| Final | | time | | | 1. Ingo Sensburg |  West Germany | 8:01.6 | | | 2. Józef Ziubrak |  Poland | 8:02.0 | | | 3. Ray Smedley |  Great Britain | 8:02.2 | | | 4. Fernando Cerrada |  Spain | 8:02.8 | | | 5. ŀtefan Polák |  Czechoslovakia | 8:03.2 | | | 6. Peter Weigt | West Germany | 8:03.2 | | | 7. Spilios Zacharopoulos |  Greece | 8:05.2 | | | 8. Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 8:10.4 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 21st February | | First 3 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 6. Spilios Zacharopoulos | Greece | 8:10.0 | Q | | 7. ŀtefan Polák | Czechoslovakia | 8:10.0 | Q | | 8. Fernando Cerrada | Spain | 8:10.2 | Q | | 9. Peter Weigt | West Germany | 8:10.2 | Q | | 10.Paul Copu |  Romania | 8:10.6 | | | 11.Günther Hasler |  Liechtenstein | 8:28.4 | | | -. Ruben Sørensen |  Denmark | DNF | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Ray Smedley | Great Britain | 8:02.4 | Q | | 2. Ingo Sensburg | West Germany | 8:02.4 | Q | | 3. Józef Ziubrak | Poland | 8:02.6 | Q | | 4. Hans-Jürgen Orthmann | West Germany | 8:02.8 | Q | | 5. Dan Glans |  Sweden | 8:02.8 | |
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