| Final 27.08 | time | ||
| 1. Vladimir Salnikov |  Soviet Union | 15:08.84 | |
| 2. Borut Petric |  Yugoslavia | 15:14.54 | |
| 3. Stefan Pfeiffer |  West Germany | 15:16.85 | |
| 4. Darjan Petric | Yugoslavia | 15:21.55 | |
| 5. Sven Lodziewski |  East Germany | 15:25.06 | |
| 6. Rafael Escalas |  Spain | 15:26.93 | |
| 7. Steffen Liess | East Germany | 15:33.43 | |
| 8. Thomas Fahrner | West Germany | 15:43.05 |
Heats - , --th August |
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
