| 1 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Senior) | GDR | 36.81 | | - |
| 2 | Sergej Fokitsjev (Senior) | URS | 37.00 | | +0.190 |
| 3 | Igor Zjelezovskij (Senior) | URS | 37.64 | | +0.830 |
| 4 | Konstantin Kharitonov (Senior) | URS | 37.79 | | +0.980 |
| 5 | Roman Popadtsjuk (A1) | URS | 38.02 | | +1.210 |
| Andrej Bakhvalov (Senior) | URS | 38.02 | | +1.210 |
| 7 | Konstantin Kudrjavtsev (Neo) | URS | 38.03 | | +1.220 |
| 8 | Boris Repnin (Senior) | URS | 38.14 | | +1.330 |
| 9 | Vitalij Makovetskij (Neo) | URS | 38.15 | | +1.340 |
| 10 | André Hoffmann (Senior) | GDR | 38.36 | | +1.550 |
| 11 | Tjerk Terpstra (Neo) | NED | 38.40 | | +1.590 |
| 12 | Michael Hadschieff (Senior) | AUT | 38.41 | | +1.600 |
| 13 | Hans Markström (Neo) | SWE | 38.49 | SB | +1.680 |
| 14 | Roger Strøm (Neo) | NOR | 38.62 | | +1.810 |
| Arne Nicander Nilsen (Senior) | NOR | 38.62 | | +1.810 |
| 16 | Bauke Jonkman (Neo) | NED | 38.70 | | +1.890 |
| 17 | Björn Forslund (Senior) | SWE | 38.72 | | +1.910 |
| 18 | Bengt Halvorsen (Senior) | NOR | 38.78 | | +1.970 |
| 19 | Ove Løvåsen (Neo) | NOR | 39.00 | | +2.190 |
| 20 | Peter Adeberg (Neo) | GDR | 39.10 | | +2.290 |
| 21 | Thomas Kumm (A2) | GDR | 39.14 | SB | +2.330 |
| 22 | Håkan Edman (Neo) | SWE | 39.26 | | +2.450 |
| 23 | Roland Freier (Senior) | GDR | 39.48 | | +2.670 |
| 24 | Pascal Hinni (Neo) | SUI | 39.49 | | +2.680 |
| 25 | Morten Romundstad (Neo) | NOR | 39.70 | | +2.890 |
| 26 | Markus Tröger (Neo) | FRG | 39.86 | | +3.050 |
| 27 | Nils Einar Aas (Neo) | NOR | 39.87 | PB | +3.060 |
| 28 | Christian Eminger (Neo) | AUT | 39.97 | | +3.160 |
| 29 | Anton Meiböck (Neo) | AUT | 40.06 | | +3.250 |
| 30 | Patrice Dumont (Senior) | FRA | 40.34 | SB | +3.530 |
| 31 | Peter Tietz (Neo) | GDR | 40.49 | SB | +3.680 |
| 32 | Steffen Meißner (Senior) | GDR | 40.85 | | +4.040 |
| 33 | Jirí Kyncl (Senior) | TCH | 41.23 | | +4.420 |
| 34 | Jérôme Davre (Senior) | FRA | 41.36 | | +4.550 |
| 35 | Hansjörg Baltes (Neo) | FRG | 41.82 | | +5.010 |
| 36 | André Leppert (Neo) | SUI | 44.49 | | +7.680 |
| 37 | Derk Valenkamp (B1) | SUI | 45.41 | | +8.600 |
| 38 | Bruno Stocker (M35) | SUI | 49.30 | | +12.490 |