Final 17:20 | time | | 1. Bronisław Malinowski | POL | 8:15.0/04 | CR NR | 2. Anders Gärderud | SWE | 8:15.4/41 | | 3. Michael Karst | FRG | 8:17.0/91 | NR | 4. Franco Fava | ITA | 8:18.0/85 | NR | 5. Hanspeter Wehrli | SUI | 8:26.2/13 | | 6. Gheorghe Cefan | ROU | 8:26.2/19 | | 7. Gerd Frähmcke | FRG | 8:26.6/53 | | 8. Gérard Buchheit | FRA | 8:30.2 | | 9. Dan Glans | SWE | 8:31.4 | | 10.Dušan Moravčík | TCH | 8:34.4 | | 11.Tapio Kantanen | FIN | 8:43.2 | | 12.František Bartoš | TCH | 8:49.6 | |
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Heats - Wednesday 04.09 | First 3 and Best 3 progress. |
Heat 1 | time | | 1. Franco Fava | ITA | 8:25.07 | Q | 2. Michael Karst | FRG | 8:26.4 | Q | 3. Dan Glans | SWE | 8:28.0 | Q | 4. Paul Thys | BEL | 8:34.2 | | 5. Jean-Paul Villain | FRA | 8:45.0 | | 6. John Bicourt | GBR | 8:52.4 | | 7. Arne Risa | NOR | 8:58.8 | | -. Karl-Åge Søltoft | DEN | DNF | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Bronisław Malinowski | POL | 8:23.60 | CR Q | 2. Tapio Kantanen | FIN | 8:23.6 | Q | 3. František Bartoš | TCH | 8:32.0 | Q | 4. John Davies | GBR | 8:36.0 | | 5. Sverre Sørnes | NOR | 8:44.2 | | 6. Herbert Leyens | BEL | 8:45.4 | | 7. Patrick Martin | FRA | 8:46.8 | | 8. Eddy Leddy | IRL | 9:04.6 | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. Anders Gärderud | SWE | 8:23.62 | CR Q | 2. Gheorghe Cefan | ROU | 8:25.80 | NR Q | 3. Hanspeter Wehrli | SUI | 8:26.00 | NR Q | 4. Gerd Frähmcke | FRG | 8:26.80 | q | 5. Dušan Moravčík | TCH | 8:28.00 | q | 6. Gérard Buchheit | FRA | 8:31.00 | q | 7. José Antonio Campos | ESP | 8:38.20 | | 8. David Camp | GBR | 8:44.40 | |
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