Final | time | | 1. Martti Vainio | Finland | 27:30.99 | Cr Nr | 2. Venanzio Ortis | Italy | 27:31.48 | | 3. Aleksandras Antipovas | Soviet Union | 27:31.50 | Nr | 4. Brendan Foster | Great Britain | 27:32.65 | | 5. Dave Black | Great Britain | 27:36.27 | | 6. Gerard Tebroke | Netherlands | 27:36.64 | Nr | 7. Ilie Floroiu | Romania | 27:40.06 | Nr | 8. Enn Sellik | Soviet Union | 27:40.61 | | 9. Knut Kvalheim | Norway | 27:41.26 | | 10.Jerzy Kowol | Poland | 27:53.61 | Nr | 11.John Treacy | Ireland | 28:17.0 | | 12.Schots Léon | Belgium | 28:19.6 | | 13.Andreica Cătălin | Romania | 28:29.4 | | 14.Mike McLeod | Great Britain | 28:38.0 | | 15.Dahl Øyvind | Norway | 28:43.2 | | 16.Frank Grillaert | Belgium | 28:43.5 | | 17.Ryszard Kopijasz | Poland | 28:44.2 | | 18.Karel Lismont | Belgium | 28:49.2 | | 19.Waldemar Cierpinski | East Germany | 28:58.9 | | 20.Karel Gába | Czechoslovakia | 29:56.3 | | -. Pierre Levisse | France | DNF | | -. Detlef Uhlemann | West Germany | DNF | | -. Jos Hermens | Netherlands | DNF | | -. Paul Copu | Romania | DNF | |
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24 athletes from 14 countries. | Belgium 3 | Czechoslovakia 1 | East Germany 1 | Finland 1 | France 1 | Ireland 1 | Italy 1 | Netherlands 2 | Norway 2 | Poland 2 | Romania 3 | Soviet Union | 2 | Great Britain 3 | West Germany 1 |
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