| 1 | Oleg Gontsjarenko (Senior) | URS | 45.00 | (4) | | 8:32.40 | (3) | | 2:17.70 | (1) | | 17:15.30 | (3) | | 193.905 | | - |
| 2 | Vladimir Sjilykovskij (Senior) | URS | 44.50 | (3) | | 8:31.50 | (1) | | 2:19.80 | (4) | | 17:17.10 | (4) | | 194.105 | | +0.200 |
| 3 | Roald Aas (M30) | NOR | 45.50 | (10) | | 8:34.60 | (5) | | 2:19.30 | (3) | | 17:27.60 | (6) | WRM | 195.773 | | +1.868 |
| 4 | Helmut Kuhnert (Neo) | GDR | 45.30 | (8) | | 8:31.70 | (2) | | 2:21.80 | (11) | | 17:37.10 | (7) | | 196.591 | | +2.686 |
| 5 | Knut.33 Johannesen (Senior) | NOR | 46.10 | (15) | | 8:45.60 | (13) | | 2:20.40 | (7) | | 17:08.30 | (1) | | 196.875 | | +2.970 |
| 6 | Olle Dahlberg (Senior) | SWE | 45.60 | (11) | | 8:37.30 | (6) | | 2:21.70 | (9) | | 17:26.40 | (5) | | 196.883 | | +2.978 |
| 7 | Robert Merkulov (Senior) | URS | 44.20 | (1) | | 8:49.40 | (16) | | 2:19.90 | (5) | | 17:44.20 | (11) | | 196.983 | SB | +3.078 |
| 8 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Neo) | FIN | 45.20 | (6) | | 8:42.10 | (10) | | 2:18.40 | (2) | | 17:49.20 | (12) | | 197.003 | | +3.098 |
| 9 | Torstein Seiersten (Senior) | NOR | 46.70 | (25) | | 8:34.40 | (4) | | 2:23.60 | (17) | | 17:10.80 | (2) | | 197.546 | | +3.641 |
| 10 | Toivo Salonen (Senior) | FIN | 44.30 | (2) | | 8:57.50 | (25) | | 2:19.90 | (5) | | 17:43.60 | (10) | | 197.863 | | +3.958 |
| 11 | Boris Tsybin (M30) | URS | 46.60 | (24) | | 8:40.80 | (8) | | 2:23.70 | (18) | | 17:38.50 | (8) | | 199.505 | | +5.600 |
| 12 | Vladimir Kolár (M30) | TCH | 46.20 | (17) | | 8:47.40 | (14) | | 2:21.70 | (9) | NRM | 17:49.90 | (13) | NRM | 199.668 | NRM | +5.763 |
| 13 | Raymond Gilloz (Senior) | FRA | 46.30 | (19) | | 8:43.00 | (11) | SB | 2:23.00 | (13) | SB | 17:56.00 | (15) | NR | 200.066 | NR | +6.161 |
| 14 | Bo Karenus (Neo) | SWE | 47.60 | (34) | | 8:43.00 | (11) | | 2:22.40 | (12) | | 18:00.40 | (16) | | 201.386 | | +7.481 |
| 15 | Jan.31 Pesman (Senior) | NED | 48.00 | (36) | | 8:41.70 | (9) | | 2:25.00 | (25) | | 17:38.70 | (9) | | 201.438 | | +7.533 |
| 16 | Jeen van den Berg (M30) | NED | 48.10 | (38) | | 8:40.70 | (7) | | 2:24.70 | (21) | | 17:54.90 | (14) | | 202.148 | | +8.243 |
| 17 | Sixten Albinsson (Neo) | SWE | 46.20 | (17) | | 8:51.90 | (20) | | 2:23.10 | (15) | | - | | | 147.090 | | - |
| 18 | Thorstein Sandholt (Neo) | NOR | 47.00 | (31) | | 8:50.80 | (17) | | 2:21.40 | (8) | | - | | | 147.213 | | - |
| 19 | Boris Sjilkov (M30) | URS | 45.40 | (9) | | 8:59.60 | (26) | | 2:25.20 | (27) | | - | | | 147.760 | | - |
| 20 | Bertil Eng (Senior) | SWE | 45.00 | (4) | | 9:09.90 | (31) | | 2:23.80 | (19) | | - | | | 147.923 | | - |
| 21 | Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 46.50 | (23) | | 8:56.30 | (21) | | 2:23.40 | (16) | | - | | | 147.930 | | - |
| 22 | John D. Cronshey (M30) | RSA | 46.10 | (15) | | 8:56.80 | (22) | NRM | 2:24.60 | (20) | NRM | - | | | 147.980 | | - |
| 23 | Kees Broekman (M30) | NED | 46.90 | (28) | | 8:49.20 | (15) | | 2:24.90 | (23) | | - | | | 148.120 | | - |
| 24 | Jaakko Niemi (Senior) | FIN | 45.70 | (12) | | 9:01.10 | (27) | | 2:25.10 | (26) | | - | | | 148.176 | | - |
| 25 | Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 45.80 | (13) | | 9:13.30 | (33) | | 2:23.00 | (13) | | - | | | 148.796 | | - |
| 26 | Jorma.38 Sinkkonen (Neo) | FIN | 46.80 | (27) | | 8:51.40 | (19) | | 2:26.80 | (34) | | - | | | 148.873 | | - |
| 27 | Jin Hoshino (Neo) | JPN | 46.70 | (25) | | 8:57.20 | (24) | | 2:25.40 | (29) | | - | | | 148.886 | | - |
| 28 | Floyd Bedbury (Neo) | USA | 45.20 | (6) | | 9:12.10 | (32) | | 2:25.70 | (30) | | - | | | 148.976 | | - |
| 29 | Gunnar.30 Ström (Senior) | SWE | 46.30 | (19) | | 9:13.90 | (34) | | 2:24.90 | (23) | | - | | | 149.990 | | - |
| 30 | Terence Monaghan (Senior) | GBR | 47.10 | (32) | | 9:08.20 | (30) | | 2:25.20 | (27) | | - | | | 150.320 | | - |
| 31 | Antoni Skrzypnik (Senior) | POL | 46.90 | (28) | | 9:14.90 | (35) | | 2:26.30 | (32) | | - | | | 151.156 | | - |
| 32 | Stanislaw Magierowski (Senior) | POL | 45.90 | (14) | | 9:25.00 | (38) | | 2:26.70 | (33) | | - | | | 151.300 | | - |
| 33 | Bohumil Jauris (Senior) | TCH | 47.20 | (33) | | 9:23.20 | (37) | | 2:24.70 | (21) | SB | - | | | 151.753 | | - |
| 34 | Soemon Kato (Senior) | JPN | 48.80 | (39) | SB | 8:56.90 | (23) | | 2:28.40 | (37) | SB | - | | | 151.956 | | - |
| 35 | Kurt Robert Stille (Neo) | DEN | 48.00 | (36) | SB | 9:07.50 | (29) | NR | 2:28.30 | (36) | NR | - | | | 152.183 | | - |
| 36 | Jucheng Yang (Neo) | CHN | 46.30 | (19) | | 9:29.90 | (40) | | 2:27.40 | (35) | | - | | | 152.423 | | - |
| 37 | Taiquan Li (Neo) | CHN | 46.40 | (22) | | 9:25.30 | (39) | | 2:29.00 | (38) | | - | | | 152.596 | | - |
| 38 | Shijun Ren (Senior) | CHN | 47.90 | (35) | | 9:19.10 | (36) | SB | 2:29.00 | (38) | | - | | | 153.476 | | - |
| 39 | György Ivánkai (Neo) | HUN | 56.90 | (40) | | 9:04.60 | (28) | | 2:25.70 | (30) | | - | | | 159.926 | | - |
| 40 | Knut Håkon Tangen (M30) | NOR | 46.90 | (28) | | 8:50.80 | (17) | | - | | | - | | | 99.980 | | - |