| 1 | Tomas Gustafson (Senior) | SWE | 6:44.63 | OR | - |
| 2 | Leo Visser (Neo) | NED | 6:44.98 | NR | +0.350 |
| 3 | Gerard Kemkers (Neo) | NED | 6:45.92 | PB | +1.290 |
| 4 | Eric Flaim (Neo) | USA | 6:47.09 | NR | +2.460 |
| 5 | Michael Hadschieff (Senior) | AUT | 6:48.72 | | +4.090 |
| 6 | Dave Silk (Neo) | USA | 6:49.95 | PB | +5.320 |
| 7 | Geir Karlstad (Senior) | NOR | 6:50.88 | | +6.250 |
| 8 | Roland Freier (Senior) | GDR | 6:51.42 | NR | +6.790 |
| 9 | Mark Greenwald (A2) | USA | 6:51.98 | WRJ, TRJ | +7.350 |
| 10 | Danny Kah (Neo) | AUS | 6:52.14 | NR | +7.510 |
| 11 | Roberto Sighel (Neo) | ITA | 6:53.04 | NR | +8.410 |
| 12 | Rolf Falk-Larssen (Senior) | NOR | 6:54.37 | | +9.740 |
| 13 | Herbert Dijkstra (Neo) | NED | 6:54.63 | PB | +10.000 |
| 14 | Tooru.68 Aoyanagi (Neo) | JPN | 6:54.70 | NR | +10.070 |
| 15 | Bruno Milesi (Neo) | ITA | 6:54.93 | PB | +10.300 |
| 16 | Pertti Niittylä (M30) | FIN | 6:55.18 | | +10.550 |
| 17 | Dmitrij Botsjkarjov (Senior) | URS | 6:56.57 | SB | +11.940 |
| 18 | Timo Järvinen (Neo) | FIN | 6:56.68 | SB | +12.050 |
| 19 | Per Bengtsson (Neo) | SWE | 6:57.05 | | +12.420 |
| 20 | Christian Eminger (Neo) | AUT | 6:57.22 | | +12.590 |
| 21 | Benoît Lamarche (Neo) | CAN | 6:57.63 | | +13.000 |
| 22 | Hans van Helden (M40) | FRA | 6:57.69 | NR | +13.060 |
| 23 | Sergej.60 Berezin (Senior) | URS | 6:58.08 | SB | +13.450 |
| 24 | Hansjörg Baltes (Neo) | FRG | 6:59.45 | | +14.820 |
| 25 | Jirí Kyncl (Senior) | TCH | 6:59.82 | NR | +15.190 |
| 26 | Jurij Kljujev (Senior) | URS | 7:00.01 | SB | +15.380 |
| 27 | Yasushi Kuroiwa (Neo) | JPN | 7:01.55 | PB | +16.920 |
| 28 | Yong-Hun Song (B1) | PRK | 7:01.56 | NRJ, NR | +16.930 |
| 29 | Kwan-Kyoo Kim (Neo) | KOR | 7:02.13 | NR | +17.500 |
| 30 | Joakim Karlberg (Senior) | SWE | 7:02.30 | | +17.670 |
| 31 | Jean Pichette (Senior) | CAN | 7:04.95 | | +20.320 |
| 32 | Yoshiyuki Shimizu (A1) | JPN | 7:05.35 | SB | +20.720 |
| 33 | Frode Herman Syvertsen (Senior) | NOR | 7:05.57 | | +20.940 |
| 34 | Gordon Goplen (Senior) | CAN | 7:08.49 | | +23.860 |
| 35 | Li-Bin Lim (A2) | PRK | 7:10.13 | PB | +25.500 |
| 36 | Ik-Hwan Hwang (Neo) | KOR | 7:10.65 | PB | +26.020 |
| 37 | Julien Green (Neo) | GBR | 7:13.20 | NR | +28.570 |
| 38 | Craig McNicoll (B2) | GBR | 7:34.14 | NRJ | +49.510 |