| Final | time | age | | 1. Lasse Viren |  FIN | 13:24.76 | 26 | | 2. Dick Quax |  NZL | 13:25.16 | 28 | | 3. Klaus-Peter Hildebrand |  GER | 13:25.38 | 23 | | 4. Rod Dixon | NZL | 13:25.50 | 26 | | 5. Brendan Foster |  GBR | 13:26.19 | 28 | | 6. Willy Polleunis |  BEL | 13:26.99 | 28 | | 7. Ian Stewart | GBR | 13:27.65 | 27 | | 8. Aniceto Simoes |  POR | 13:29.38 | 30 | | 9. Knut Kvalheim |  NOR | 13:30.33 | 26 | | 10.Detlef Uhlemann | GER | 13:31.07 | 26 | | 11.Enn Sellik |  URS | 13:36.72 | 21 | | 12.Paul Geis |  USA | 13:42.51 | 23 | | 13.Pekka Paivarinta | FIN | 13:46.61 | 27 | | -. Boris Kuznetsov | URS | DNF | 29 |
|
| Round | date | H | Athl. | | Heats | 28.07 | 3 | 42 |
|
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Dick Quax | NZL | 13:30.85 | | 2. Paul Geis | USA | 13:32.36 | | 3. Boris Kuznetsov | URS | 13:32.78 | | 4. Lasse Viren | FIN | 13:33.39 | | 5. Jean-Marie Conrath |  FRA | 13:34.39 | | 6. Luis Hernandez |  MEX | 13:36.42 | | 7. Ilie Floroiu |  ROM | 13:37.09 | | 8. Toshiaki Kamata |  JPN | 13:38.22 | | 9. David Black | GBR | 13:39.37 | | 10.Edmundo Warnke |  CHI | 13:39.69 | | 11.Edward Leddy |  IRL | 13:40.54 | | 12.Fernando Cerrada |  ESP | 13:43.89 | | 13.Dieudonn Lamothe |  HAI | 18:50.07 | | -.Emiel Puttemans | BEL | DNF |
|
|
| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Willy Polleunis | BEL | 13:45.24 | | 2. Pekka Paivarinta | FIN | 13:45.77 | | 3. Klaus-P Hildenbrand | GER | 13:45.85 | | 4. Ian Stewart | GBR | 13:45.94 | | 5. Rodolfo Gomez | MEX | 13:46.23 | | 6. Grant McLaren |  CAN | 13:46.40 | | 7. Duncan Macdonald | USA | 13:47.14 | | 8. Tibaduiza Reyes Domingo |  COL | 13:49.49 | | 9. Venanzio Ortis |  ITA | 13:52.40 | | 10.Hossein Rabbi |  IRN | 14:47.12 | | 11.John Kokinai |  NGY | 14:58.33 | | -.David Fitzsimons |  AUS | DNS | | -.Carlos Sousa Lopes | POR | DNS | | -.Knut Boro | NOR | DNS |
|
| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Brendan Foster | GBR | 13:20.34 | | 2. Rod Dixon | NZL | 13:20.48 | | 3. Knut Kvalheim | NOR | 13:20.60 | | 4. Enn Sellik | URS | 13:20.81 | | 5. Detlef Uhlemann | GER | 13:21.08 | | 6. Aniceto Silva Simoes | POR | 13:21.93 | | 7. Lasse Orimus | FIN | 13:23.43 | | 8. Mark Smet | BEL | 13:23.76 | | 9. Richard Buerkle | USA | 13:29.01 | | 10.Jacques Boxberger | FRA | 13:36.94 | | 11.Markus Ryffel |  SUI | 13:46.07 | | -.Mohamed Benbaraka |  MAR | DNS | | -.Shetwy Al Bishy |  KSA | DNS | | -.Jose R. Andrade Da Silva |  BRA | DNS |
|
|
| 
