| Final | | time | | gap | L | | 1. György Csordás |  Hungary | 18:57.8 | | | 4 | | 2. György Schuszter | Hungary | 19:05.6 | | +7.8s | 3 | | 3. Vladimer Lavrinenk'o |  Soviet Union | 19:10.6 | | +12.8s | 6 | | 4. Heinz-Günther Lehmann |  West Germany | 19:16.5 | | +18.7s | 5 | | 5. Endel Press | Soviet Union | 19:17.6 | | +19.8s | 7 | | 6. Joseph Bernardo |  France | 19:31.0 | | +33.2s | 1 | | 7. Per-Olof Östrand |  Sweden | 19:39.5 | | +41.7s | 2 | | 8. Kristian König | Sweden | 19:50.4 | | +52.6s | 7 |
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| Heat 4 | | time | L | | | 1. Per-Olof Östrand | Sweden | 19:33.3 | 2 | 5. | | 2. Jorge Granados |  Spain | 19:53.4 | 3 | 9. | | 3. Dieter Kutschera |  Austria | 20:16.6 | 1 | 14. | | 4. V. Kopřiva |  Czechoslovakia | 20:40.0 | 4 | 16. | | -. Lars Krogh |  Norway | DNS | 5 | | | -. Angelo Romani |  Italy | DNS | 6 | | | -. Gotfryd Gremlowski |  Poland | DNS | 7 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | L | | | 1. György Csordás | Hungary | 19:09.5 | 2 | 1. | | 2. Endel Press | Soviet Union | 19:42.6 | 7 | 6. | | 3. Joseph Bernardo | France | 19:47.8 | 4 | 7. | | 4. Kristian König | Sweden | 19:51.5 | 6 | 8. | | 5. Manfred Fugger | West Germany | 20:17.2 | 5 | 15. | | -. Marjan Finci |  Yugoslavia | DNS | 1 | | | -. Hans-Joachim Reich | West Germany | DNS | 3 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | L | | | 1. Heinz-Günther Lehmann | West Germany | 19:22.4 | 1 | 2. | | 2. Herman Willemse |  Netherlands | 20:14.4 | 2 | 11. | | 3. Enrique Granados | Spain | 20:14.9 | 5 | 12. | | 4. Jacques Collignon | France | 20:16.5 | 7 | 13. | | 5. Jack Wardrop |  Great Britain | 20:42.4 | 4 | 18. | | 6. Fernando Esteves Madeira |  Portugal | 20:43.0 | 3 | 19. | | -. Ljiljan Žuvela | Yugoslavia | DNS | 6 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | L | | | 1. György Schuszter | Hungary | 19:29.0 | 2 | 3. | | 2. Vladimer Lavrinenk'o | Soviet Union | 19:31.6 | 1 | 4. | | 3. Zdeněk Baďura | Czechoslovakia | 20:11.4 | 5 | 10. | | 4. Jaap de Jong | Netherlands | 20:40.7 | 7 | 17. | | -. Gran Sreenan | Great Britain | DNS | 4 | | | -. Alfred Spengler | West Germany | DNS | - | | | -. Gianni Paliaga | Italy | DNS | 6 | |
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| Overall | | Heats | Final | | 1. György Csordás | Hungary | 19:09.5 1 h3 | 18:57.8 1 F | | 2. György Schuszter | Hungary | 19:29.0 1 h1 | 19:05.6 2 F | | 3. Vladimer Lavrinenk'o | Soviet Union | 19:31.6 2 h1 | 19:10.6 3 F | | 4. Heinz-Günther Lehmann | West Germany | 19:22.4 1 h2 | 19:16.5 4 F | | 5. Endel Press | Soviet Union | 19:42.6 2 h3 | 19:17.6 5 F | | 6. Joseph Bernardo | France | 19:47.8 3 h3 | 19:31.0 6 F | | 7. Per-Olof Östrand | Sweden | 19:33.3 1 h4 | 19:39.5 7 F | | 8. Kristian König | Sweden | 19:51.5 4 h3 | 19:50.4 8 F | | 9. Jorge Granados | Spain | 19:53.4 2 h4 | - | | 10.Zdeněk Baďura | Czechoslovakia | 20:11.4 3 h1 | - | | 11.Herman Willemse | Netherlands | 20:14.4 2 h2 | - | | 12.Enrique Granados | Spain | 20:14.9 3 h2 | - | | 13.Jacques Collignon | France | 20:16.5 4 h2 | - | | 14.Dieter Kutschera | Austria | 20:16.6 3 h4 | - | | 15.Manfred Fugger | West Germany | 20:17.2 5 h3 | - | | 16.Kopřiva | Czechoslovakia | 20:40.0 4 h4 | - | | 17.Jaap de Jong | Netherlands | 20:40.7 4 h1 | - | | 18.Jack Wardrop | Great Britain | 20:42.4 5 h2 | - | | 19.Fernando Madeira | Portugal | 20:43.0 6 h2 | - | | -. Bob Sreenan | Great Britain | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Alfred Spengler | West Germany | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Gianni Paliaga | Italy | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Ljiljan Žuvela | Yugoslavia | - DNS h2 | - | | -. Marjan Finci | Yugoslavia | - DNS h3 | - | | -. Hans-Joachim Reich | West Germany | - DNS h3 | - | | -. Lars Krogh | Norway | - DNS h4 | - | | -. Angelo Romani | Italy | - DNS h4 | - | | -. Gotfryd Gremlowski | Poland | - DNS h4 | - |
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