| Final | time | | gap | 100m | 200m | 300m | | 1. Johan Bontekoe |  Netherlands | 4:25.6 | NR | | 1:01.6 | 2:10.0 | 3:19.0 | | 2. Hans Rosendahl |  Sweden | 4:25.8 | NR | +0.2s | 1:02.3 | 2:10.3 | 3:19.3 | | 3. Frank Wiegand |  East Germany | 4:26.8 | NR | +1.2s | 1:01.1 | 2:10.0 | 3:20.2 | | 4. Petr Lohnicky |  Czechoslovakia | 4:31.7 | | +6.1s | 1:03.2 | 2:13.2 | 3:23.2 | | 5. Richard Campion |  Great Britain | 4:35.3 | | +9.7s | 1:02.5 | 2:12.7 | 3:24.0 | | 6. Giovanni Orlando |  Italy | 4:35.4 | | +9.8s | 1:02.3 | 2:11.2 | 3:23.1 | | 7. Sven Goran Johanssen | Sweden | 4:41.2 | | +15.6s | 1:04.3 | 2:15.2 | 3:27.9 | | 8. Jean Pasqual Curtillet |  France | 4:46.9 | | +21.3s | 1:04.1 | 2:15.9 | 3:20.2 |
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Heats - Tuesday, 21st August |
| Heat 1 | time | | Rk. | | 1. Giovanni Orlando | Italy | 4:29.9 | NR | 3. | | 2. Sven Goran Johanssen | Sweden | 4:30.5 | | 5. | | 3. John Martin Dye | Great Britain | 4:40.9 | | 13. | | 4. Tino Jansen | Netherlands | 4:42.7 | | 15. | | 5. Risto Lehtonen |  Finland | 4:43.2 | | 16. | | 6. Marek Gomula |  Poland | 5:20.3 | | 22. |
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| Heat 2 | time | | Rk. | | 1. Petr Lohnicky | Czechoslovakia | 4:30.8 | NR | 7. | | 2. Jean Pasqual Curtillet | France | 4:34.2 | | 8. | | 3. Jozsef Katona |  Hungary | 4:35.2 | | 10. | | 4. Veljko Rogusic |  Yugoslavia | 4:35.2 | | 11. | | 5. Jon Vengel |  Norway | 4:46.6 | | 17. | | 6. V. J. Alexandrov |  Bulgaria | 4:54.8 | NR | 20. |
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| Heat 3 | time | | Rk. | | 1. Johan Bontekoe | Netherlands | 4:27.7 | NR | 1. | | 2. Hans Rosendahl | Sweden | 4:28.8 | NR | 2. | | 3. Martin Klink |  West Germany | 4:35.9 | | 12. | | 4. Sergio de Gregori | Italy | 4:42.6 | | 14. |
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| Heat 4 | time | Rk. | | 1. Frank Wiegand | East Germany | 4:30.3 | 4. | | 2. Richard Campion | Great Britain | 4:30.7 | 6. | | 3. Kari Haavisto | Finland | 4:34.7 | 9. | | 4. Jerzy Tracz | Poland | 4:48.9 | 18. | | 5. Jan Zizala | Czechoslovakia | 4:53.7 | 19. | | 6. Sandor Konrad | Hungary | 5:00.4 | 21. |
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