| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. Jorg Hoffmann |  East Germany | 15:01.52 | | | - | 70 | 12:01.91 | | 2. Stefan Pfeiffer |  West Germany | 15:01.93 | | +-.--s | - | 65 | 12:01.85 | | 3. Mariusz Podkościelny |  Poland | 15:19.29 | | +-.--s | - | 68 | 12:12.78 | | 4. Stefan Persson |  Sweden | 15:23.73 | | +-.--s | - | 67 | 12:20.18 | | 5. Kevin Boyd |  Great Britain | 15:25.15 | | +-.--s | - | 66 | 12:21.64 | | 6. Aleksandr Gaydukevich |  Soviet Union | 15:25.28 | | +-.--s | - | 68 | 12:21.58 | | 7. Evgeniy Logvinov | Soviet Union | 15:28.50 | | +-.--s | - | 68 | 12:25.47 | | 8. Massimiliano Bensi |  Italy | 15:43.84 | | +-.--s | - | 69 | 12:32.26 |
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