| Final 16:50 | time | | 1. Steve Cram |  GBR | 3:41.09 | | 2. Sabastian Coe | GBR | 3:41.67 | | 3. Han Kulker |  NED | 3:42.11 | | 4. José Luis González |  ESP | 3:42.54 | | 5. John Gladwin | GBR | 3:42.57 | | 6. Marcus O'Sullivan |  IRL | 3:42.60 | | 7. Johnny Kroon |  SWE | 3:42.61 | | 8. Frank O'Mara | IRL | 3:42.90 | | 9. José Luis Carreira | ESP | 3:44.09 | | 10.Peter Wirz |  SUI | 3:44.09 | | 11.Igor Lotorev |  URS | 3:44.80 | | 12.Niels Kim Hjorth |  DEN | 3:45.06 |
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Heats - Friday 28.08 18:40 |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Marcus O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:39.02 | | 2. Sebastian Coe | GBR | 3:39.03 | | 3. Han Kulker | NED | 3:39.08 | | 4. José Manuel Abascal | ESP | 3:39.20 | | 5. Klaus-Peter Nabein |  FGR | 3:40.44 | | 6. Pascal Thiebaut |  FRA | 3:40.81 | | 7. Mario Silva |  POR | 3:42.04 | | 8. Markus Hacksteiner | SUI | 3:44.81 | | 9. Ronny Olsson | SWE | 3:50.17 | | 10.Zeki Oeztuerk |  TUR | 3:51.72 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Steve Cram | GBR | 3:40.66 | | 2. Johnny Kroon | SWE | 3:41.22 | | 3. José Luis Carreira | ESP | 3:41.33 | | 4. Cyrille Laventure | FRA | 3:41.41 | | 5. Andreas Busse |  GDR | 3:42.06 | | 6. Eddy Stevens |  BEL | 3:42.21 | | 7. Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 3:42.84 | | 8. Dave Taylor | IRL | 3:44.57 | | 9. Ari Suhonen |  FIN | 3:49.60 | | -. Sergej Afanasiev | URS | DQ |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. John Gladwin | GBR | 3:36.85 | | 2. José Luis González | ESP | 3:36.92 | | 3. Frank O'Mara | IRL | 3:37.06 | | 4. Igor Lotorev | URS | 3:37.53 | | 5. Niels Kim Hjorth | DEN | 3:37.60 | | 6. Peter Wirz | SUI | 3:37.75 | | 7. Bruno Levant | FRA | 3:40.82 | | 8. Rainer Thau |  FRG | 3:41.10 | | 9. Oesten Buskas | SWE | 3:42.88 |
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