| Final | | time | | | 1. Tomáš Salinger |  Czechoslovakia | 3:45.75 | | | 2. Zoltan Vamoş |  Romania | 3:45.85 | | | 3. Rudolf Klaban |  Austria | 3:46.16 | | | 4. Valentin Karaulov |  Soviet Union | 3:48.05 | | | 5. Karl-Heinz Czock |  West Germany | 3:48.32 | | | 6. Lech Boguszewicz |  Poland | 3:48.79 | | | 7. Bolesław Kowalczyk | Poland | 3:50.0 | | | 8. Karl Eyerkaufer | West Germany | 3:50.3 | | | 9. Luc Baeyens |  Belgium | 3:51.5 | | | 10.Norbert Haupert |  Luxembourg | 3:55.8 | | | 11.Colin Shillington |  Great Britain | 3:58.3 | | | -. John Boulter | Great Britain | DNS | | | -. Volker Tulzer | Austria | DNS | | | -. Stylian Kostov |  Bulgaria | DNS | |
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| Venue: Vasil Levski stadium. |
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