| Final | | time | | | 1. Thomas Wessinghage |  West Germany | 3:37.54 | AR | | 2. Ray Flynn |  Ireland | 3:38.5 | | | 3. Pierre Délèze |  Switzerland | 3:38.9 | | | 4. Uwe Becker | West Germany | 3:39.8 | | | 5. Carlos Cabral |  Portugal | 3:39.9 | | | 6. Malcolm Edwards |  Great Britain | 3:43.0 | | | 7. Vladimir Malozemlin |  Soviet Union | 3:44.5 | | | 8. José Manuel Abascal |  Spain | 3:45.3 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 1st March | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. José Manuel Abascal | Spain | 3:40.5 | Q | | 2. Uwe Becker | West Germany | 3:40.6 | Q | | 3. Vladimir Malozemlin | Soviet Union | 3:40.7 | Q | | 4. Carlos Cabral | Portugal | 3:40.8 | q | | 11.Gerard Pajot |  France | 3:44.2 | | | 12.Federico Leporati |  Italy | 3:44.4 | | | 13.Joost Borm |  Netherlands | 3:44.9 | | | 14.Jón Didriksson |  Iceland | 3:45.6 | NR | | 16.Paul Williams | Great Britain | 3:46.4 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 5. Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 3:42.0 | Q | | 6. Pierre Délèze | Switzerland | 3:42.0 | Q | | 7. Ray Flynn | Ireland | 3:42.8 | Q | | 8. Malcolm Edwards | Great Britain | 3:43.1 | q | | 9. Didier Begouin | France | 3:43.9 | | | 10.Eberhard Helm | West Germany | 3:44.0 | | | 15.Claudio Patrignani | Italy | 3:46.2 | | | 17.Marc Nevens |  Belgium | 3:47.7 | |
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