Held 29–30 December 1978 at Oslo Bislett.
Held on 29–30 December 1978 , with 30 skaters from 6 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Points | 500 m | 3000 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Egil Storholt | NOR | 168.665 | 40,1 | 2 | 4.15,18 | 1 | 2.02,10 | 3 | 7.33,35 | 9 | |
| 2 | Piet Kleine | NED | 169.391 | 41,8 | 20 | 4.15,18 | 1 | 2.01,31 | 1 | 7.26,25 | 4 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Belov | URS | 169.774 | 39,8 | 1 | 4.24,12 | 18 | 2.03,20 | 5 | 7.28,88 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sergey Marchuk | URS | 169.963 | 40,4 | 7 | 4.21,45 | 12 | 2.02,69 | 4 | 7.30,92 | 7 | |
| 5 | Wim Pol | NED | 170.204 | 41,8 | 20 | 4.20,04 | 8 | 2.01,62 | 2 | 7.25,24 | 1 | |
| 6 | Klaas Vriend | NED | 170.809 | 40,9 | 11 | 4.18,27 | 5 | 2.04,97 | 9 | 7.32,08 | 8 | |
| 7 | Sergey Balashov | URS | 170.832 | 40,2 | 6 | 4.18,37 | 6 | 2.04,82 | 7 | 7.39,65 | 14 | |
| 8 | Øyvind Tveter | NOR | 170.975 | 40,8 | 10 | 4.19,26 | 7 | 2.04,89 | 8 | 7.33,35 | 9 | |
| 9 | Tomas Gustafson | SWE | 171.779 | 41,3 | 15 | 4.22,00 | 15 | 2.05,21 | 11 | 7.30,77 | 6 | |
| 10 | Pavel Pegov | URS | 172.059 | 40,1 | 2 | 4.24,57 | 19 | 2.06,02 | 16 | 7.38,58 | 13 | |
| 11 | Henning Kaarud | NOR | 172.298 | 41,4 | 16 | 4.20,06 | 9 | 2.05,35 | 13 | 7.37.72 | 12 | |
| 12 | Yep Kramer | NED | 173.009 | 41,1 | 14 | 4.21,66 | 13 | 2.05,77 | 15 | 7.43,76 | 15 | |
| 13 | Hilbert van der Duim | NED | 174.388 | 40,1 | 2 | 4.16,73 | 4 | 2.20,66f | 30 | 7.26,14 | 3 | |
| 14 | Frits Schalij | NED | 175.752 | 41,0 | 12 | 4.25,11 | 21 | 2.08,92 | 22 | 7.55,94f | 17 | |
| 15 | Asle Johansen | NOR | 176.937 | 41,4 | 16 | 4.32,10 | 27 | 2.10,29 | 24 | 7.47.57 | 16 | |
| 16 | Rolf Gregersen | NOR | 177.780 | 43,1 | 26 | 4.30,27 | 24 | 2.11,86 | 27 | 7.36,82 | 11 | |
| 17 | Maurizio Marchetto | ITA | 180.761 | 42,7 | 24 | 4.37,54 | 30 | 2.11,25 | 26 | 8.00,55 | 18 | |
| 18 | Amund Martin Sjøbrend | NOR | 188.659 | 59,9f | 27 | 4.15,46 | 3 | 2.04,97 | 9 | 7.25,27 | 2 | |
| NF4 | Alf Martin Rekstad | NOR | 87.856 | - | DQ | 4.25,76 | 22 | 2.10,69 | 25 | - | NF | |
| NF4 | Tom Erik Oxholm | NOR | 128.096 | 41,8 | 20 | 4.21,70 | 14 | 2.08,04 | 17 | - | NF | |
| NC21 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | NOR | 125.326 | 40,1 | 2 | 4.20,68 | 10 | 2.05,34 | 12 | |||
| NC22 | Terje Andersen | NOR | 125.436 | 40,5 | 8 | 4.22,02 | 16 | 2.03,80 | 6 | |||
| NC23 | Vladimir Lobanov | URS | 126.619 | 40,6 | 9 | 4.24.70 | 20 | 2.05,71 | 14 | |||
| NC24 | Viktor Lyoskin | URS | 127.294 | 41,0 | 12 | 4.21,07 | 11 | 2.08,35 | 19 | |||
| NC25 | Jan Junell | SWE | 128.493 | 41,8 | 20 | 4.23,46 | 17 | 2.08,35 | 19 | |||
| NC26 | Vitali Zazerski | URS | 128.735 | 41,5 | 18 | 4.27,33 | 23 | 2.08,04 | 17 | |||
| NC27 | Erik Vea | NOR | 129.788 | 41,7 | 19 | 4.30,53 | 25 | 2.09,00 | 23 | |||
| NC28 | Jouko Salakka | FIN | 132.874 | 42,9 | 25 | 4.35,59 | 29 | 2.12,13 | 28 | |||
| DQ1 | Geir Nyland | NOR | 89.842 | - | DQ | 4.33,40 | 28 | 2.12,83 | 29 | |||
| DQ1 | Pertti Niittylä | FIN | 88.066 | - | DQ | 4.30,96 | 26 | 2.08,72 | 21 |