Final | time | | 1. Said Aouita | MAR | 7:47.94 | | 2. José Luis Gonzalez | ESP | 7:48.66 | | 3. Dieter Baumann | FRG | 7:50.47 | | 4. Doug Padilla | USA | 7:50.93 | | 5. Frank O'Mara | IRL | 7:52.21 | | 6. Branko Zorko | YUG | 7:52.26 | | 7. José Luis Carreira | ESP | 7:53.22 | | 8. Stefano Mei | ITA | 7:53.73 | | 9. Brian Abshire | USA | 7:53.93 | | 10.Michail Dasko | URS | 7:54.80 | |
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Heat 1 | time | | 1. Dieter Baumann | FRG | 7:50.22 | Q | 2. Brank Zorko | YUG | 7:50.99 | Q | 3. Stefano Mei | ITA | 7:51.48 | Q | 4. José Luis Gonzalez | ESP | 7:51.52 | Q | 5. Michail Dasko | URS | 7:51.83 | q | 6. Brian Abshire | USA | 7:52.52 | q | 7. Jacky Carlier | FRA | 7:53.16 | | 8. Gerry O'Reilly | IRL | 7:53.32 | | 9. Mohamed Choumassi | MAR | 7:55.58 | | 10.Adauto Domingues | BRA | 7:56.76 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Said Aouita | MAR | 7:51.72 | Q | 2. José Luis Carreira | ESP | 7:51.98 | Q | 3. Doug Padilla | USA | 7:52.00 | Q | 4. Frank O'Mara | IRL | 7:52.37 | Q | 5. Klaus-Peter Nabein | FRG | 7:53.15 | | 6. Peter Wirz | SUI | 7:53.70 | | 7. Remy Geoffroy | FRA | 7:53.91 | | 8. Nikolaos Vouzis | GRE | 7:59.92 | | 9. Bela Vago | HUN | 8:05.78 | |
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