| 1 | Gaétan Boucher (Senior) | CAN | 1:15.80 | TR | - |
| 2 | Sergej Khlebnikov (Senior) | URS | 1:16.63 | | +0.830 |
| 3 | Kai Arne Engelstad (Senior) | NOR | 1:16.75 | | +0.950 |
| 4 | Keith Nick Thometz (Neo) | USA | 1:16.85 | | +1.050 |
| 5 | André Hoffmann (Neo) | GDR | 1:17.33 | | +1.530 |
| 6 | Viktor Sjasjerin (Neo) | URS | 1:17.42 | | +1.620 |
| 7 | Andreas Dietel (Senior) | GDR | 1:17.46 | SB | +1.660 |
| Hilbert van der Duim (Senior) | NED | 1:17.46 | SB | +1.660 |
| 9 | Akira Kuroiwa (Neo) | JPN | 1:17.49 | | +1.690 |
| 10 | Hein Vergeer (Neo) | NED | 1:17.57 | | +1.770 |
| 11 | Erik Henriksen (Senior) | USA | 1:17.64 | | +1.840 |
| 12 | Jouko Vesterlund (Senior) | FIN | 1:18.12 | | +2.320 |
| 13 | Pavel Pegov (Senior) | URS | 1:18.57 | | +2.770 |
| 14 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 1:18.64 | | +2.840 |
| 15 | Uwe Streb (Neo) | FRG | 1:18.65 | | +2.850 |
| 16 | Dan Jansen (A2) | USA | 1:18.73 | TRJ | +2.930 |
| 17 | Kimihiro Hamaya (Neo) | JPN | 1:18.74 | | +2.940 |
| 18 | Hans van Helden (M35) | FRA | 1:18.77 | | +2.970 |
| 19 | Jacques Thibault (Senior) | CAN | 1:18.79 | | +2.990 |
| 20 | Jan Ykema (Neo) | NED | 1:18.81 | | +3.010 |
| 21 | Hans Magnusson (Neo) | SWE | 1:18.95 | | +3.150 |
| 22 | Michael Hadschieff (Neo) | AUT | 1:19.05 | NR | +3.250 |
| 23 | Urpo Pikkupeura (Senior) | FIN | 1:19.13 | | +3.330 |
| Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Neo) | FRG | 1:19.13 | | +3.330 |
| 25 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Neo) | GDR | 1:19.14 | | +3.340 |
| 26 | Andreas Lemcke (Senior) | FRG | 1:19.39 | SB | +3.590 |
| 27 | Michael Richmond (Neo) | AUS | 1:19.53 | | +3.730 |
| 28 | Yeong-Ha Lee (Senior) | KOR | 1:19.55 | | +3.750 |
| 29 | Jan-Åke Carlberg (Senior) | SWE | 1:19.92 | | +4.120 |
| 30 | Yoon-Soo Na (Neo) | KOR | 1:19.94 | SB | +4.140 |
| 31 | Yoshihiro Kitazawa (Neo) | JPN | 1:19.95 | | +4.150 |
| 32 | Giorgio Paganin (Neo) | ITA | 1:20.89 | | +5.090 |
| 33 | Christian Eminger (A2) | AUT | 1:20.98 | | +5.180 |
| 34 | Dezideriu Jenei (Senior) | ROU | 1:21.14 | | +5.340 |
| 35 | Li-Bin Lim (C2) | PRK | 1:21.16 | NRJ, NR | +5.360 |
| 36 | Song-Hi Kim (A2) | PRK | 1:22.04 | SB | +6.240 |
| 37 | Jiangqiang Chen (Senior) | CHN | 1:22.10 | | +6.300 |
| 38 | Gwang-Hyun Kim (B1) | PRK | 1:22.26 | SB | +6.460 |
| 39 | Zhiwu Gai (Senior) | CHN | 1:24.20 | | +8.400 |
| 40 | Feifan Wang (Senior) | CHN | 1:24.21 | | +8.410 |
| 41 | Nenad Žvanut (Neo) | YUG | 1:26.63 | | +10.830 |
| 42 | Erroll Canute Fraser (M30) | ISV | 1:30.59 | | +14.790 |
| 43 | Behudin Merdovic (Neo) | YUG | 1:33.33 | | +17.530 |