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Dates: 19 September 1988-24 September 1988
Heats
Repechages
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Thomas Lange | GDR | 6:49.86 |
| 2 | Peter-Michael Kolbe | FRG | 6:54.77 |
| 3 | Eric Verdonk | NZL | 6:58.66 |
| 4 | Hamish McGlashan | AUS | 7:01.43 |
| 5 | Kajetan Broniewski | POL | 7:03.67 |
| 6 | Andrew Sudduth | USA | 7:11.45 |
| Final B | |||
| 7 | Pertti Karppinen | FIN | 7:34.37 |
| 8 | Jüri Jaanson | URS | 7:35.09 |
| 9 | Fredrik Hultén | SWE | 7:40.07 |
| 10 | Giovanni Calabrese | ITA | 7:43.31 |
| 11 | Jesús Posse | URU | 7:44.18 |
| 12 | Henk Jan Zwolle | NED | 7:44.92 |
| Repechages | |||
| 13 | Pascal Body | FRA | 7:05.80 |
| 13 | Dirk Crois | BEL | 7:19.94 |
| 13 | Denis Marinho | BRA | 7:22.84 |
| 13 | Arnold Jonke | AUT | 7:18.29 |
| 17 | Juan Félix | PUR | 7:18.77 |
| 17 | Masahiro Sakata | JPN | 7:26.66 |
| 17 | Im Gyeong-Seok | KOR | 7:46.40 |
| 17 | Waleed Al-Mohamed | KUW | 8:15.16 |
| 21 | Gordon Henry | CAN | 7:37.48 |
| 21 | Edgardo Maerina | PHI | 8:27.02 |