| 1 | Kenneth Charles Henry (Neo) | USA | 43.20 | SB | - |
| 2 | Donald McDermott (Neo) | USA | 43.90 | SB | +0.700 |
| 3 | Gordon Audley (Senior) | CAN | 44.00 | SB | +0.800 |
| Arne.27 Johansen (Senior) | NOR | 44.00 | | +0.800 |
| Finn Helgesen (M30) | NOR | 44.00 | | +0.800 |
| 4 | Kiyotaka Takabayashi (Neo) | JPN | 44.10 | | +0.900 |
| Hroar Elvenes (Neo) | NOR | 44.10 | | +0.900 |
| 5 | Toivo Salonen (A2) | FIN | 44.20 | NRJ | +1.000 |
| Gerard Maarse (Neo) | NED | 44.20 | SB | +1.000 |
| 6 | Sigmund Søfteland (Senior) | NOR | 44.30 | | +1.100 |
| 7 | Johnny Werket (Senior) | USA | 44.50 | | +1.300 |
| 8 | Frank Stack (M45) | CAN | 44.80 | SB | +1.600 |
| Masanori Aoki (Senior) | JPN | 44.80 | | +1.600 |
| Mats Bolmstedt (M30) | SWE | 44.80 | | +1.600 |
| 9 | Craig.27 MacKay (Senior) | CAN | 44.90 | PB | +1.700 |
| Sukenobu Kudo (Senior) | JPN | 44.90 | | +1.700 |
| Robert Fitzgerald (Senior) | USA | 44.90 | | +1.700 |
| 10 | Tsuneo Sato (Senior) | JPN | 45.20 | | +2.000 |
| 11 | Wim van der Voort (Senior) | NED | 45.30 | | +2.100 |
| Cornelis van der Elst (Senior) | NED | 45.30 | | +2.100 |
| 12 | Kalevi Laitinen (M30) | FIN | 45.40 | SB | +2.200 |
| Norman A. Holwell (Neo) | GBR | 45.40 | SB | +2.200 |
| 13 | Gunnar.30 Ström (Neo) | SWE | 45.60 | | +2.400 |
| 14 | Kauko Salomaa (Senior) | FIN | 45.70 | | +2.500 |
| 15 | Franz Offenberger (Neo) | AUT | 45.90 | SB | +2.700 |
| Enrico Musolino (Neo) | ITA | 45.90 | | +2.700 |
| Stig.21 Lindberg (M30) | SWE | 45.90 | | +2.700 |
| 16 | Ferenc Lőrincz (A2) | HUN | 46.10 | | +2.900 |
| 17 | Colin Hickey (Neo) | AUS | 46.20 | | +3.000 |
| 18 | Ralf Olin (Senior) | CAN | 46.50 | SB | +3.300 |
| 19 | Bengt Malmsten (M30) | SWE | 46.60 | | +3.400 |
| 20 | József Merényi (Senior) | HUN | 46.70 | | +3.500 |
| 21 | Theo Meding (Neo) | FRG | 46.80 | | +3.600 |
| 22 | William Anthony Jones (Senior) | GBR | 46.90 | | +3.700 |
| 23 | Robert Laboubée (Senior) | BEL | 47.20 | | +4.000 |
| 24 | Konrad Pecher (Neo) | AUT | 47.30 | PB | +4.100 |
| 25 | Arthur Mannsbarth (Neo) | AUT | 47.60 | | +4.400 |
| 26 | Guido Citterio (Neo) | ITA | 48.20 | | +5.000 |
| 27 | Jean Massez (Senior) | BEL | 49.20 | | +6.000 |
| DNF | Lassi Parkkinen (M35) | FIN | DNF | | - |
| DNF | Jan Charisius (Senior) | NED | DNF | | - |