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Dates: 13 October 1968-19 October 1968
Heats
Repechages
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Jan Wienese | NED | 7:47.80 |
| 2 | Jochen Meißner | FRG | 7:52.00 |
| 3 | Alberto Demiddi | ARG | 7:57.19 |
| 4 | John Van Blom | USA | 8:00.51 |
| 5 | Achim Hill | GDR | 8:06.09 |
| 6 | Kenneth Dwan | GBR | 8:13.76 |
| Final B | |||
| 7 | Zdzisław Bromek | POL | 7:38.88 |
| 8 | Niels Henry Secher | DEN | 7:43.47 |
| 9 | Václav Kozák | TCH | 7:45.81 |
| 10 | Manfred Krausbar | AUT | 7:46.19 |
| 11 | Roger Jackson | CAN | 7:48.05 |
| 12 | Viktor Melnikov | URS | |
| Repechages | |||
| 13 | Tsugio Ito | JPN | 7:58.08 |
| 13 | Claude Dehombreux | BEL | 7:54.98 |
| 15 | Eugen Petrache | ROU | 8:02.94 |
| 16 | Heriberto Martínez | CUB | 8:20.92 |
| Heats | |||
| 17 | Hans Ruckstuhl | SUI | 8:08.90 |