| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | Fethi Baccouche |
TUN |
14:23.79 | |
| 6 | 1 | Salvatore Antibo |
ITA |
13:44.05 | |
| 1 | 3 | Valeriy Abramov |
URS |
14:12.61 | |
| 12 | 1 | Mohamed Baket |
PLE |
14:52.26 | |
| 5 | 3 | David Clarke |
GBR |
14:13.97 | |
| 5 | 2 | Dmitriy Dmitriyev |
URS |
14:37.75 | |
| 4 | 3 | Eamonn Coghlan |
IRL |
14:13.80 | |
| 3 | 2 | Julian Goater |
GBR |
14:23.93 | |
| 10 | 1 | Abderrazak Bounour |
ALG |
13:57.93 | |
| 2 | 1 | Wodajo Bulti |
ETH |
13:43.53 | |
| 6 | 3 | Jorge Garcia |
ESP |
14:14.57 | |
| 2 | Christoph Herle |
FRG |
DNS | ||
| 10 | 2 | José Jaime Hernandez |
ESA |
15:29.86 | |
| 10 | 3 | Kenji Ide |
JPN |
14:18.34 | |
| 7 | 1 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot |
KEN |
13:44.43 | |
| 11 | 1 | Justin Gloden |
LUX |
14:26.02 | |
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze |
GDR |
DNS | ||
| 8 | 2 | Jim Hill |
USA |
14:58.21 | |
| 2 | Mohamed Kedir |
ETH |
DNS | ||
| 3 | 3 | Dietmar Millonig |
AUT |
14:13.65 | |
| 5 | 1 | Anatoliy Krokhmalyuk |
URS |
13:43.78 | |
| 2 | 3 | Seyoum Nigatu |
ETH |
14:13.22 | |
| 13 | 1 | Ramón López |
PAR |
15:10.29 | |
| 1 | 2 | Paul Kipkoech |
KEN |
14:18.73 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ronald Lanzoni |
CRC |
14:49.20 | |
| 12 | 3 | Masini Situ-Kubanza |
COD |
15:02.26 | |
| 3 | 1 | Eamonn Martin |
GBR |
13:43.57 | |
| 8 | 1 | Doug Padilla |
USA |
13:44.71 | |
| 4 | 2 | António Leitão |
POR |
14:28.63 | |
| 8 | 3 | Jim Spivey |
USA |
14:15.70 | |
| 9 | 1 | Filippos Filippou |
GRE |
13:45.24 | |
| 11 | 2 | Alden Morris |
TKS |
18:06.35 | |
| 11 | 3 | Martti Vainio |
FIN |
14:18.74 | |
| 1 | 1 | Markus Ryffel |
SUI |
13:43.36 | |
| 9 | 2 | Antoine Nivyobizi |
BDI |
15:14.60 | |
| 9 | 3 | Ricardo Vera |
URU |
14:17.26 | |
| 7 | 3 | Paul Williams |
CAN |
14:15.10 | |
| 7 | 2 | Werner Schildhauer |
GDR |
14:49.22 | |
| 4 | 1 | Thomas Wessinghage |
FRG |
13:43.66 |