| Final | time | gap |
| | 1. Jean Taris |  France | 20:01.5 | | | 2. Paolo Costoli |  Italy | 21:01.1 | +59.4s | | 3. Norman Wainwright |  Great Britain | 21:10.0 | +1:09.5 | | 4. Arpad Lenghei |  Hungary | 21:14.5 | +1:13.0 | | 5. Giacomo Signori | Italy | 21:25.1 | +1:23.6 | | 6. Gerhard Neuschke |  Germany | 21:26.0 | +1:24.5 | | 7. Pataky | Hungary | 21:40.6 | +1:39.1 |
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Heats - Thursday, 17th August |
| Heat 1 | time | Rk. | | 1. Jean Taris | France | 20:12.1 | 1. | | 2. Gerhard Neuschke | Germany | 21:31.7 | 3. | | 3. Pataky | Hungary | 21:33.1 | 6. |
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| Heat 2 | time | Rk. | | 1. Paolo Costoli | Italy | 21:25.4 | 2. | | 2. Norman Wainwright | Great Britain | 21:38.4 | 4. | | 3. Schoen |  Czechoslovakia | 22:14.5 | 11. |
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| Heat 3 | time | Rk. | | 1. Arpad Lenghei | Hungary | 21:38.7 | 5. | | 2. Giacomo Signori | Italy | 21:42.3 | 7. | | 3. Joergenssen |  Denmark | 21:49.8 | 8. | | 4. Deiters | Germany | 21:55.9 | 9. | | 5. Navarre | France | 22:27.1 | 10. |
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| Precompetiton German Ranking 200m | time | | 1. Gerhard Neuschke | Germany | 21:28.2 | | 2. Deiters | Germany | 21:40.0 | | 3. Witthauer | Germany | 21:42.0 | | 4. Kienzle | Germany | 22:09.9 | | 5. Freese | Germany | 22:24.6 |
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