| Final | | time | | | 1. Eamonn Coghlan |  Ireland | 3:41.8 | SB | | 2. Thomas Wessinghage |  West Germany | 3:42.2 | SB | | 3. John Robson |  Great Britain | 3:42.8 | PB | | 4. Antti Loikkanen |  Finland | 3:44.7 | SB | | 5. Marc Nevens |  Belgium | 3:45.2 | PB | | 6. Harald Hudak | West Germany | 3:45.9 | PB | | 7. Ray Flynn | Ireland | 3:51.5 | | | 8. Wybo Lelieveld |  Netherlands | 3:55.4 | |
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Heats - Saturday, 24th February | | First 4 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 5. Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 3:45.6 | Q | | 6. Harald Hudak | West Germany | 3:46.1 | Q | | 7. Antti Loikkanen | Finland | 3:46.4 | Q | | 8. Wybo Lelieveld | Netherlands | 3:46.4 | Q | | 10.Laurent Rutton |  France | 3:46.8 | | | 11.Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia | 3:47.1 | | | 12.Claudio Patrignani |  Italy | 3:47.6 | | | 14.Erwin Wagger |  Austria | 3:49.4 | | | 15.Ruben Sørensen |  Denmark | 3:50.8 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 3:44.6 | Q | | 2. Ray Flynn | Ireland | 3:45.1 | Q | | 3. John Robson | Great Britain | 3:45.3 | Q | | 4. Marc Nevens | Belgium | 3:45.5 | Q | | 9. Joost Borm | Netherlands | 3:46.6 | | | 13.Vinko Pokrajčić |  Yugoslavia | 3:48.2 | | | 16.Arpad Bari | Czechoslovakia | 3:50.9 | |
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