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Dates: 20 July 1980-27 July 1980
Heats
Repechages
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Pertti Karppinen | FIN | 7:09.61 |
| 2 | Vasily Yakusha | URS | 7:11.66 |
| 3 | Peter Kersten | GDR | 7:14.88 |
| 4 | Vladek Lacina | TCH | 7:17.57 |
| 5 | Hans Svensson | SWE | 7:19.38 |
| 6 | Hugh Matheson | GBR | 7:20.28 |
| Final B | |||
| 7 | Bernard Destraz | SUI | 7:19.90 |
| 8 | Kostas Kontomanolis | GRE | 7:20.29 |
| 9 | Lajos Ódor | HUN | 7:23.30 |
| 10 | Chavdar Radev | BUL | 7:23.50 |
| 11 | Raimund Schmidt | AUT | 7:29.16 |
| 12 | Paulo César Dvorakowski | BRA | 7:32.00 |
| Repechages | |||
| 13 | Didier Gallet | FRA | 7:32.81 |
| 14 | Arturo Salfran | CUB | 7:51.84 |