| 1 | Anatolij Lepjosjkin (Senior) | URS | 40.80 | | - |
| 2 | Valerij Muratov (Neo) | URS | 41.20 | | +0.400 |
| 3 | Oleg Samojlov (Senior) | URS | 41.40 | | +0.600 |
| 4 | Vladimir Gvozdetskij (Neo) | URS | 41.50 | | +0.700 |
| 5 | Jevgenij Grisjin (M35) | URS | 41.60 | | +0.800 |
| Aleksandr Kertsjenko (Neo) | URS | 41.60 | SB | +0.800 |
| 7 | Ants Antson (Senior) | URS | 41.90 | | +1.100 |
| Viktor Tsjursin (Neo) | URS | 41.90 | | +1.100 |
| 9 | Valerij Kaplan (Senior) | URS | 42.00 | | +1.200 |
| Eduard Matusevitsj (M30) | URS | 42.00 | | +1.200 |
| Valerij Krot (Senior) | URS | 42.00 | | +1.200 |
| 12 | Jurij Malykhin (Neo) | URS | 42.10 | | +1.300 |
| 13 | Valerij Troitskij (Neo) | URS | 42.30 | | +1.500 |
| 14 | Aleksej Legotkin (Neo) | URS | 42.40 | NR | +1.600 |
| 15 | Gerd Schwesig (A2) | GDR | 42.90 | SB | +2.100 |
| 16 | Gennadij Podkovyrov (Neo) | URS | 43.00 | | +2.200 |
| 17 | Heinz Müller (Neo) | GDR | 43.10 | PB | +2.300 |
| 18 | Aleksandr Tsjekulajev (Neo) | URS | 43.20 | | +2.400 |
| Valerij Lavrusjkin (Neo) | URS | 43.20 | | +2.400 |
| 20 | Anatolij Masjkov (Neo) | URS | 43.40 | | +2.600 |
| 21 | Viktor Kositsjkin (M30) | URS | 43.50 | SB | +2.700 |
| 22 | Klaus Wunderlich (B1) | GDR | 45.30 | SB | +4.500 |
| 23 | Wilfried Schramm (A1) | GDR | 45.50 | SB | +4.700 |
| Jürgen Fock (Neo) | GDR | 45.50 | | +4.700 |
| 25 | Stanislav Seljanin (Senior) | URS | 46.00 | | +5.200 |
| 26 | Horst Freese (Senior) | GDR | 1:08.50 | | +27.700 |