| Final | time | L | | 1. Vladimir Salnikov |  Soviet Union | 15:16.45 | 4 | | 2. Valentin Parinov | Soviet Union | 15:30.05 | 5 | | 3. Borut Petric |  Yugoslavia | 15:30.74 | 7 | | 4. Zoltan Wladar |  Hungary | 15:39.94 | 3 | | 5. Gary Andersson |  Sweden | 15:41.14 | 6 | | 6. David Parker |  Great Britain | 15:42.55 | 1 | | 7. Istvan Koczka | Hungary | 15:56.24 | 2 | | 8. Stephan Andersson | Sweden | 16:17.85 | 8 |
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| 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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| Heat 3 | time | Rk. | | 1. Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 15:31.51 | 1. | | 2. Gary Andersson | Sweden | 15:51.57 | 4. | | 3. David Parker | Great Britain | 15:58.81 | 7. | | 4. Stephan Andersson | Sweden | 16:00.69 | 8. | | 5. Giorgio Quadri |  Italy | 16:04.57 | 11. | | 6. Dariusz Broda |  Poland | 16:23.58 | 15. | | 7. Gerard Waldmann |  Switzerland | 16:33.05 | 16. |
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