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| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 8:23.6 |
| 2 | Benjamin Jipcho | KEN | 8:24.6 |
| 3 | Tapio Kantanen | FIN | 8:24.8 |
| 4 | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 8:28.0 |
| 5 | Dusan Moravcik | TCH | 8:29.2 |
| 6 | Amos Biwott | KEN | 8:33.6 |
| 7 | Romualdas Bitte | URS | 8:34.6 |
| 8 | Pekka Paivarinta | FIN | 8:37.2 |
| 9 | Takaharu Koyama | JPN | 8:37.8 |
| 10 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | FIN | 8:41.0 |
| 11 | Jean-Paul Villain | FRA | 8:46.8 |
| 12 | Mikhail Jelev | BUL | 9:02.6 |