| Final | time | | 1. Thomas Wessinghage |  FRG | 13:28.90 | | 2. Werner Schildhauer |  GDR | 13:30.03 | | 3. David Moorcroft |  GBR | 13:30.42 | | 4. Yevgeni Ignatov |  BUL | 13:30.95 | | 5. Dietmar Millonig |  AUT | 13:31.03 | | 6. Valeriy Abramov |  URS | 13:31.26 | | 7. Tim Hutchings | GBR | 13:31.83 | | 8. Martti Vainio |  FIN | 13:33.69 | | 9. Hans-Joakim Kunze | GDR | 13:35.71 | | 10.Marcus Ryflet |  SUI | 13:36.11 | | -. Christoph Herle | FRG | | | -. Mats Ericsson |  SWE | | | -. D. Dmitriev | URS | | | -. Alberto Cova |  ITA | |
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| Heats - Wednesday 08.09 - First 6 and Best 3 progress. |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. David Moorcroft | GBR | 13:30.28 | | 2. Werner Schildhauer | GDR | 13:30.40 | | 3. Dietmar Millonig | AUT | 13:30.61 | | 4. Markus Ryflet | SUI | 13:30.75 | | 5. Valeriy Abramov | URS | 13:30.98 | | 6. Christoph Herle | FRG | 13:31.06 | | 7. Antoni Leitao |  POR | 13:31.89 | | 8. Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 13:34.43 | | 9. Viktor Chumakov | URS | 13:34.50 | | 10.Knut Kvalheim |  NOR | 13:41.85 | | 11.Hans Segerfeldt | SWE | 13:44.07 | | 12.Alex Haelsteeks |  BEL | 13:50.03 | | 13.Philipe Legrand |  FRA | 13:55.00 | | 14.Hern Joergensen |  DEN | 14:14.-- |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 13:26.48 | | 2. Hans-Joakim Kunze | GDR | 13:27.45 | | 3. Tim Hutchings | GBR | 13:27.58 | | 4. Alberto Cova | ITA | 13:27.65 | | 5. Yevgeni Ignatov | BUL | 13:27.78 | | 6. Mats Ericsson | SWE | 13:28.06 | | 7. D. Dmitriev | URS | 13:28.45 | | 8. Martti Vainio | FIN | 13:28.90 | | 9. Mike McLeod | GBR | 13:29.90 | | 10.Fotios Jourtis |  GRE | 14:22.18 |
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