| 1 | Per Ivar Moe (Neo) | NOR | 42.00 | (10) | | 7:40.50 | (5) | SB | 2:08.00 | (1) | NR, TR | 16:00.20 | (4) | SB | 178.728 | NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Jouko Launonen (Senior) | FIN | 41.60 | (7) | SB | 7:41.70 | (6) | NR | 2:08.70 | (4) | | 16:09.90 | (9) | NR | 179.165 | WR | +0.437 |
| 3 | Ard Schenk (Neo) | NED | 41.40 | (6) | | 7:46.40 | (10) | SB | 2:08.50 | (2) | SB | 16:06.10 | (6) | SB | 179.179 | NR | +0.451 |
| 4 | Jonny Nilsson (Neo) | SWE | 42.70 | (16) | SB | 7:33.20 | (1) | WR | 2:11.80 | (10) | SB | 15:47.70 | (1) | NR | 179.340 | NR | +0.612 |
| 5 | Ants Antson (Senior) | URS | 41.10 | (4) | SB | 7:45.60 | (9) | SB | 2:09.80 | (6) | | 16:12.40 | (10) | SB | 179.547 | SB | +0.819 |
| 6 | Rudie Liebrechts (Neo) | NED | 42.30 | (13) | | 7:51.90 | (14) | | 2:09.00 | (5) | SB | 15:56.70 | (2) | NR | 180.325 | WR | +1.597 |
| 7 | Viktor Kositsjkin (Senior) | URS | 41.90 | (8) | SB | 7:42.30 | (7) | PB | 2:11.70 | (9) | | 16:06.00 | (5) | SB | 180.331 | PB | +1.603 |
| 8 | Magne Thomassen (Senior) | NOR | 40.90 | (2) | SB | 7:51.20 | (13) | SB | 2:10.00 | (7) | SB | 16:25.30 | (12) | SB | 180.619 | SB | +1.891 |
| 9 | Fred Anton Maier (Senior) | NOR | 42.90 | (19) | SB | 7:34.10 | (2) | NR | 2:13.40 | (15) | | 15:58.60 | (3) | SB | 180.708 | SB | +1.980 |
| 10 | Kees Verkerk (Neo) | NED | 42.40 | (14) | SB | 7:37.20 | (4) | NR | 2:14.00 | (19) | | 16:26.20 | (13) | | 182.097 | SB | +3.369 |
| 11 | Jinyu.40 Wang (Senior) | CHN | 41.90 | (8) | NR | 7:53.70 | (16) | NR | 2:12.20 | (11) | NR | 16:36.70 | (15) | NR | 183.172 | NR | +4.444 |
| 12 | Per Willy Guttormsen (Neo) | NOR | 43.50 | (29) | | 7:51.90 | (14) | SB | 2:13.20 | (14) | | 16:13.40 | (11) | SB | 183.760 | SB | +5.032 |
| 13 | Paul Enock (M30) | CAN | 44.30 | (32) | PB | 7:45.30 | (8) | NR | 2:15.20 | (22) | SB | 16:09.80 | (8) | NR | 184.387 | NR | +5.659 |
| 14 | Renato de Riva (Senior) | ITA | 43.10 | (23) | SB | 7:47.80 | (11) | NR | 2:13.70 | (17) | | 16:40.90 | (43) | | 184.492 | SB | +5.764 |
| 15 | Ivar Nilsson (M30) | SWE | 43.30 | (26) | SB | 7:51.00 | (12) | SB | 2:13.50 | (16) | SB | 16:35.50 | (14) | | 184.675 | SB | +5.947 |
| 16 | Eduard Matusevitsj (Senior) | URS | 51.90 | (42) | | 7:35.10 | (3) | NR | 2:08.60 | (3) | | 16:06.20 | (7) | SB | 188.588 | | +9.860 |
| 17 | Nils Egil Aaness (Senior) | NOR | 42.00 | (10) | SB | 7:54.00 | (17) | SB | 2:11.60 | (8) | | - | | | 133.267 | | - |
| 18 | Valerij Kaplan (Neo) | URS | 41.00 | (3) | SB | 8:01.50 | (23) | | 2:12.60 | (12) | | - | | | 133.350 | | - |
| 19 | Johnny Höglin (Neo) | SWE | 42.90 | (19) | SB | 7:57.50 | (20) | SB | 2:13.90 | (18) | | - | | | 135.284 | | - |
| 20 | Peter Nottet (Neo) | NED | 42.90 | (19) | | 7:57.20 | (19) | SB | 2:15.20 | (22) | SB | - | | | 135.687 | | - |
| 21 | Seppo Hänninen (Neo) | FIN | 41.30 | (5) | SB | 8:19.30 | (32) | | 2:14.50 | (21) | | - | | | 136.064 | | - |
| 22 | Olavi Hjellman (Neo) | FIN | 43.10 | (23) | SB | 8:02.10 | (25) | NRJ | 2:14.30 | (20) | NRJ | - | | | 136.077 | | - |
| 23 | Gerhard Zimmermann (Neo) | FRG | 43.10 | (23) | | 7:54.10 | (18) | SB | 2:16.80 | (26) | | - | | | 136.111 | | - |
| 24 | Piet Modder (Neo) | NED | 43.30 | (26) | SB | 7:58.20 | (21) | | 2:16.10 | (25) | | - | | | 136.487 | | - |
| 25 | Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 42.90 | (19) | | 8:20.10 | (34) | | 2:13.00 | (13) | | - | | | 137.245 | | - |
| 26 | Zhihuan Luo (Neo) | CHN | 42.00 | (10) | SB | 8:25.10 | (38) | SB | 2:16.00 | (24) | SB | - | | | 137.845 | | - |
| 27 | Hermann Strutz (Senior) | AUT | 44.20 | (31) | SB | 8:03.20 | (26) | | 2:18.50 | (29) | | - | | | 138.687 | | - |
| 28 | Horst Freese (Neo) | GDR | 42.80 | (17) | | 8:15.20 | (29) | SB | 2:19.40 | (31) | | - | | | 138.787 | | - |
| 29 | Richard Wurster (Neo) | USA | 42.50 | (15) | SB | 8:19.10 | (31) | SB | 2:19.20 | (30) | SB | - | | | 138.811 | | - |
| 30 | György Ivánkai (Senior) | HUN | 43.90 | (30) | SB | 8:01.70 | (24) | NR | 2:20.50 | (35) | | - | | | 138.904 | | - |
| 31 | Keiichi Suzuki (Neo) | JPN | 40.70 | (1) | | 8:41.80 | (42) | | 2:19.50 | (32) | | - | | | 139.380 | | - |
| 32 | Sung-Ryool Ri (Neo) | PRK | 43.30 | (26) | SB | 8:21.70 | (36) | SB | 2:18.00 | (28) | NR | - | | | 139.470 | | - |
| 33 | Kjell Bäckman (M30) | SWE | 44.90 | (38) | SB | 7:58.50 | (22) | SB | 2:20.30 | (34) | | - | | | 139.517 | | - |
| 34 | Bart Smith (Neo) | USA | 44.80 | (36) | SB | 8:09.00 | (27) | NRJ | 2:20.00 | (33) | | - | | | 140.367 | | - |
| 35 | Jürgen Traub (Neo) | FRG | 44.80 | (36) | | 8:19.30 | (32) | | 2:17.90 | (27) | | - | | | 140.697 | | - |
| 36 | Michel Thépénier (Neo) | FRA | 44.50 | (34) | | 8:15.50 | (30) | SB | 2:21.20 | (36) | | - | | | 141.117 | | - |
| 37 | Mihály Martos (Neo) | HUN | 42.80 | (17) | | 8:31.80 | (40) | | 2:22.40 | (39) | | - | | | 141.447 | | - |
| 38 | Sung-Wun Park (Senior) | PRK | 44.60 | (35) | SB | 8:14.20 | (28) | NR | 2:23.30 | (41) | SB | - | | | 141.787 | | - |
| 39 | Jean-Jacques Rumpler (A2) | FRA | 44.30 | (32) | PB | 8:24.10 | (37) | | 2:21.30 | (37) | | - | | | 141.811 | | - |
| 40 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend (Neo) | MGL | 45.40 | (39) | SB | 8:27.80 | (39) | SB | 2:22.20 | (38) | SB | - | | | 143.580 | | - |
| 41 | Frank Martin Lüdtke (Senior) | CAN | 45.80 | (40) | SB | 8:20.10 | (34) | SB | 2:25.20 | (42) | | - | | | 144.211 | | - |
| 42 | Bujiin Jalbaa (Neo) | MGL | 51.60 | (41) | | 8:56.90 | (43) | | 2:27.00 | (43) | | - | | | 154.290 | | - |
| 43 | Elio Locatelli (Neo) | ITA | 57.30 | (43) | | 8:35.70 | (41) | SB | 2:22.60 | (40) | | - | | | 156.405 | | - |