The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 25 and 26 February 1978 in Gothenburg at the Ruddalens IP ice rink.

Result Rank Skater Country Points Samalog 500m 5000m 1500m 10,000m Eric Heiden 169.016 39.01 7:20.80 2:00.22 15:17.06 (5)Jan Egil Storholt170.34639.79 (2)7:24.57 (4)2:01.93 (2)15:09.13 (2)Sergey Marchuk171.14440.42 (5)7:21.46 (2)2:02.79 (4)15:12.96 (3)4Kay Arne Stenshjemmet171.45839.88 (4)7:26.10 (5)2:02.63 (3)15:21.85 (9)5Vladimir Lobanov172.91139.81 (3)7:32.05 (13)2:03.14 (5)15:37.00 (16)6Viktor Lyoskin172.96741.17 (15)7:26.29 (6)2:04.43 (8)15:13.84* (4)7Sten Stensen173.23940.95 (9)7:29.68 (8)2:05.98 (13)15:06.57 8Amund Martin Sjøbrend173.30140.42 (5)7:29.76 (9)2:03.90 (6)15:32.10 (14)9Hilbert van der Duim173.34240.64 (7)7:27.43 (7)2:06.22 (14)15:17.73 (6)10Piet Kleine173.80241.61 (22)7:24.07 (3)2:05.49 (11)15:19.11 (7)11Vitali Zazerski173.93240.81 (8)7:31.87 (11)2:04.37 (7)15:29.59 (11)12Mike Woods174.05040.97 (10)7:33.93 (15)2:04.95 (9)15:20.74 (8)13Jan Junell175.32941.11 (12)7:32.00 (12)2:06.57 (15)15:36.58 (15)14Andreas Ehrig175.84341.50 (21)7:31.18 (10)2:07.95 (20)15:31.51 (13)15Colin Coates176.89141.90 (24)7:33.64 (14)2:09.18 (25)15:31.35 (12)16Klaas Vriend199.3401:04.43* (32)7:34.88 (16)2:09.02 (23)15:28.33 (10)NC17Masahiko Yamamoto129.49941.13 (13)7:43.89 (22)2:05.94 (12) –NC18Jürgen Warnicke129.52241.09 (11)7:40.69 (17)2:07.09 (18) –NC19Herbert Schwarz130.18441.26 (16)7:45.94 (23)2:06.99 (16) –NC20Tomas Gustafson130.36141.13 (13)7:42.21 (20)2:09.03 (24) –NC21Joop Pasman130.38641.43 (19)7:46.00 (24)2:07.07 (17) –NC22Andrew Barron130.81241.87 (23)7:41.16 (19)2:08.48 (22) –NC23Günter Schumacher131.00842.98 (28)7:43.62 (21)2:05.00 (10) –NC24Jouko Salakka131.28141.30 (18)7:48.95 (25)2:09.26 (26) –NC25Masayuki Kawahara131.30341.29 (17)7:54.93 (26)2:07.56 (19) –NC26Floriano Martello132.45242.09 (25)7:56.06 (28)2:08.27 (21) –NC27Jarmo Alppi132.72542.74 (27)7:40.79 (18)2:11.72 (28) –NC28Craig Webster132.74641.48 (20)8:00.23 (29)2:09.73 (27) –NC29Olivier Belle134.96842.32 (26)8:05.98 (30)2:12.15 (29) –NC30Geoff Sandys136.49843.92 (30)7:57.78 (28)2:14.40 (31) –NC31Guo Chengjiang136.96243.05 (29)8:13.92 (31)2:13.56 (30) –NC32Antonio Gómez Fernández175.4851:02.48* (31)9:50.92 (32)2:41.74 (32) – * = Fell

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