| 1 | Sten Stensen (Senior) | NOR | 7:24.48 | TR | - |
| 2 | Piet Kleine (Senior) | NED | 7:26.47 | | +1.990 |
| 3 | Hans van Helden (Senior) | NED | 7:26.54 | | +2.060 |
| 4 | Viktor Varlamov (Senior) | URS | 7:30.97 | | +6.490 |
| 5 | Klaus Wunderlich (Senior) | GDR | 7:33.82 | | +9.340 |
| 6 | Dan Carroll (Senior) | USA | 7:36.46 | | +11.980 |
| 7 | Vladimir.49 Ivanov (Senior) | URS | 7:37.73 | | +13.250 |
| 8 | Örjan Sandler (M35) | SWE | 7:39.69 | | +15.210 |
| 9 | Jan Egil Storholt (Senior) | NOR | 7:40.60 | | +16.120 |
| 10 | Colin V. Coates (M30) | AUS | 7:41.96 | | +17.480 |
| 11 | Yeong-Ha Lee (A2) | KOR | 7:44.21 | | +19.730 |
| 12 | Mike Woods (Senior) | USA | 7:48.08 | | +23.600 |
| 13 | Amund Martin Sjøbrend (Neo) | NOR | 7:48.28 | | +23.800 |
| 14 | Sergej Martsjuk (Senior) | URS | 7:51.37 | | +26.890 |
| 15 | Herbert Schwarz (Neo) | FRG | 7:52.26 | | +27.780 |
| 16 | Lennart.51 Carlsson (Senior) | SWE | 7:53.02 | | +28.540 |
| 17 | Franz Krienbühl (M45) | SUI | 7:53.11 | | +28.630 |
| 18 | Manfred Winter (Neo) | GDR | 7:58.28 | | +33.800 |
| 19 | Eric Heiden (A1) | USA | 7:59.00 | | +34.520 |
| 20 | Olavi Köppä (Senior) | FIN | 7:59.52 | | +35.040 |
| 21 | Maurizio Marchetto (Neo) | ITA | 8:04.07 | | +39.590 |
| 22 | Masahiko Yamamoto (A2) | JPN | 8:06.97 | | +42.490 |
| 23 | Andrew Barron (Senior) | CAN | 8:10.00 | | +45.520 |
| 24 | Masayuki Kawahara (Neo) | JPN | 8:10.08 | | +45.600 |
| 25 | Dan.50 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 8:12.37 | | +47.890 |
| 26 | Geoffrey Sandys (Senior) | GBR | 8:13.03 | | +48.550 |
| 27 | Ludwig Kronfuß (Senior) | AUT | 8:19.72 | | +55.240 |
| 28 | Ivano Bamberghi (Senior) | ITA | 8:21.04 | | +56.560 |
| 29 | Hubert Gundolf (Senior) | AUT | 8:29.34 | | +1.04.860 |
| 30 | Gilbert van Eesbeeck (Neo) | BEL | 8:29.78 | | +1.05.300 |
| 31 | Loris Vellar (Senior) | ITA | 8:31.85 | | +1.07.370 |