Final | time | | 1. Brendan Foster | GBR | 13:17.2/21 | CR | 2. Manfred Kuschmann | GDR | 13:23.0/93 | NR | 3. Lasse Virén | FIN | 13:24.6/57 | | 4. Jos Hermens | NED | 13:25.6/51 | NR | 5. Ilie Floroiu | ROU | 13:27.2/12 | NR | 6. Arne Kvalheim | NOR | 13:27.2/23 | | 7. Stanislav Hoffman | TCH | 13:29.0/03 | | 8. Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand | FRG | 13:31.0/93 | | 9. Vladimir Zatonskiy | URS | 13:39.6 | | 10.Petar Svet | YUG | 13:41.6 | | 11.Knut Børø | NOR | 13:45.8 | | 12.Pavel Pěnkava | TCH | 14:00.6 | | 13.Pekka Päivärinta | FIN | 14:14.2 | | 14.Knut Kvalheim | NOR | 14:19.0 | | 15.Willy Polleunis | BEL | 14:23.2 | |
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Heats - Friday 06.09 19:10 | First 4 and Best 3 progress. |
Heat 1 | time | | 1. Willy Polleunis | BEL | 13:38.6 | Q | 2. Knut Børø | NOR | 13:38.6 | Q | 3. Pavel Pěnkava | TCH | 13:38.8 | Q | 4. Manfred Kuschmann | GDR | 13:39.2 | Q | 5. David Black | GBR | 13:41.8 | | 6. Fernando Cerrada | ESP | 13:56.8 | | 7. Werner Meier | SUI | 14:05.4 | | 8. Mihaíl Koúsis | GRE | 14:07.0 | | -. Aniceto Simões | POR | DNF | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Pekka Päivärinta | FIN | 13:56.6s | Q | 2. Knut Kvalheim | NOR | 13:56.8s | Q | 3. Stanislav Hoffman | TCH | 13:59.4s | Q | 4. Vladimir Zatonskiy | URS | 14:01.4s | Q | 5. Henryk Nogala | POL | 14:07.0s | | 6. Chris Stewart | GBR | 14:17.2s | | 7. Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 14:29.6s | | -. Léon Schots | BEL | DNF | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. Brendan Foster | GBR | 13:37.0 | Q | 2. Jos Hermens | NED | 13:37.4 | Q | 3. Knut Kvalheim | NOR | 13:37.8 | Q | 4. Lasse Virén | FIN | 13:38.2 | Q | 5. Ilie Floroiu | ROU | 13:39.0 | q | 6. Petar Svet | YUG | 13:40.8 | q | 7. Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand | FRG | 13:41.4 | q | 8. Christian Cairoche | FRA | 13:59.6 | | -. Eddy Van Mullem | BEL | DNF | |
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