Heat 1 | time | 1. Filbert Bayi | TAN | 8:21.4 | 2. Eshetu Tura | ETH | 8:23.8 | 3. Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8:24.0 | 4. Wolfgang Konrad | AUT | 8:25.0 | 5. Francisco Sanchez | ESP | 8:27.5 | 6. Tommy Ekblom | FIN | 8:27.8 | 7. Aleksandr Vorobei | URS | 8:42.6 | 8. Anthony Staynings | GBR | 8.47.5 | 9. Nikolae Voicu | ROM | 8:49.0 | 10.Anders Carlsson | SWE | 9:01.8 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Domingo Ramon | ESP | 8:31.9 | 2. Anatoli Dimov | URS | 8:33.2 | 3. Vasile Bichea | ROM | 8:35.4 | 4. Krzysztof Wesolowski | POL | 8:35.6 | 5. Roger Hackney | GBR | 8:36.4 | 6. Giuseppe Gerbi | ITA | 8:37.1 | 7. Lahcene Babaci | ALG | 8:38.7 | 8. Hailu Woldetsadik | ETH | 8:41.0 | 9. Stanimir Nenov | BUL | 8:43.8 | 10.Albert Marie | SEY | 9:19.7 | -. Tapio Kantanen | FIN | DNS |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 8:29.8 | 2. Dusan Moravcik | TCH | 8:33.4 | 3. Sergei Olizarenko | URS | 8:34.2 | 4. Colin Reitz | GBR | 8:35.3 | 5. Roberto Volpi | ITA | 8:35.6 | 6. Vesa Laukkanen | FIN | 8:38.4 | 7. Paul Copu | ROM | 8:45.6 | 8. Girma Woldehana | ETH | 8:54.6 | 9. Ralf P¶nitzsch | GDR | 8:56.5 | 10.Abdulkarim Joumaa | SYR | 9:29.4 | -. Jose Manuel Sena | POR | DNF |
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