| 1 | Saïd Aouita | MAR | |
13:26,44 |
| 2 | Domingos Castro | POR | |
13:27,59 |
| 3 | Jack Buckner | GBR | |
13:27,74 |
| 4 | Pierre Délèze | SUI | 13:28,06 | |
| 5 | Vincent Rousseau | BEL | 13:28,56 | |
| 6 | Evgeni Ignatov | BUL | 13:29,68 | |
| 7 | Tim Hutchings | GBR | 13:30,01 | |
| 8 | Dionisio Castro | POR | 13:30,94 | |
| 9 | Frank O'Mara | IRL | 13:32,04 | |
| 10 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 13:33,49 | |
| 11 | Sydney Maree | USA | 13:33,78 | |
| 12 | John Ngugi | KEN | 13:34,04 | |
| 13 | John Treacy | IRL | 13:41,03 | |
| 14 | Abel Antón | ESP | 13:43,58 | |
| 15 | Carey Nelson | CAN | 13:43,81 |