| 1 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Senior) | GDR | 36.86 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Keith Nick Thometz (Senior) | USA | 36.97 | SB | +0.110 | 22 |
| 3 | Dan Jansen (Neo) | USA | 37.01 | | +0.150 | 20 |
| 4 | Marty Pierce (Neo) | USA | 37.19 | PB | +0.330 | 18 |
| 5 | Konstantin Kharitonov (Senior) | URS | 37.27 | | +0.410 | 16 |
| 6 | Vitalij Makovetskij (Neo) | URS | 37.40 | | +0.540 | 15 |
| 7 | Jan Ykema (Senior) | NED | 37.41 | | +0.550 | 14 |
| 8 | Andrej Bakhvalov (Senior) | URS | 37.43 | | +0.570 | 13 |
| 9 | Menno Boelsma (Senior) | NED | 37.55 | | +0.690 | 12 |
| Jerzy Dominik (Neo) | POL | 37.55 | PB | +0.690 | 12 |
| 11 | Erik Henriksen (M30) | USA | 37.58 | | +0.720 | 10 |
| 12 | Göran.58 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 37.64 | | +0.780 | 9 |
| 13 | Boris Repnin (Senior) | URS | 37.65 | | +0.790 | 8 |
| 14 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 37.76 | | +0.900 | 7 |
| 15 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Senior) | FRG | 37.92 | | +1.060 | 6 |
| 16 | Maarten Noijens (Neo) | NED | 37.93 | SB | +1.070 | 5 |
| 17 | Jouko Vesterlund (Senior) | FIN | 38.00 | SB | +1.140 | 4 |
| Urpo Pikkupeura (Senior) | FIN | 38.00 | SB | +1.140 | 4 |
| 19 | Geert Kuiper (Senior) | NED | 38.02 | SB | +1.160 | 2 |
| 20 | Peter Adeberg (Neo) | GDR | 38.05 | | +1.190 | 1 |
| 21 | André Hoffmann (Senior) | GDR | 38.17 | | +1.310 | 0 |
| 22 | Rene van Bernum (Neo) | GDR | 38.19 | | +1.330 | 0 |
| 23 | Björn Forslund (Senior) | SWE | 38.20 | SB | +1.340 | 0 |
| 24 | Uwe Streb (Senior) | FRG | 38.29 | | +1.430 | 0 |
| 25 | Ingemar Bredeli (Senior) | NOR | 38.35 | SB | +1.490 | 0 |
| 26 | Dietmar Semler (Senior) | FRG | 38.36 | | +1.500 | 0 |
| 27 | Thomas Cushman (Senior) | USA | 38.37 | | +1.510 | 0 |
| 28 | Michael Richmond (Senior) | AUS | 38.51 | | +1.650 | 0 |
| 29 | Konstantin Kudrjavtsev (Neo) | URS | 38.58 | | +1.720 | 0 |
| 30 | Jukka Ala-Louko (Senior) | FIN | 38.76 | SB | +1.900 | 0 |
| 31 | Fabio Monti (Neo) | ITA | 38.92 | SB | +2.060 | 0 |
| 32 | Mario de March (Senior) | ITA | 39.32 | | +2.460 | 0 |
| 33 | Pascal Hinni (Neo) | SUI | 39.39 | SB | +2.530 | 0 |
| 34 | Phillip Tahmindjis (Neo) | AUS | 39.78 | | +2.920 | 0 |
| 35 | Hubert Kreutz (Neo) | AUT | 39.88 | | +3.020 | 0 |
| 36 | Andreas Franzelin (Neo) | AUT | 39.99 | | +3.130 | 0 |
| 37 | Thierry Lamberton (Neo) | FRA | 40.06 | SB | +3.200 | 0 |
| 38 | Notker Ledergerber (Neo) | SUI | 40.55 | | +3.690 | 0 |