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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Yachting Centre, Tallinn
Date Started: July 22, 1980
Date Finished: July 22, 1980
| Gold: | Esko Rechardt |
| Silver: | Wolfgang Mayrhofer |
| Bronze: | Andrey Balashov |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | PTS | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esko Rechardt | 22 | Finland | FIN | .0 | 2-38:25 | |
| 2 | Lasse Hjortnæs | 19 | Denmark | DEN | 3.0 | 2-38:56 | |
| 3 | Jochen Schümann | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 5.7 | 2-38:58 | |
| 4 | Minski Fabris | 38 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 8.0 | 2-39:07 | |
| 5 | Cláudio Biekarck | 29 | Brazil | BRA | 10.0 | 2-39:33 | |
| 6 | Wolfgang Mayrhofer | 22 | Austria | AUT | 11.7 | 2-40:29 | |
| 7 | Ivor Ganahl | 37 | Switzerland | SUI | 13.0 | 2-41:09 | |
| 8 | István Ruják | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 14.0 | 2-41:26 | |
| 9 | Peter Wilson | 20 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 15.0 | 2-41:33 | |
| 10 | Alberto Gallardo | 18 | Cuba | CUB | 16.0 | 2-41:37 | |
| 11 | Mark Neeleman | 21 | Netherlands | NED | 17.0 | 2-41:43 | |
| 12 | Kent Carlsson | 28 | Sweden | SWE | 18.0 | 2-41:49 | |
| 13 | Josef Šenkýř | 43 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 19.0 | 2-41:05 | |
| 14 | Andrey Balashov | 34 | Soviet Union | URS | 20.0 | 2-42:23 | |
| 15 | Juan Maegli | 22 | Guatemala | GUA | 21.0 | 2-43:23 | |
| 16 | Ilias Khatzipavlis | 31 | Greece | GRE | 22.0 | 2-43:44 | |
| 17 | Ryszard Skarbiński | 31 | Poland | POL | 23.0 | 2-43:56 | |
| 18 | Nikolay Vasilev | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | 24.0 | 2-46:17 | |
| 19 | Mihai Butucaru | 22 | Romania | ROU | 25.0 | 2-47:11 | |
| AC | José Luis Doreste | 23 | Spain | ESP | 28.0 | DQ |