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 | |
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Heats - , --th August | Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
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