| Date | 9 August 1984 — 7:30 |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake Casitas, Los Padres National Forest, California |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 250 m | 500 m | 750 m | 250-500 m | 500-750 m | 750-1,000 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Philippe Boccara |  FRA | 3:52.12 | 57.98 (5) | 1:51.61 (1) | 2:50.26 (1) | 53.63 (1) | 58.65 (2) | 1:01.86 (5) | |||
| 2 | 3 | Greg Barton |  USA | 3:54.18 | 56.27 (3) | 1:53.19 (2) | 2:53.53 (2) | 56.92 (2) | 1:00.34 (3) | 1:00.65 (1) | |||
| 3 | 6 | Peter Genders |  AUS | 3:56.09 | 55.01 (1) | 1:53.70 (3) | 2:55.12 (3) | 58.69 (6) | 1:01.42 (4) | 1:00.97 (2) | |||
| 4 | 4 | Toon De Brauwer |  BEL | 3:57.84 | 59.71 (6) | 1:57.97 (6) | 2:56.39 (4) | 58.26 (3) | 58.42 (1) | 1:01.45 (4) | |||
| 5 | 2 | Alan Thomson |  CAN | 3:58.41 | 56.97 (4) | 1:55.55 (5) | 2:57.21 (5) | 58.58 (5) | 1:01.66 (5) | 1:01.20 (3) | |||
| 6 | 1 | Veli-Pekka Harjola |  FIN | 4:02.70 | 55.65 (2) | 1:54.15 (4) | 2:57.41 (6) | 58.50 (4) | 1:03.26 (6) | 1:05.29 (6) |
