| 1 | Sergej Fokitsjev (Neo) | URS | 38.19 | TR | - |
| 2 | Yoshihiro Kitazawa (Neo) | JPN | 38.30 | | +0.110 |
| 3 | Gaétan Boucher (Senior) | CAN | 38.39 | | +0.200 |
| 4 | Dan Jansen (A2) | USA | 38.55 | TRJ | +0.360 |
| 5 | Keith Nick Thometz (Neo) | USA | 38.56 | | +0.370 |
| 6 | Vladimir.59 Kozlov (Senior) | URS | 38.57 | | +0.380 |
| 7 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 38.58 | | +0.390 |
| 8 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Neo) | GDR | 38.65 | | +0.460 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Danilin (Neo) | URS | 38.66 | | +0.470 |
| 10 | Akira Kuroiwa (Neo) | JPN | 38.70 | | +0.510 |
| 11 | André Hoffmann (Neo) | GDR | 38.87 | | +0.680 |
| 12 | Yasuhi Suzuki (Neo) | JPN | 38.92 | | +0.730 |
| 13 | Hein Vergeer (Neo) | NED | 38.94 | | +0.750 |
| 14 | Jan Ykema (Neo) | NED | 39.03 | | +0.840 |
| 15 | Jacques Thibault (Senior) | CAN | 39.12 | | +0.930 |
| 16 | Geert Kuiper (Neo) | NED | 39.13 | | +0.940 |
| 17 | Jouko Vesterlund (Senior) | FIN | 39.15 | | +0.960 |
| 18 | Kai Arne Engelstad (Senior) | NOR | 39.28 | | +1.090 |
| 19 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Neo) | FRG | 39.39 | | +1.200 |
| 20 | Andreas Dietel (Senior) | GDR | 39.45 | | +1.260 |
| Erik Henriksen (Senior) | USA | 39.45 | | +1.260 |
| 22 | Michael Richmond (Neo) | AUS | 39.47 | | +1.280 |
| 23 | Rolf Falk-Larssen (Senior) | NOR | 39.57 | | +1.380 |
| 24 | Hans van Helden (M35) | FRA | 39.71 | | +1.520 |
| 25 | Dezideriu Jenei (Senior) | ROU | 39.72 | | +1.530 |
| 26 | Uwe Streb (Neo) | FRG | 39.78 | | +1.590 |
| 27 | Urpo Pikkupeura (Senior) | FIN | 39.88 | | +1.690 |
| 28 | Yeong-Ha Lee (Senior) | KOR | 39.90 | | +1.710 |
| 29 | Daniel Turcotte (Neo) | CAN | 40.30 | | +2.110 |
| Jiangqiang Chen (Senior) | CHN | 40.30 | | +2.110 |
| 31 | Yoon-Soo Na (Neo) | KOR | 40.35 | SB | +2.160 |
| 32 | Michael Hadschieff (Neo) | AUT | 40.52 | | +2.330 |
| 33 | Giorgio Paganin (Neo) | ITA | 40.54 | | +2.350 |
| 34 | Jan-Åke Carlberg (Senior) | SWE | 40.64 | | +2.450 |
| 35 | Nianchun Wang (Senior) | CHN | 40.75 | | +2.560 |
| 36 | Tomas Gustafson (Senior) | SWE | 41.18 | | +2.990 |
| 37 | Song-Hi Kim (A2) | PRK | 41.23 | SB | +3.040 |
| 38 | Zhiwu Gai (Senior) | CHN | 41.67 | | +3.480 |
| 39 | Nenad Žvanut (Neo) | YUG | 42.55 | | +4.360 |
| 40 | Erroll Canute Fraser (M30) | ISV | 43.47 | | +5.280 |
| 41 | Behudin Merdovic (Neo) | YUG | 46.34 | | +8.150 |
| 42 | Hans Magnusson (Neo) | SWE | 1:03.08 | | +24.890 |