| 1 | Eric Heiden (Neo) | USA | 38.81 | | - |
| 2 | Stefan Panzer (Neo) | FRG | 38.98 | | +0.170 |
| 3 | Bert de Jong (Neo) | NED | 39.19 | SB | +0.380 |
| 4 | Jos Valentijn (Senior) | NED | 39.24 | | +0.430 |
| 5 | Jan Egil Storholt (Senior) | NOR | 39.29 | | +0.480 |
| 6 | Lieuwe de Boer (Senior) | NED | 39.66 | | +0.850 |
| 7 | Rainer Scharrelmann (Neo) | FRG | 39.73 | | +0.920 |
| 8 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (Senior) | NOR | 39.82 | | +1.010 |
| 9 | Paul Ederer (A2) | FRG | 39.94 | | +1.130 |
| 10 | Walter Köppen (Neo) | FRG | 39.95 | | +1.140 |
| 11 | Emmanuel Michon (Neo) | FRA | 40.09 | | +1.280 |
| 12 | Herbert Schwarz (Senior) | FRG | 40.16 | | +1.350 |
| 13 | Hans van Helden (M30) | NED | 40.27 | | +1.460 |
| 14 | Georg Unger (Neo) | FRG | 40.32 | | +1.510 |
| 15 | Hubert Hirschbichler (Neo) | FRG | 40.34 | | +1.530 |
| 16 | Hilbert van der Duim (Neo) | NED | 40.43 | | +1.620 |
| 17 | Mike Woods (Senior) | USA | 40.45 | | +1.640 |
| 18 | Ivar Sletsjøe (Senior) | NOR | 40.70 | | +1.890 |
| 19 | Wim Pol (A2) | NED | 40.75 | | +1.940 |
| 20 | Colin V. Coates (M30) | AUS | 40.80 | | +1.990 |
| Thomas Nietsch (Neo) | FRG | 40.80 | | +1.990 |
| 22 | Craig Kressler (B2) | USA | 40.86 | | +2.050 |
| 23 | Bernhard Mayer (Senior) | FRG | 40.94 | | +2.130 |
| 24 | Berend Schabus (Neo) | AUT | 40.98 | | +2.170 |
| 25 | John Dorff (Neo) | USA | 41.01 | | +2.200 |
| 26 | Markus Eicher (Senior) | FRG | 41.07 | | +2.260 |
| 27 | Teun Busser (Neo) | NED | 41.18 | | +2.370 |
| 28 | Stefan Schnurrenberger (B2) | FRG | 41.34 | SB | +2.530 |
| 29 | Giovanni Panciera (Neo) | ITA | 41.38 | SB | +2.570 |
| 30 | Piet Kleine (Senior) | NED | 41.48 | | +2.670 |
| 31 | Günter Schumacher (Neo) | FRG | 41.64 | | +2.830 |
| 32 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (C2) | FRG | 41.70 | SB | +2.890 |
| 33 | Øyvind Tveter (Senior) | NOR | 41.94 | | +3.130 |
| 34 | Geoffrey Sandys (Senior) | GBR | 42.65 | | +3.840 |
| 35 | Franz Krienbühl (M45) | SUI | 43.56 | | +4.750 |
| 36 | Helmut Waldner (Neo) | AUT | 59.89 | | +21.080 |
| 37 | Jarle.55 Pedersen (Neo) | NOR | 1:16.42 | | +37.610 |