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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