| 1 | André Hoffmann (Senior) | GDR | 1:52.06 | WR | - |
| 2 | Eric Flaim (Neo) | USA | 1:52.12 | NR | +0.060 |
| 3 | Michael Hadschieff (Senior) | AUT | 1:52.31 | NR | +0.250 |
| 4 | Igor Zjelezovskij (Senior) | URS | 1:52.63 | | +0.570 |
| 5 | Tooru.68 Aoyanagi (Neo) | JPN | 1:52.85 | NR | +0.790 |
| 6 | Aleksandr.65 Klimov (Neo) | URS | 1:52.97 | PB | +0.910 |
| 7 | Nikolaj Guljajev (Neo) | URS | 1:53.04 | SB | +0.980 |
| 8 | Peter Adeberg (Neo) | GDR | 1:53.57 | SB | +1.510 |
| 9 | Gaétan Boucher (M30) | CAN | 1:54.18 | | +2.120 |
| 10 | Jean Pichette (Senior) | CAN | 1:54.63 | | +2.570 |
| 11 | Mark Greenwald (A2) | USA | 1:54.64 | NRJ, TRJ | +2.580 |
| 12 | Michael Richmond (Senior) | AUS | 1:54.95 | NR | +2.890 |
| 13 | Claes Bengtsson (Senior) | SWE | 1:55.16 | PB | +3.100 |
| 14 | Danny Kah (Neo) | AUS | 1:55.19 | SB | +3.130 |
| 15 | Dave Silk (Neo) | USA | 1:55.26 | | +3.200 |
| 16 | Munehisa Kuroiwa (Neo) | JPN | 1:55.42 | PB | +3.360 |
| 17 | Li-Bin Lim (A2) | PRK | 1:55.55 | NRJ, NR | +3.490 |
| 18 | Benoît Lamarche (Neo) | CAN | 1:55.59 | SB | +3.530 |
| 19 | Hans van Helden (M40) | FRA | 1:55.61 | NR | +3.550 |
| 20 | John Baskfield (Neo) | USA | 1:55.88 | PB | +3.820 |
| 21 | Rolf Falk-Larssen (Senior) | NOR | 1:55.94 | | +3.880 |
| 22 | Yoshiyuki Shimizu (A1) | JPN | 1:55.98 | PB | +3.920 |
| 23 | Gregor Jelonek (A2) | CAN | 1:56.37 | NRJ | +4.310 |
| 24 | Hans Magnusson (Senior) | SWE | 1:56.44 | | +4.380 |
| 25 | Pertti Niittylä (Senior) | FIN | 1:56.48 | NR | +4.420 |
| 26 | Ik-Hwan Hwang (Neo) | KOR | 1:56.50 | PB | +4.440 |
| 27 | Hein Vergeer (Senior) | NED | 1:56.63 | | +4.570 |
| 28 | Hozumi Moriyama (Neo) | JPN | 1:56.84 | PB | +4.780 |
| 29 | Kwan-Kyoo Kim (Neo) | KOR | 1:56.85 | PB | +4.790 |
| 30 | Hansjörg Baltes (Neo) | FRG | 1:57.08 | | +5.020 |
| 31 | Yanfei Liu (Neo) | CHN | 1:57.38 | NR | +5.320 |
| 32 | Phillip Tahmindjis (Neo) | AUS | 1:57.63 | SB | +5.570 |
| 33 | Frode Herman Syvertsen (Senior) | NOR | 1:58.37 | PB | +6.310 |
| 34 | Jirí Kyncl (Senior) | CZE | 1:58.44 | NR | +6.380 |
| 35 | Andrej Bobrov (Senior) | URS | 1:58.97 | | +6.910 |
| 36 | Jerzy Dominik (Neo) | POL | 1:59.03 | SB | +6.970 |
| 37 | Julien Green (Neo) | GBR | 1:59.41 | NR | +7.350 |
| 38 | Craig McNicoll (B2) | GBR | 2:01.89 | NRJ | +9.830 |
| 39 | Behudin Merdovic (Senior) | YUG | 2:06.11 | NR | +14.050 |
| DNS | Joakim Karlberg (Senior) | SWE | DNS | | - |