Heat 1 | time | | 1. Ernst Larsen | NOR | 9:00.0 | CR Q | 2. Sándor Rozsnyói | HUN | 9:01.0 | Q | 3. Pentti Karvonen | FIN | 9:01.2 | Q | 4. Karl-Heinz Schmalz | FRG | 9:01.8 | Q | 5. Yevgeniy Kodyaykin | URS | 9:02.2 | Q | 6. Vlastimil Brlica | TCH | 9:05.6 | NR Q | 7. Curt Söderberg | SWE | 9:12.8 | | 8. Kenneth Johnson | GBR | 9:17.6 | | 9. Roger Deweer | BEL | 9:30.2 | | 10.Grigore Cojocaru | ROU | 9:31.6 | | 11.Gottfried Stäubli | SUI | 9:32.0 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Viktor Kurchavov | URS | 9:06.2 | Q | 2. Jeszenszky László | HUN | 9:06.2 | Q | 3. Jerzy Chromik | POL | 9:06.4 | Q | 4. Olavi Rinteenpää | FIN | 9:06.8 | Q | 5. John Disley | GBR | 9:13.6 | Q | 6. Helmut Thumm | FRG | 9:14.4 | Q | 7. Abdullah Kökpinar | TUR | 9:32.8 | | 8. Gunnar Tjörnebo | SWE | 9:36.2 | | 9. Arthur Huber | SUI | 9:45.4 | | 10.Augusto Silva | POR | 9:56.4 | |
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