| Heat 1 | Hippos Hall - 07 April 2012 - Start Time: 15:20 |
| Pos. | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark |
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| 1 | 1120 | MARIQUE Pierre | 1957 | M55 |  FRA FRANCE | 4:52.70 Q |
| 2 | 594 | KIRJAVAINEN Viljo | 1957 | M55 |  FIN FINLAND | 4:56.96 Q |
| 3 | 1678 | KAPLENKO Alexandr | 1954 | M55 |  RUS RUSSIA | 4:59.87 q |
| 4 | 1368 | VOLLMER Manfred | 1957 | M55 |  GER GERMANY | 4:59.93 q |
| 5 | 243 | MATECHA Miroslav | 1955 | M55 |  CZE CZECH REPUBLIC | 5:11.72 q |
| 6 | 515 | JAASKELAINEN Veijo | 1956 | M55 | FIN FINLAND | 5:19.97 q |
| 7 | 1880 | BABENKO Oleksii | 1956 | M55 |  UKR UKRAINE | 5:39.14 |
| 8 | 1952 | NEVE Matthew | 1957 | M55 |  USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 5:48.96 |
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| Heat 2 | Hippos Hall - 07 April 2012 - Start Time: 15:29 |
| Pos. | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark |
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| 1 | 1092 | FAUCHEUR Pierre | 1955 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 4:42.06 Q |
| 2 | 1625 | BOROWSKI Krzysztof | 1954 | M55 |  POL POLAND | 4:42.38 Q |
| 3 | 1314 | KREEMKE Wolfgang | 1955 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 5:03.68 q |
| 4 | 1627 | DRYPS Ryszard | 1957 | M55 | POL POLAND | 5:06.48 q |
| 5 | 137 | PATERSON Stuart | 1956 | M55 |  AUS AUSTRALIA | 5:17.05 q |
| 6 | 1893 | MANZHOLA Grygorii | 1955 | M55 | UKR UKRAINE | 5:20.78 q |
| 7 | 704 | LUOMA Hannu | 1955 | M55 | FIN FINLAND | 5:24.17 |
| | 1844 | NESTOR Nils | 1952 | M55 |  SWE SWEDEN | DNF |
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| Pos. | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark |
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| 1 | 1092 | FAUCHEUR Pierre | 1955 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 4:42.06 Q |
| 2 | 1625 | BOROWSKI Krzysztof | 1954 | M55 | POL POLAND | 4:42.38 Q |
| 3 | 1120 | MARIQUE Pierre | 1957 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 4:52.70 Q |
| 4 | 594 | KIRJAVAINEN Viljo | 1957 | M55 | FIN FINLAND | 4:56.96 Q |
| 5 | 1678 | KAPLENKO Alexandr | 1954 | M55 | RUS RUSSIA | 4:59.87 q |
| 6 | 1368 | VOLLMER Manfred | 1957 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 4:59.93 q |
| 7 | 1314 | KREEMKE Wolfgang | 1955 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 5:03.68 q |
| 8 | 1627 | DRYPS Ryszard | 1957 | M55 | POL POLAND | 5:06.48 q |
| 9 | 243 | MATECHA Miroslav | 1955 | M55 | CZE CZECH REPUBLIC | 5:11.72 q |
| 10 | 137 | PATERSON Stuart | 1956 | M55 | AUS AUSTRALIA | 5:17.05 q |
| 11 | 515 | JAASKELAINEN Veijo | 1956 | M55 | FIN FINLAND | 5:19.97 q |
| 12 | 1893 | MANZHOLA Grygorii | 1955 | M55 | UKR UKRAINE | 5:20.78 q |
| 13 | 704 | LUOMA Hannu | 1955 | M55 | FIN FINLAND | 5:24.17 |
| 14 | 1880 | BABENKO Oleksii | 1956 | M55 | UKR UKRAINE | 5:39.14 |
| 15 | 1952 | NEVE Matthew | 1957 | M55 | USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 5:48.96 |
| | 1844 | NESTOR Nils | 1952 | M55 | SWE SWEDEN | DNF |
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| Final | Hippos Hall - 08 April 2012 - Start Time: 11:52 |
| Pos. | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark |
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| 1 | 1092 | FAUCHEUR Pierre | 1955 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 4:31.24 |
| | | WORLD CHAMPION | | | | |
| 2 | 1120 | MARIQUE Pierre | 1957 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 4:33.04 |
| 3 | 1627 | DRYPS Ryszard | 1957 | M55 | POL POLAND | 4:33.51 |
| 4 | 1625 | BOROWSKI Krzysztof | 1954 | M55 | POL POLAND | 4:36.01 |
| 5 | 594 | KIRJAVAINEN Viljo | 1957 | M55 | FIN FINLAND | 4:37.85 |
| 6 | 1678 | KAPLENKO Alexandr | 1954 | M55 | RUS RUSSIA | 5:05.93 |
| 7 | 243 | MATECHA Miroslav | 1955 | M55 | CZE CZECH REPUBLIC | 5:08.36 |
| 8 | 137 | PATERSON Stuart | 1956 | M55 | AUS AUSTRALIA | 5:16.45 |
| 9 | 515 | JAASKELAINEN Veijo | 1956 | M55 | FIN FINLAND | 5:17.08 |
| 10 | 1893 | MANZHOLA Grygorii | 1955 | M55 | UKR UKRAINE | 5:18.69 |
| | 1314 | KREEMKE Wolfgang | 1955 | M55 | GER GERMANY | DNF |
| | 1368 | VOLLMER Manfred | 1957 | M55 | GER GERMANY | DNF |
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