| 1 | Ki-Tae.65 Bae (Neo) | KOR | 36.97 | NR, TR | - | 25 |
| 2 | Yukihiro Mitani (Neo) | JPN | 37.12 | | +0.150 | 22 |
| 3 | Guy Thibault (Senior) | CAN | 37.21 | NR | +0.240 | 20 |
| 4 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Senior) | GDR | 37.33 | | +0.360 | 18 |
| 5 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 37.36 | NR | +0.390 | 16 |
| 6 | Akira Kuroiwa (Senior) | JPN | 37.40 | | +0.430 | 15 |
| Menno Boelsma (Senior) | NED | 37.40 | NR | +0.430 | 15 |
| 8 | Keith Nick Thometz (Senior) | USA | 37.49 | | +0.520 | 13 |
| 9 | Nikolaj Guljajev (Neo) | URS | 37.51 | SB | +0.540 | 12 |
| 10 | Gaétan Boucher (M30) | CAN | 37.61 | | +0.640 | 11 |
| Dan Jansen (Neo) | USA | 37.61 | | +0.640 | 11 |
| 12 | Daniel Turcotte (Senior) | CAN | 37.75 | | +0.780 | 9 |
| 13 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Senior) | FRG | 37.76 | | +0.790 | 8 |
| Sergej Fokitsjev (Senior) | URS | 37.76 | | +0.790 | 8 |
| 15 | Jan Ykema (Senior) | NED | 37.81 | | +0.840 | 6 |
| 16 | Bjørn.60 Hagen (Senior) | NOR | 37.85 | | +0.880 | 5 |
| 17 | André Hoffmann (Senior) | GDR | 37.86 | | +0.890 | 4 |
| 18 | Uwe Streb (Senior) | FRG | 37.92 | | +0.950 | 3 |
| 19 | Bauke Jonkman (Neo) | NED | 37.94 | SB | +0.970 | 2 |
| 20 | Göran.58 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 37.98 | | +1.010 | 1 |
| 21 | Michael Richmond (Senior) | AUS | 38.00 | NR | +1.030 | 0 |
| 22 | Marcel Tremblay (Neo) | CAN | 38.17 | PB | +1.200 | 0 |
| 23 | Geert Kuiper (Senior) | NED | 38.23 | | +1.260 | 0 |
| 24 | Robert Tremblay (Neo) | CAN | 38.30 | | +1.330 | 0 |
| 25 | Ildar Garajev (Neo) | URS | 38.64 | SB | +1.670 | 0 |
| 26 | Viktor Sjasjerin (Senior) | URS | 38.69 | | +1.720 | 0 |
| 27 | Mario de March (Senior) | ITA | 38.81 | PB | +1.840 | 0 |
| 28 | Jouko Vesterlund (Senior) | FIN | 39.00 | | +2.030 | 0 |
| 29 | Phillip Tahmindjis (Neo) | AUS | 39.23 | SB | +2.260 | 0 |
| 30 | Anton Meiböck (Neo) | AUT | 39.70 | | +2.730 | 0 |
| 31 | Jérôme Davre (Senior) | FRA | 40.04 | PB | +3.070 | 0 |
| 32 | Stein Olav Krosby (Neo) | NOR | 40.27 | PB | +3.300 | 0 |
| 33 | Notker Ledergerber (Neo) | SUI | 40.53 | | +3.560 | 0 |
| 34 | Paolo José Peralta (Neo) | POR | 40.78 | NR | +3.810 | 0 |
| 35 | Pascal Hinni (Neo) | SUI | 40.79 | | +3.820 | 0 |
| 36 | Shane Bradford (Neo) | NZL | 42.82 | SB | +5.850 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael McMillan (Senior) | NZL | 42.93 | | +5.960 | 0 |
| DNF | Claes Bengtsson (Senior) | SWE | DNF | | - | 0 |
| DNF | Igor Zjelezovskij (Senior) | URS | DNF | | - | 0 |