| 1 | Igor Zjelezovskij (Senior) | URS | 1:13.54 | TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Keith Nick Thometz (Senior) | USA | 1:13.83 | SB | +0.290 | 22 |
| 3 | Ki-Tae.65 Bae (Neo) | KOR | 1:14.07 | NR | +0.530 | 20 |
| 4 | André Hoffmann (Senior) | GDR | 1:14.13 | SB | +0.590 | 18 |
| 5 | Gaétan Boucher (M30) | CAN | 1:14.19 | | +0.650 | 16 |
| 6 | Jan Ykema (Senior) | NED | 1:14.24 | NR | +0.700 | 15 |
| Nikolaj Guljajev (Neo) | URS | 1:14.24 | | +0.700 | 15 |
| 8 | Michael Richmond (Senior) | AUS | 1:14.36 | NR | +0.820 | 13 |
| 9 | Akira Kuroiwa (Senior) | JPN | 1:14.45 | SB | +0.910 | 12 |
| 10 | Viktor Sjasjerin (Senior) | URS | 1:14.52 | SB | +0.980 | 11 |
| 11 | Guy Thibault (Senior) | CAN | 1:14.64 | | +1.100 | 10 |
| 12 | Yukihiro Mitani (Neo) | JPN | 1:14.69 | PB | +1.150 | 9 |
| 13 | Bjørn.60 Hagen (Senior) | NOR | 1:14.96 | PB | +1.420 | 8 |
| 14 | Hans Magnusson (Senior) | SWE | 1:14.97 | SB | +1.430 | 7 |
| 15 | Göran.58 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 1:15.10 | PB | +1.560 | 6 |
| 16 | Dan Jansen (Neo) | USA | 1:15.12 | | +1.580 | 5 |
| 17 | Menno Boelsma (Senior) | NED | 1:15.33 | PB | +1.790 | 4 |
| 18 | Claes Bengtsson (Senior) | SWE | 1:15.34 | | +1.800 | 3 |
| 19 | Uwe Streb (Senior) | FRG | 1:15.41 | NR | +1.870 | 2 |
| 20 | Bauke Jonkman (Neo) | NED | 1:15.48 | PB | +1.940 | 1 |
| 21 | Daniel Turcotte (Senior) | CAN | 1:16.00 | | +2.460 | 0 |
| 22 | Marcel Tremblay (Neo) | CAN | 1:16.03 | | +2.490 | 0 |
| 23 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Senior) | FRG | 1:16.38 | PB | +2.840 | 0 |
| 24 | Phillip Tahmindjis (Neo) | AUS | 1:16.51 | | +2.970 | 0 |
| 25 | Geert Kuiper (Senior) | NED | 1:16.58 | | +3.040 | 0 |
| 26 | Marc Vernier (Senior) | FRA | 1:16.93 | NR | +3.390 | 0 |
| 27 | Markus Tröger (Neo) | FRG | 1:17.19 | SB | +3.650 | 0 |
| 28 | Hubert Kreutz (Neo) | AUT | 1:17.30 | SB | +3.760 | 0 |
| 29 | Derrick Auch (Neo) | CAN | 1:17.34 | | +3.800 | 0 |
| 30 | Mario de March (Senior) | ITA | 1:18.14 | | +4.600 | 0 |
| 31 | Notker Ledergerber (Neo) | SUI | 1:19.01 | SB | +5.470 | 0 |
| 32 | Pascal Hinni (Neo) | SUI | 1:19.31 | SB | +5.770 | 0 |
| 33 | Paolo José Peralta (Neo) | POR | 1:21.07 | NR | +7.530 | 0 |
| 34 | Michael McMillan (Senior) | NZL | 1:25.51 | NR | +11.970 | 0 |
| 35 | Shane Bradford (Neo) | NZL | 1:25.85 | SB | +12.310 | 0 |
| 36 | Sergej Fokitsjev (Senior) | URS | 1:37.76 | | +24.220 | 0 |
| 37 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Senior) | GDR | 2:17.56 | | +1.04.020 | 0 |
| DNF | Ilkka Rahnasto (Neo) | FIN | DNF | | - | 0 |