Heat 1 | time | 1. Patriz Ilg | FRG | 8:22.36 | 2. Mariano Scartezzini | ITA | 8:23.11 | 3. Ilkka Aeyraevaeinen | FIN | 8:23.18 | 4. Colin Reitz | GBR | 8:23.86 | 5. Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | 8:27.70 | 6. Jand Hagelbrand | SWE | 8:28.02 | 7. Peter Daenens | BEL | 8:28.64 | 8. Guilherme Alves | POR | 8:33.32 | 9. F. Filippou | GRE | 8:42.73 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8:31.50 | 2. Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8:31.90 | 3. Tommy Ekblom | FIN | 8:32.52 | 4. Francisco Sanchez | ESP | 8:33.10 | 5. Krzystof Wesolowski | POL | 8:35.33 | 6. Arsenios Tsiminos | GRE | 8:37.44 | 7. Roger Hackney | GBR | 8:39.22 | 8. Pascal Debacker | FRA | 8:44.79 | 9. Luciano Carchesio | ITA | 8:50.36 |
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