| Vasilij Jarjomenko (n/a) | URS | 8:29.40 | SB | - |
| L Tikhonov (Neo) | URS | 8:31.90 | PB | +2.500 |
| Vladimir Jarovoj (Neo) | URS | 8:32.80 | PB | +3.400 |
| Aleksandr.33 Safronov (Neo) | URS | 8:33.50 | | +4.100 |
| Jevgenij Kazantsev (n/a) | URS | 8:33.60 | SB | +4.200 |
| Aleksandr Rzjevtsev (Senior) | URS | 8:33.80 | | +4.400 |
| Jurij Tjumentsev (Neo) | URS | 8:34.20 | | +4.800 |
| V Postnikov (n/a) | URS | 8:34.30 | PB | +4.900 |
| Boris Stenin (Neo) | URS | 8:34.40 | | +5.000 |
| Aleksej Sladkov (Senior) | URS | 8:34.40 | | +5.000 |
| Gennadij Kolykov (Neo) | URS | 8:34.70 | PB | +5.300 |
| Je Botov (n/a) | URS | 8:34.70 | PB | +5.300 |
| Jurij Ivasjkin (M30) | URS | 8:36.50 | | +7.100 |
| Grigorij Nikolajev (n/a) | URS | 8:36.60 | SB | +7.200 |
| Vladimir Budin (A2) | URS | 8:38.20 | | +8.800 |
| Valerij Fetsjin (Neo) | URS | 8:38.50 | PB | +9.100 |
| V Oparin (n/a) | URS | 8:38.50 | PB | +9.100 |
| Ju Gusev (n/a) | URS | 8:38.90 | PB | +9.500 |
| Jurij Jazkov (Senior) | URS | 8:39.50 | SB | +10.100 |
| Nikolaj Jermakov (Senior) | URS | 8:39.70 | | +10.300 |
| Vladimir Borodin (n/a) | URS | 8:40.30 | SB | +10.900 |
| Anatolij Khramtsov (Neo) | URS | 8:41.00 | | +11.600 |
| V Drozjdin (n/a) | URS | 8:41.50 | PB | +12.100 |
| Viktor Lobankov (Senior) | URS | 8:41.90 | PB | +12.500 |
| Gennadij Vorobjov (Senior) | URS | 8:42.00 | PB | +12.600 |
| V Volkov (n/a) | URS | 8:42.00 | PB | +12.600 |
| Mikhail Kuznetsov (n/a) | URS | 8:42.00 | PB | +12.600 |
| L?Ju Netsjajev (n/a) | URS | 8:42.30 | PB | +12.900 |
| S Lukin (n/a) | URS | 8:42.60 | PB | +13.200 |
| Vasilij Dmitrijevykh (Neo) | URS | 8:42.80 | | +13.400 |
| Vladimir Ponomarjev (Senior) | URS | 8:42.80 | | +13.400 |
| Vladimir Gurov (Neo) | URS | 8:43.00 | | +13.600 |
| Viktor Sannikov (n/a) | URS | 8:43.00 | SB | +13.600 |
| Vladimir Kiseljov (n/a) | URS | 8:43.00 | SB | +13.600 |
| Anatolij Titov (Senior) | URS | 8:43.80 | | +14.400 |
| Lev Sanytsjev (Neo) | URS | 8:44.20 | SB | +14.800 |
| Oleg Sjabarov (A2) | URS | 8:44.40 | | +15.000 |
| Anatolij Zulajev (Neo) | URS | 8:45.30 | PB | +15.900 |
| A Sakharov (n/a) | URS | 8:45.30 | PB | +15.900 |
| Viktor Sokolov (n/a) | URS | 8:45.40 | PB | +16.000 |
| Anatolij Sjuronov (n/a) | URS | 8:45.50 | SB | +16.100 |
| L Ivsjilov (Senior) | URS | 8:46.00 | PB | +16.600 |
| A?V Aleksejev (n/a) | URS | 8:46.20 | PB | +16.800 |
| V Tkatsjenko (n/a) | URS | 8:46.20 | PB | +16.800 |
| Nikolaj Kuznetsov (n/a) | URS | 8:46.30 | | +16.900 |
| L?V Dimov (n/a) | URS | 8:46.30 | PB | +16.900 |
| Viktor Sjarapov (n/a) | URS | 8:46.40 | | +17.000 |
| V Ljubanov (n/a) | URS | 8:46.60 | PB | +17.200 |
| Stanislav Jurinskij (n/a) | URS | 8:46.70 | | +17.300 |
| Vladimir Usoltsev (Neo) | URS | 8:46.80 | | +17.400 |
| N Nikisjin (n/a) | URS | 8:46.80 | PB | +17.400 |
| Aleksandr Agapov (Senior) | URS | 8:47.00 | | +17.600 |
| Valentin Radysjevtsev (Neo) | URS | 8:47.00 | | +17.600 |
| Jurij Tsjernjajev (n/a) | URS | 8:47.00 | PB | +17.600 |
| Gennadij Judin (A1) | URS | 8:47.20 | SB | +17.800 |
| B Berdnikov (n/a) | URS | 8:47.40 | PB | +18.000 |
| G Davydov (n/a) | URS | 8:47.80 | PB | +18.400 |
| Boris Bakhmatov (Senior) | URS | 8:48.00 | | +18.600 |
| S Kazakov (n/a) | URS | 8:48.30 | PB | +18.900 |
| Pavel.32 Pavlov (Senior) | URS | 8:48.60 | SB | +19.200 |
| Aleksandr Tsitlionok (Neo) | URS | 8:48.60 | SB | +19.200 |
| Ivan Tsjernov (A2) | URS | 8:48.80 | | +19.400 |
| Anatolij Aslamov (n/a) | URS | 8:49.10 | SB | +19.700 |
| V Dementjev (n/a) | URS | 8:49.30 | PB | +19.900 |