| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8:09.70 | Anders Gärderud | SWE | 28Aug1946 | 1 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1975 | 185/70 | 3kSt | ||
| 2 | 8:10.4m | Anders Gärderud | 1 | vsGDR,NOR | Oslo | 25Jun1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 8:12.62 | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 4Jun1951 | 2 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1975 | 181/70 | 3kSt | ||
| 4 | 8:13.66 | Bronislaw Malinowski | 1 | Top | Helsinki | 26Jun1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 5 | 8:15.37 | Anders Gärderud | 1 | Stockholm | 10Jun1975 | 3kSt | |||||||
| 6 | 8:15.37 | Bronislaw Malinowski | 2 | Stockholm | 10Jun1975 | 3kSt | |||||||
| 3 | 7 | 8:16.11 | Michael Karst | FRG | 28Jan1952 | 3 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1975 | 173/61 | 3kSt | ||
| 8 | 8:16.4a | Michael Karst | 1 | ECp | Nice | 17Aug1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 9 | 8:16.4m | Bronislaw Malinowski | 1 | Saint-Maur | 10Sep1975 | 3kSt | |||||||
| 4 | 10 | 8:17.6a | Frank Baumgartl | GDR | 29May1955 | 2 | ECp | Nice | 17Aug1975 | 176/61 | 3kSt | ||
| 5 | 11 | 8:17.64 | Gheorghe Cefan | ROM | 16Feb1947 | 1 | PO | Montréal | 26Jul1975 | 187/82 | 3kSt | ||
| 6 | 12 | 8:17.87 | Tapio Kantanen | FIN | 31May1949 | 1 | Frg,Pol,Fin | Helsinki | 6Jun1975 | 183/73 | 3kSt | ||
| 13 | 8:18.12 | Bronislaw Malinowski | 1 | Coke | London (CP) | 29Aug1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 14 | 8:18.4m | Frank Baumgartl | 2 | vsSWE,NOR | Oslo | 25Jun1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 15 | 8:18.58 | Bronislaw Malinowski | 2 | Frg,Pol,Fin | Helsinki | 6Jun1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 16 | 8:18.6a | Bronislaw Malinowski | 3 | ECp | Nice | 17Aug1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 17 | 8:19.09 | Anders Gärderud | 1 | ECp/sf | London | 13Jul1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 18 | 8:19.54 | Tapio Kantanen | 4 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 7 | 19 | 8:19.57 | Yohannes Mohamed | ETH | 21Jan1948 | 2 | PO | Montréal | 26Jul1975 | 177/57 | PB | 3kSt | |
| 8 | 20 | 8:19.8m | Jürgen Straub | GDR | 3Nov1953 | 3 | vsSWE,NOR | Oslo | 25Jun1975 | 180/63 | PB | 3kSt | |
| 9 | 21 | 8:20.2a | Boualem Rahoui | ALG | 8Oct1948 | 1 | Med. Games | Al Jazair | 26Aug1975 | 170/59 | PB | 3kSt | |
| 10 | 22 | 8:20.4a | Franco Fava | ITA | 3Sep1952 | 4 | ECp | Nice | 17Aug1975 | 172/56 | 3kSt | ||
| 11 | 23 | 8:21.6m | José Antonio Campos | ESP | 19Apr1951 | 1 | San Sebastián | 2Aug1975 | 174/64 | 3kSt | |||
| 24 | 8:21.7a | Michael Karst | 2 | Coke | London (CP) | 29Aug1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 25 | 8:21.8m | Michael Karst | 1 | PO | Hannover | 2Aug1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 12 | 26 | 8:22.09 | Takaharu Koyama | JPN | 8Jul1948 | 5 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1975 | 176/64 | 3kSt | ||
| 27 | 8:22.32 | Bronislaw Malinowski | 1 | WUG | Roma | 21Sep1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 28 | 8:22.4m | Franco Fava | 1 | Firenze | 30Apr1975 | 3kSt | |||||||
| 29 | 8:22.6m | Bronislaw Malinowski | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 21Jun1975 | 3kSt | |||||||
| 30 | 8:22.6a | José Antonio Campos | 2 | Med. Games | Al Jazair | 26Aug1975 | 3kSt | ||||||
| 13 | 8:23.2a | Gerd Frähmcke | FRG | 22Sep1950 | 2 | PO | Hannover | 2Aug1975 | 180/63 | 3kSt | |||
| 14 | 8:23.4m | Kazimierz Maranda | POL | 23Feb1947 | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 27Jul1975 | 176/62 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 15 | 8:23.6m | Dan Glans | SWE | 2May1947 | 1 | vsCZE | Göteborg | 31Aug1975 | 174/60 | 3kSt | |||
| 16 | 8:23.98 | Nathan Ndege Lagat | KEN | 1Sep1948 | 2 | Top | Helsinki | 26Jun1975 | 180/66 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 17 | 8:24.6a | Tadeusz Zielinski | POL | 15Mar1946 | 1 | Warszawa | 31Aug1975 | 175/71 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 18 | 8:24.6a | Leopold Tomaszewski | POL | 8Jan1950 | 2 | Warszawa | 31Aug1975 | 176/66 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 19 | 8:25.4m | Vladimir Lisovskiy | URS | 15Jan1949 | 1 | Podolsk | 19Aug1975 | 172/66 | 3kSt | ||||
| 20 | 8:26.0a | Dusan Moravcík | CZE | 27May1948 | 3 | PO | Hannover | 2Aug1975 | 170/62 | 3kSt | |||
| 21 | 8:26.0m | Paul Thijs | BEL | 2May1946 | 1 | Bruxelles | 11Sep1975 | 173/68 | 3kSt | ||||
| 22 | 8:26.31 | James Munyala | KEN | 2Nov1952 | 3 | PO | Montréal | 26Jul1975 | 170/65 | 3kSt | |||
| 23 | 8:26.51 | Willi Maier | FRG | 12Sep1948 | 6 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1975 | 185/70 | 3kSt | |||
| 24 | 8:26.6m | Henryk Lesiuk | POL | 25Oct1948 | 1 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 29Jun1975 | 179/70 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 25 | 8:26.8m | John Davies | GBR | 20Nov1952 | 1 | NzlG | Christchurch | 25Jan1975 | 170/54 | 3kSt | |||
| 26 | 8:26.8m | Viktor Karpenko | URS | 2Mar1950 | 1 | Kharkov | 28Sep1975 | 183/70 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 27 | 8:27.4a | Willi Holler | FRG | 26Apr1953 | 4 | PO | Hannover | 2Aug1975 | 182/67 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 28 | 8:27.4a | Aleksandr Velichko | URS | 27Apr1952 | 5 | ECp | Nice | 17Aug1975 | 182/72 | 3kSt | |||
| 29 | 8:27.75 | Mike Manley | USA | 14Apr1942 | 1 | PAT | Eugene OR | 16Aug1975 | 178/67 | 3kSt | |||
| 30 | 8:27.85 | Randy Lussenden | USA | 28Dec1949 | 2 | PAT | Eugene OR | 16Aug1975 | 191/75 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 31 | 8:28.0m | Randy Smith | USA | 26Nov1952 | 1 | vsURS | Kyiv | 5Jul1975 | 184/68 | 3kSt | |||
| 32 | 8:28.83 | Kent McDonald | USA | 6Nov1952 | 2 | AAU | Eugene OR | 21Jun1975 | 177/61 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 33 | 8:29.86 | Anthony Staynings | GBR | 21Jul1953 | 1 | AAA | London (CP) | 2Aug1975 | 169/57 | 3kSt | |||
| 34 | 8:30.2m | Jim Johnson | USA | 4Jan1950 | 4 | NzlG | Christchurch | 25Jan1975 | 178/63 | 3kSt | |||
| 35 | 8:30.2m | Nikolay Mayorov | URS | 20May1947 | 2 | NC | Moskva | 30Jul1975 | 183/72 | 3kSt | |||
| 36 | 8:30.6m | Enrico Cantoreggi | ITA | 5May1952 | 2 | NC | Firenze | 22Jul1975 | 174/64 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 37 | 8:30.6m | Artashes Mikoyan | URS | 7Jan1950 | 2h1 | NC | Moskva | 27Jul1975 | 176/64 | 3kSt | |||
| 38 | 8:30.64 | Dennis Coates | GBR | 11Feb1953 | 2 | AAA | London (CP) | 2Aug1975 | 175/66 | 3kSt | |||
| 39 | 8:30.8m | Vicente Egido Bolao | ESP | 22Mar1947 | 2 | San Sebastián | 2Aug1975 | 182/76 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 40 | 8:31.0m | Sergey Skripka | URS | 9Jan1950 | 2 | Prav | Sochi | 29May1975 | 173/67 | 3kSt | |||
| 41 | 8:31.2m | Jean-Paul Villain | FRA | 1Nov1946 | 3 | Paris (Jean Bouin) | 12Jun1975 | 170/52 | 3kSt | ||||
| 42 | 8:31.4m | Paul Copu | ROM | 7Aug1953 | 3 | Budapest | 7Sep1975 | 177/68 | 3kSt | ||||
| 43 | 8:31.6m | Ewald Bonzet | RSA | 25Dec1951 | 1 | NC | Cape Town | 29Mar1975 | 167/65 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 44 | 8:31.6m | Arnolds Beinarovics | URS | 12May1951 | 3h1 | NC | Moskva | 27Jul1975 | 182/64 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 45 | 8:32.6m | Aleksandr Beklemeshov | URS | 23Jul1954 | 1 | Moskva | 24Jun1975 | 175/64 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 46 | 8:32.61 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | FIN | 24Jul1943 | 4 | FIN-SWE | Stockholm | 3Aug1975 | 175/63 | 3kSt | |||
| 47 | 8:32.8m | Waldemar Garczynski | POL | 23Jun1951 | 6 | Bydgoszcz | 21Jun1975 | 177/64 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 48 | 8:32.8m | Jonas Grigas | URS | 6Jan1951 | 1 | Kaunas | 20Jul1975 | 183/72 | 3kSt | ||||
| 49 | 8:32.8m | Gennadiy Vasilkov | URS | 19Jun1951 | 4h1 | NC | Moskva | 27Jul1975 | 173/64 | 3kSt | |||
| 50 | 8:32.8m | Euan Robertson | NZL | 14Jun1948 | 1 | Christchurch | 27Dec1975 | 183/74 | 3kSt | ||||
| 51 | 8:33.0m | Frantisek Bartos | CZE | 1Jan1947 | 7 | Bydgoszcz | 21Jun1975 | 173/66 | 3kSt | ||||
| 52 | 8:33.0m | Vladimiras Dudinas | URS | 13Dec1941 | 2 | Kaunas | 20Jul1975 | 175/63 | 3kSt | ||||
| 53 | 8:33.12 | John Bicourt | GBR | 25Oct1945 | 6 | Coke | London (CP) | 29Aug1975 | 176/68 | 3kSt | |||
| 54 | 8:33.2m | Sergey Paderin | URS | 15Apr1950 | 1 | Tiraspol | 5Jul1975 | 175/60 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 55 | 8:33.2m | Romualdas Bite | URS | 3Jan1944 | 3 | Kaunas | 20Jul1975 | 182/71 | 3kSt | ||||
| 56 | 8:33.23 | Don Timm | USA | 13Jun1949 | 3 | AAU | Eugene OR | 21Jun1975 | 183/73 | 3kSt | |||
| 57 | 8:33.4m | Ivan Kabanov | URS | 1Jan1939 | 5h1 | NC | Moskva | 27Jul1975 | 176/70 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 58 | 8:33.47 | Jouko Kuha | FIN | 30Sep1939 | 5 | FIN-SWE | Stockholm | 3Aug1975 | 171/59 | 3kSt | |||
| 59 | 8:33.6m | Stefan Nordwig | GDR | 4Sep1955 | 3 | Potsdam | 12Jun1975 | 185/72 | 3kSt | ||||
| 60 | 8:33.6m | Jan Kondzior | POL | 2Jan1948 | 4 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 29Jun1975 | 170/69 | 3kSt | |||
| 61 | 8:34.4m | Henry Rono | KEN | 12Feb1952 | 6 | NzlG | Christchurch | 25Jan1975 | 170/63 | 3kSt | |||
| 62 | 8:34.6m | Vladimir Filonov | URS | 4Aug1952 | 3 | Prav | Sochi | 29May1975 | 183/73 | 3kSt | |||
| 63 | 8:34.8m | Gerhard Wetzig | GDR | 17Nov1954 | 4 | Potsdam | 12Jun1975 | 170/58 | 3kSt | ||||
| 64 | 8:34.8m | Mikhail Onuchin | URS | 27Feb1951 | 1 | vsUSA | Kyiv | 2Jul1975 | 174/65 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 65 | 8:34.81 | Joe Lucas | USA | 8May1950 | 5 | AAU | Eugene OR | 21Jun1975 | 178/63 | 3kSt | |||
| 66 | 8:35.0m | Bob Hendy | AUS | 6Jan1945 | 1 | Melbourne | 5Feb1975 | 3kSt | |||||
| 67 | 8:35.0m | Vladimir Medvedev | URS | 1948 | 4 | Prav | Sochi | 29May1975 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 68 | 8:35.17 | Spirídon Kontossoros | GRE | 7Sep1947 | 2 | Athína | 20Jul1975 | 172/59 | 3kSt | ||||
| 69 | 8:35.2m | Edward "Eddy" Leddy | IRL | 8Sep1951 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 10May1975 | 181/70 | 3kSt | ||||
| 70 | 8:35.4m | Vasile Bichea | ROM | 18Nov1950 | 3 | vCHN,ESP,ITA | Roma (SO) | 26Jun1975 | 183/70 | 3kSt | |||
| 71 | 8:35.51 | Barry Brown | USA | 26Jul1944 | 7 | AAU | Eugene OR | 21Jun1975 | 178/65 | 3kSt | |||
| 72 | 8:35.6m | Gérard Buchheit | FRA | 30Sep1948 | 1 | NC | Saint-Etienne | 29Jun1975 | 182/68 | 3kSt | |||
| 73 | 8:35.8m | José Romão Da Silva Andrade | BRA | 23Apr1948 | 3 | San Sebastián | 2Aug1975 | 180/71 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 74 | 8:36.2m | Patrick Martin | FRA | 14Apr1949 | 4 | Paris (Jean Bouin) | 12Jun1975 | 164/62 | 3kSt | ||||
| 75 | 8:36.2m | Olyeg Kulakov | URS | 18Dec1949 | 5h2 | NC | Moskva | 27Jul1975 | 173/61 | 3kSt | |||
| 76 | 8:36.2m | Wilhelm Jungbluth | FRG | 22Jun1952 | 5 | PO | Hannover | 2Aug1975 | 184/62 | PB | 3kSt | ||
| 77 | 8:36.3m | Bob Walczak | AUS | 4May1950 | 1 | NC | Adelaide | 22Mar1975 | PB | 3kSt | |||
| 78 | 8:36.6m | Waldemar Cierpinski | GDR | 3Aug1950 | 1 | Halle | 7Jun1975 | 170/60 | 3kSt | ||||
| 79 | 8:36.6m | Evans Mogaka | KEN | 21Dec1949 | 1 | Århus | 9Jul1975 | 176/66 | 3kSt | ||||
| 80 | 8:36.8m | Ron Addison | USA | 26Jun1954 | 1 | Penn | Philadelphia PA | 26Apr1975 | 175/62 | 3kSt | |||
| 81 | 8:36.8m | Hitoshi Iwabuchi | JPN | 13Oct1948 | 1 | Okayama | 5Oct1975 | 167/57 | 3kSt | ||||
| 82 | 8:36.85 | John Wild | GBR | 13Feb1953 | 7 | Coke | London (CP) | 29Aug1975 | 172/59 | 3kSt | |||
| 83 | 8:37.4m | Bogdan Dullek | POL | 8Jan1950 | 7 | Moskva | 29May1975 | 178/64 | 3kSt | ||||
| 84 | 8:37.4m | Józef Rebacz | POL | 17Jan1946 | 8 | Bydgoszcz | 21Jun1975 | 178/64 | 3kSt | ||||
| 85 | 8:37.4m | Mariano Scartezzini | ITA | 7Nov1954 | 4 | vCHN,ESP,ROM | Roma (SO) | 26Jun1975 | 186/69 | 3kSt | |||
| 86 | 8:37.8m | Robert Molnár | CZE | 2Sep1941 | 1 | Ros | Praha | 18Jun1975 | 176/63 | 3kSt | |||
| 87 | 8:37.8a | Clive Thomas | GBR | 27Mar1947 | 3 | vsFRA | Dieppe | 12Jul1975 | 185/65 | 3kSt | |||
| 88 | 8:38.2m | Petko Yordanov | BUL | 1Mar1949 | h | Prav | Sochi | 29May1975 | 194/80 | 3kSt | |||
| 89 | 8:38.2m | László Kocsis | HUN | 11Aug1952 | 2 | Budapest | 13Jun1975 | 176/68 | 3kSt | ||||
| 90 | 8:38.4a | Gary Barger | USA | 29Dec1953 | 8 | AAU | Eugene OR | 21Jun1975 | 188/69 | 3kSt | |||
| 91 | 8:38.44 | Joe Sax | CAN | 5Nov1952 | 8 | DNG | Stockholm | 1Jul1975 | 175/63 | 3kSt | |||
| 92 | 8:38.6m | Petr Havel | CZE | 21Mar1945 | 3 | Budapest | 13Jun1975 | 179/73 | 3kSt | ||||
| 93 | 8:38.6m | Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer | CZE | 20Nov1952 | 1 | Trinec | 3Oct1975 | 170/63 | 3kSt | ||||
| 94 | 8:39.0m | Douglas Brown | USA | 1Mar1952 | 2 | Knoxville TN | 10May1975 | 188/69 | 3kSt | ||||
| 95 | 8:39.0m | Ryszard Ligarski | POL | 3Aug1949 | 3 | Warszawa | 28May1975 | 183/72 | 3kSt | ||||
| 96 | 8:39.0m | Jean-Jacques Soubitez | FRA | 9Jun1949 | 6 | Paris (Jean Bouin) | 12Jun1975 | 170/58 | 3kSt | ||||
| 97 | 8:39.0m | Imrich Rák | CZE | 29Apr1953 | 2 | Trinec | 3Oct1975 | 176/71 | 3kSt | ||||
| 98 | 8:39.2mA | Willy Komen | KEN | 1949 | 1 | Kisumu | 31Aug1975 | 3kSt | |||||
| 99 | 8:39.7m | José Cobo | CUB | 28Jan1951 | 1 | La Habana | 6Sep1975 | 171/58 | 3kSt | ||||
| 100 | 8:40.0m | Adrian Laurentiu | ROM | 1948 | 2 | Orades | 17May1975 | 3kSt | |||||
| 101 | 8:40.0a | Miguel "Mike" Roche | USA | 27Jun1953 | 9 | AAU | Eugene OR | 21Jun1975 | 173/66 | 3kSt |