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Dates: 18 July 1976-25 July 1976
Heats
Repechages
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Pertti Karppinen | FIN | 7:29.03 |
| 2 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | FRG | 7:31.67 |
| 3 | Joachim Dreifke | GDR | 7:38.03 |
| 4 | Seán Drea | IRL | 7:42.53 |
| 5 | Nikolay Dovgan | URS | 7:57.39 |
| 6 | Ricardo Ibarra | ARG | 8:03.05 |
| Final B | |||
| 7 | James Dietz | USA | 7:58.70 |
| 8 | Edward Hale | AUS | 7:58.86 |
| 9 | Hans Svensson | SWE | 7:59.36 |
| 10 | Fabrizio Biondi | ITA | 8:07.17 |
| 11 | Walter Lambertus | ROU | 8:11.13 |
| 12 | Claude Dehombreux | BEL | 8:15.35 |
| Repechages | |||
| 13 | Ulli Wolf | AUT | 7:25.38 |
| 14 | Reinaldo Kutscher | URU | 7:26.34 |
| 15 | Federico Scheffler | MEX | 7:37.98 |