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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Yachting Centre, Tallinn
Date Started: July 29, 1980
Date Finished: July 29, 1980
| Gold: | Esko Rechardt |
| Silver: | Wolfgang Mayrhofer |
| Bronze: | Andrey Balashov |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | PTS | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Balashov | 34 | Soviet Union | URS | .0 | 2-58:30 | |
| 2 | Cláudio Biekarck | 29 | Brazil | BRA | 3.0 | 2-59:22 | |
| 3 | Ryszard Skarbiński | 31 | Poland | POL | 5.7 | 2-59:59 | |
| 4 | Josef Šenkýř | 43 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 8.0 | 3-00:41 | |
| 5 | Mark Neeleman | 21 | Netherlands | NED | 10.0 | 3-00:46 | |
| 6 | István Ruják | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 11.7 | 3-01:15 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Vasilev | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 13.0 | 3-01:28 | |
| 8 | Mihai Butucaru | 22 | Romania | ROU | 14.0 | 3-01:34 | |
| 9 | Esko Rechardt | 22 | Finland | FIN | 15.0 | 3-01:43 | |
| 10 | Wolfgang Mayrhofer | 22 | Austria | AUT | 16.0 | 3-03:27 | |
| 11 | Minski Fabris | 38 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 17.0 | 3-04:24 | |
| 12 | Ilias Khatzipavlis | 31 | Greece | GRE | 18.0 | 3-04:25 | |
| 13 | Juan Maegli | 22 | Guatemala | GUA | 19.0 | 3-04:51 | |
| 14 | Alberto Gallardo | 18 | Cuba | CUB | 20.0 | 3-05:06 | |
| 15 | Peter Wilson | 20 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 21.0 | 3-05:47 | |
| 16 | Jochen Schümann | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 22.0 | 3-07:27 | |
| 17 | Ivor Ganahl | 37 | Switzerland | SUI | 23.0 | 3-08:36 | |
| 18 | Panikos Rimis | 41 | Cyprus | CYP | 24.0 | 3-09:48 | |
| AC | Lasse Hjortnæs | 19 | Denmark | DEN | 28.0 | DNF | |
| AC | José Luis Doreste | 23 | Spain | ESP | 28.0 | DNF | |
| AC | Kent Carlsson | 28 | Sweden | SWE | 28.0 | DNF |