| Date | 24 July 1980 — 13:00 |
|---|---|
| Location | Tallinna Olümpiapurjespordikeskus, Tallinn |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Balashov |  URS | .0 | 2-54:50 | |||
| 2 | Lasse Hjortnæs |  DEN | 3.0 | 2-55:10 | |||
| 3 | José Luis Doreste |  ESP | 5.7 | 2-55:27 | |||
| 4 | Kent Carlsson |  SWE | 8.0 | 2-56:09 | |||
| 5 | István Ruják |  HUN | 10.0 | 2-56:25 | |||
| 6 | Ryszard Skarbiński |  POL | 11.7 | 2-56:52 | |||
| 7 | Mark Neeleman |  NED | 13.0 | 2-57:01 | |||
| 8 | Jochen Schümann |  GDR | 14.0 | 2-57:09 | |||
| 9 | Ivor Ganahl |  SUI | 15.0 | 2-57:54 | |||
| 10 | Mihai Butucaru |  ROU | 16.0 | 2-58:17 | |||
| 11 | Wolfgang Mayrhofer |  AUT | 17.0 | 2-58:31 | |||
| 12 | Ilias Chatzipavlis |  GRE | 18.0 | 2-58:49 | |||
| 13 | Cláudio Biekarck |  BRA | 19.0 | 2-58:59 | |||
| 14 | Minski Fabris |  YUG | 20.0 | 2-59:09 | |||
| 15 | Josef Šenkýř |  TCH | 21.0 | 3-00:06 | |||
| 16 | Nikolay Vasilev |  BUL | 22.0 | 3-00:50 | |||
| 17 | Peter Wilson |  ZIM | 23.0 | 3-02:21 | |||
| 18 | Alberto Gallardo |  CUB | 24.0 | 3-02:56 | |||
| 19 | Juan Maegli |  GUA | 25.0 | 3-03:19 | |||
| 20 | Panikos Rimis |  CYP | 26.0 | 3-09:57 | |||
| Esko Rechardt |  FIN | [28.0] | – |
