| 1 | Gerhard Zimmermann (Senior) | FRG | 42.20 | (1) | | 4:35.90 | (1) | | 88.183 | | - |
| 2 | Piet Meijer (Senior) | NED | 42.80 | (4) | | 4:40.80 | (2) | SB | 89.600 | | +1.417 |
| 3 | Rudie Liebrechts (Senior) | NED | 43.30 | (9) | SB | 4:41.00 | (3) | SB | 90.133 | | +1.950 |
| 4 | Piet de Rijke (Neo) | NED | 43.00 | (7) | PB | 4:43.90 | (5) | SB | 90.317 | | +2.134 |
| 5 | Henk Waanders (Senior) | NED | 43.30 | (8) | | 4:42.10 | (4) | | 90.317 | | +2.134 |
| 6 | Hansruedi Widmer (Senior) | SUI | 42.60 | (2) | | 4:48.60 | (8) | | 90.700 | | +2.517 |
| 7 | Henk Beltman (Senior) | NED | 42.70 | (3) | SB | 4:49.00 | (9) | | 90.867 | | +2.684 |
| 8 | Arend Klos (Neo) | NED | 43.60 | (14) | SB | 4:47.00 | (6) | SB | 91.433 | | +3.250 |
| 9 | Sicco de Vries (Senior) | NED | 43.40 | (10) | SB | 4:50.10 | (11) | SB | 91.750 | | +3.567 |
| 10 | Siegfried Hartmann (Neo) | AUT | 43.60 | (13) | | 4:49.70 | (10) | | 91.883 | | +3.700 |
| 11 | Ab Garritsen (M30) | NED | 44.10 | (17) | | 4:50.30 | (12) | SB | 92.483 | | +4.300 |
| 12 | Helmut Kraus (A1) | FRG | 42.90 | (6) | | 4:58.90 | (18) | | 92.717 | | +4.534 |
| 13 | Edwin Keller (Senior) | FRG | 43.90 | (16) | SB | 4:53.20 | (13) | | 92.767 | | +4.584 |
| 14 | Herbert Schwarz (A1) | FRG | 42.90 | (5) | | 4:59.40 | (19) | | 92.800 | | +4.617 |
| 15 | Anton Eicher (A2) | FRG | 43.50 | (11) | | 4:56.90 | (15) | | 92.983 | | +4.800 |
| 16 | Hans van Beek (Neo) | NED | 43.60 | (12) | | 4:55.70 | (14) | | 93.250 | | +5.067 |
| 17 | Ludwig Kronfuß (Neo) | AUT | 44.90 | (21) | | 4:58.20 | (17) | | 94.200 | | +6.017 |
| 18 | Jos Raaymakers (n/a) | NED | 44.30 | (18) | PB | 5:00.60 | (20) | SB | 94.400 | | +6.217 |
| 19 | Michel Nicolay (n/a) | BEL | 45.00 | (22) | | 4:57.00 | (16) | NR | 94.500 | | +6.317 |
| 20 | Helmut Kwiatkowski (M30) | FRG | 43.80 | (15) | | 5:10.80 | (22) | SB | 95.600 | | +7.417 |
| 21 | Peter Polanski (Neo) | AUT | 44.90 | (20) | | 5:07.50 | (21) | | 96.150 | | +7.967 |
| 22 | Hubert Leitner (Neo) | FRG | 44.60 | (19) | | 5:12.50 | (25) | | 96.683 | | +8.500 |
| 23 | Hubert Gundolf (A2) | AUT | 46.50 | (25) | | 5:11.00 | (24) | | 98.333 | | +10.150 |
| 24 | Willy Caboor (M35) | BEL | 47.10 | (26) | | 5:11.00 | (23) | SB | 98.933 | | +10.750 |
| 25 | Nico van der Walle (Senior) | NED | 46.00 | (24) | | 5:17.70 | (26) | | 98.950 | | +10.767 |
| 26 | Pieter den Dunnen (Neo) | NED | 54.30 | (27) | | 4:47.10 | (7) | SB | 102.150 | | +13.967 |
| 27 | Volker Schuhböck (Senior) | FRG | 57.00 | (28) | | 5:41.40 | (27) | | 113.900 | | +25.717 |
| Peter Reimann (M30) | SUI | 45.70 | (23) | | - | | | - | | - |