| Final | | time | | | 1. Emiel Puttemans |  Belgium | 7:48.48 | | | 2. Paul Thijs | Belgium | 7:51.76 | | | 3. Pavel Pěnkava |  Czechoslovakia | 7:51.79 | NR | | 4. Arne Kvalheim |  Norway | 7:53.34 | NR | | 5. Ray Smedley |  Great Britain | 7:54.43 | | | 6. Josef Jánský | Czechoslovakia | 7:55.00 | | | 7. Antonio Burgos |  Spain | 7:56.25 | | | 8. Jan Kondzior |  Poland | 8:07.75 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 9th March | | First 4 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 7:54.23 | Q | | 2. Ray Smedley | Great Britain | 7:55.20 | Q | | 3. Josef Jánský | Czechoslovakia | 7:55.49 | Q | | 4. Jan Kondzior | Poland | 7:56.20 | Q | | 5. Dan Glans |  Sweden | 7:57.95 | | | 9. Bram Wassenaar |  Netherlands | 7:59.77 | | | 12.Heinrich Händlhuber |  Austria | 8:08.54 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Arne Kvalheim | Norway | 7:58.44 | Q | | 7. Pavel Pěnkava | Czechoslovakia | 7:58.95 | Q | | 8. Paul Thijs | Belgium | 7:59.09 | Q | | 10.Antonio Burgos | Spain | 8:00.90 | Q | | 11.Aldo Tomasini |  Italy | 8:05.19 | | | 13.šgúst šsgeirsson |  Iceland | 8:44.28 | |
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