| 1 | Dan Jansen (Neo) | USA | 37.82 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Keith Nick Thometz (Neo) | USA | 37.97 | | +0.150 | 22 |
| 3 | Ramil Zagidullin (Neo) | URS | 38.05 | | +0.230 | 20 |
| 4 | Erik Henriksen (Senior) | USA | 38.28 | SB | +0.460 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitalij Makovetskij (A2) | URS | 38.33 | TRJ | +0.510 | 16 |
| 6 | Jerzy Dominik (Neo) | POL | 38.45 | SB | +0.630 | 15 |
| Mike Jansen (Neo) | USA | 38.45 | | +0.630 | 15 |
| 8 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 38.48 | | +0.660 | 13 |
| 9 | Michael Richmond (Senior) | AUS | 38.62 | | +0.800 | 12 |
| 10 | Daniel Turcotte (Senior) | CAN | 38.65 | | +0.830 | 11 |
| 11 | Uwe Streb (Neo) | FRG | 38.68 | | +0.860 | 10 |
| 12 | Aleksandr.65 Demidov (Neo) | URS | 38.71 | | +0.890 | 9 |
| 13 | Göran.58 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 38.94 | | +1.120 | 8 |
| 14 | Jouko Vesterlund (Senior) | FIN | 38.96 | | +1.140 | 7 |
| 15 | Guy Thibault (Neo) | CAN | 38.99 | | +1.170 | 6 |
| 16 | Rene van Bernum (Neo) | GDR | 39.01 | | +1.190 | 5 |
| 17 | Bengt Halvorsen (Senior) | NOR | 39.07 | | +1.250 | 4 |
| 18 | Bauke Jonkman (A2) | NED | 39.10 | | +1.280 | 3 |
| 19 | Marc Vernier (Senior) | FRA | 39.12 | | +1.300 | 2 |
| 20 | Claude Nicouleau (Senior) | FRA | 39.14 | | +1.320 | 1 |
| 21 | Tjerk Terpstra (Neo) | NED | 39.16 | | +1.340 | 0 |
| 22 | Rene Goschnik (Neo) | GDR | 39.24 | | +1.420 | 0 |
| 23 | Peter Adeberg (A1) | GDR | 39.35 | | +1.530 | 0 |
| 24 | Arne Nicander Nilsen (Senior) | NOR | 39.36 | | +1.540 | 0 |
| 25 | Marcel Tremblay (Neo) | CAN | 39.49 | | +1.670 | 0 |
| 26 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Neo) | FRG | 39.54 | | +1.720 | 0 |
| 27 | Jan Nieuwenhuizen (Senior) | NED | 39.59 | SB | +1.770 | 0 |
| 28 | Walter Milesi (A2) | ITA | 39.60 | SB | +1.780 | 0 |
| 29 | Anders Moberg (Senior) | SWE | 39.61 | | +1.790 | 0 |
| 30 | Urpo Pikkupeura (Senior) | FIN | 39.69 | | +1.870 | 0 |
| 31 | Jukka Ala-Louko (Senior) | FIN | 39.82 | SB | +2.000 | 0 |
| 32 | Hans Kaats (Senior) | NED | 39.97 | | +2.150 | 0 |
| 33 | Fritz Gawenus (Senior) | FRG | 39.99 | | +2.170 | 0 |
| 34 | Zdenek Stepánek (Senior) | TCH | 40.85 | NR | +3.030 | 0 |
| 35 | Roberto Sighel (A2) | ITA | 41.07 | | +3.250 | 0 |
| 36 | Anton Meiböck (A2) | AUT | 41.32 | SB | +3.500 | 0 |
| 37 | Jirí Kyncl (Neo) | CZE | 41.91 | | +4.090 | 0 |
| 38 | Danny Kah (A2) | AUS | 43.15 | | +5.330 | 0 |
| DNF | Roar Tollefsen (Senior) | NOR | DNF | | - | 0 |
| DNF | Ryszard Rzadki (Neo) | POL | DNF | | - | 0 |