| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Pierre Deleze |  SUI | 3:42.75 | | 2. Graham Williamson |  GBR | 3:43.01 | | 3. Dragan Zdravkovic |  YUG | 3:43.02 | | 4. Claudio Patrignani |  ITA | 3:43.12 | | 5. Miroslav Zerowski |  POL | 3:43.46 | | 6. Alez Gonzalez |  FRA | 3:43.70 | | 7. Christos Papachristos |  GRE | 3:44.12 | | 8. Arno Coermeling |  NED | 3:44.18 | | 9. Jan Persson |  SWE | 3:44.94 | | 10.Antonio Atabao |  POR | 3:46.99 | | 11.John Chappory |  GIB | 3:57.91 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Jose Abascal |  ESP | 3:40.32 | | 2. Uwe Becker |  FRG | 3:40.50 | | 3. Andreas Busse |  GDR | 3:40.53 | | 4. Nikolay Kirov |  URS | 3:40.91 | | 5. Joao Campos | POR | 3:42.74 | | 6. Johann Kroon | SWE | 3:42.75 | | 7. David Taylor |  IRL | 3:43.86 | | 8. Jon Didriksson |  ISL | 3:44.03 | | 9. Sermet Timurtenk |  TUR | 3:44.24 | | 10.Philippe Dean | FRA | 3:45.13 |
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