| Final | time | gap | L | B | ||
| 1. Tamas Darnyi |  Hungary | 4:15.42 | WR | 4 | 67 | |
| 2. Josef Szabo | Hungary | 4:18.30 | 2.88s | 3 | 69 | |
| 3. Patrick Kuhl |  East Germany | 4:18.62 | 3.20s | 5 | 68 | |
| 4. Vadim Iaroschuk |  Soviet Union | 4:18.87 | 3.45s | 2 | 69 | |
| 5. Stefano Battistelli |  Italy | 4:21.87 | 6.45s | 6 | 68 | |
| 6. Peter Bermel |  West Germany | 4:25.11 | 8.69s | 1 | 67 | |
| 7. Christophe Bordeau | West Germany | 4:25.44 | 10.02s | 8 | 65 | |
| 8. Christian Gessner | East Germany | 4:27.11 | 11.69s | 7 | 66 |
| World Record: David Wharton, United States 4:16.12 Brisbane, Australia 14th August 1987 |
| Final B | time | gap | L | ||
| 9. Stephan Poulter |  Great Britain | 4:25.49 | - | ||
| 10.Luca Sacchi | Italy | 4:26.25 | 0.76s | - | |
| 11.Laurent Journet |  France | 4:27.03 | 1.54s | - | |
| 12.Babis Papanikolau |  Greece | 4:27.08 | 1.59s | - | |
| 13.Sergey Mariniuk | Soviet Union | 4:28.08 | 2.59s | - | |
| 14.Ondrej Bures |  Czechoslovakia | 4:28.19 | 2.70s | - | |
| 15.Ricardo Valdivia |  Spain | 4:30.26 | 4.77s | - | |
| 16.Rui Borges |  Portugal | 4:37.14 | 11.65s | - |
Heats - Wednesday, 19th August |
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. Next 8 times to Final B. |
| Heats | time | gap | L | ||
| 1. Tamas Darnyi | Hungary | 4:18.33 | - | ||
| 2. Patrick Kuhl | East Germany | 4:22.32 | 3.99s | - | |
| 3. Josef Szabo | Hungary | 4:22.39 | 4.06s | - | |
| 4. Stefano Battistelli | Italy | 4:23.15 | 4.82s | - | |
| 5. Vadim Iaroschuk | Soviet Union | 4:23.83 | 5.50s | - | |
| 6. Christian Gessner | East Germany | 4:25.26 | 6.93s | - | |
| 7. Peter Bermel | West Germany | 4:25.91 | 7.58s | - | |
| 8. Christophe Bordeau | West Germany | 4:26.24 | 7.91s | - | |
| 9. Stephan Poulter | Great Britain | 4:26.35 | 8.02s | - | |
| 10.Ondrej Bures | Czechoslovakia | 4:26.77 | 8.44s | - | |
| --.Luca Sacchi | Italy | 4:--.-- | -.--s | - | |
| --.Laurent Journet | France | 4:--.-- | -.--s | - | |
| --.Babis Papanikolau | Greece | 4:--.-- | -.--s | - | |
| 14.Ricardo Valdivia | Spain | 4:29.27 | 10.94s | - | |
| --.Sergey Mariniuk | Soviet Union | 4:--.-- | -.--s | - | |
| --.Rui Borges | Portugal | 4:--.-- | -.--s | - | |
| 21.Martin Lopez Zubero | Spain | 4:42.10 | 13.77s | - | |
| 22. | - |
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