Heat 1 | time | Rk. | 1. Zoltan Wladar | Hungary | 15:46.86 | 3. | 2. Istvan Koczka | Hungary | 15:52.24 | 5. | 3. Rafael Escalas | Spain | 16:01.89 | 9. | 4. Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 16:06.64 | 12. | 5. Krasimir Tumanov | Bulgaria | 16:19.16 | 14. | 6. Jose Leite | Portugal | 16:41.54 | 17. |
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Heat 2 | time | Rk. | 1. Valentin Parinov | Soviet Union | 15:34.17 | 2. | 2. Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 15:56.74 | 6. | 3. Paul Sparkes | Great Britain | 16:04.52 | 10. | 4. Stephen Wenz | West Germany | 16:14.11 | 13. | 5. Antonio Melo | Portugal | 17:28.63 | 18. |
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