 3:47.0 | | | -. Günther Hasler |  LIE | DNF | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | 3:42.4 | Q | | 2. Vladimir Panteley | URS | 3:42.6 | Q | | 3. Marcel Philippe | FRA | 3:42.7 | Q | | 4. Tom Birger Hansen | DEN | 3:43.1 | q | | 5. Pekka Vasala | GBR | 3:43.3 | q | | 6. Giulio Riga | ITA | 3:43.5 | | | 7. Ray Smedley | GBR | 3:43.6 | | | 8. Daniel Jańczuk | POL | 3:45.2 | | | 9. Nicolae Onescu | ROU | 3:46.7 | | | 10.John Charvetto |  GIB | 3:55.4 | NR |
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