| Final | | time | | | 1. János Pintér |  Hungary | 14:23.4 | | | 2. Andrei Barabás |  Romania | 14:23.8 | | | 3. Peter Kubicki |  West Germany | 14:23.8 | | | 4. Aleksey Konov |  Soviet Union | 14:23.8 | | | 5. Saburo Yokomizo |  Japan | 14:28.0 | | | 6. Béla Szekeres | Hungary | 14:30.0 | | | 7. Jaroslav Bohatý |  Czechoslovakia | 14:36.8 | | | 8. Edward Owczarek |  Poland | 14:40.4 | | | 9. Tereo Funai | Japan | 14:44.8 | | | 10.Ivan Peyev |  Bulgaria | 15:09.8 | | | 11.Michael Turner |  Great Britain | 15:21.4 | | | 12.Boris Ivanov | Bulgaria | 15:24.0 | | | 13.Ŷ"sten Bergman |  Sweden | 15:37.8 | | | 14.Gurnam Singh |  Indonesia | 15:54.5 | |
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| Venue: Vasil Levski stadium. |
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