Heat 1 | time | | 1. Jean-Luc Salomon | FRA | 13:49.4 | CR Q | 2. Harald Norpoth | FRG | 13:50.2 | Q | 3. Lajos Mecser | HUN | 13:50.2 | Q | 4. Edward Stawiarz | POL | 13:50.8 | Q | 5. Manuel de Oliveira | POR | 13:51.4 | NR Q | 6. Dick Taylor | GBR | 13:54.8 | | 7. Siegfried Herrmann | GDR | 13:57.8 | | 8. Franc Červan | YUG | 14:00.0 | | 9. Renzo Finelli | ITA | 14:10.0 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Jürgen Haase | GDR | 13:59.0 | Q | 2. István Kiss | HUN | 13:59.6 | Q | 3. Gennadiy Khlistovs | URS | 13:59.8 | Q | 4. René Kilburg | LUX | 13:59.8 | NR Q | 5. Eugène Allonsius | BEL | 14:00.0 | Q | 6. Hans Gerlach | FRG | 14:00.6 | | 7. Mariano Haro | ESP | 14:07.2 | | 8. No Opdenoordt | NED | 14:09.8 | | 9. Andrei Barabaş | ROU | 14:14.0 | | 10.Thor Helland | NOR | 14:23.2 | | 11.Tim Briault | GBR | 14:28.6 | | 12.Czesław Kołodyński | POL | 14:41.4 | |
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