| 1 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | |
3:45,1 |
| 2 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | |
3:45,3 |
| 3 | Gheorghe Ghipu | ROM | |
3:46,1 |
| 4 | Herman Mignon | BEL | 3:47,1 | |
| 5 | Eberhard Helm | FRG | 3:47,3 | |
| 6 | Daniel Janczuk | POL | 3:47,7 | |
| 7 | Anatoliy Mamontov | URS | 3:47,7 | |
| 8 | Glen Grant | GBR | 3:48,4 |