| 1 | Jevgenij Grisjin (M30) | URS | 39.60 | WR | - |
| 2 | Gennadij Voronin (Senior) | URS | 40.50 | SB | +0.900 |
| 3 | Vadim Vasnetsov (Senior) | URS | 40.70 | | +1.100 |
| 4 | Rafail Gratsj (Senior) | URS | 40.80 | | +1.200 |
| 5 | Oleg Sjabarov (Senior) | URS | 41.00 | | +1.400 |
| 6 | Anatolij Lepjosjkin (Senior) | URS | 41.40 | SB | +1.800 |
| 7 | Heike Hedlund (Neo) | SWE | 41.90 | SB | +2.300 |
| 8 | Hans Wilhelmson (Senior) | SWE | 42.20 | SB | +2.600 |
| 9 | Vitalij Nikiforov (n/a) | URS | 42.40 | | +2.800 |
| 10 | Viktor Kositsjkin (Senior) | URS | 42.90 | | +3.300 |
| Arkadij Dejev (Senior) | URS | 42.90 | PB | +3.300 |
| 12 | Oldrich Teplý (Neo) | TCH | 43.00 | SB | +3.400 |
| 13 | Simo Rinne (Neo) | FIN | 43.20 | SB | +3.600 |
| 14 | Aleksandr.1 Kuznetsov (Senior) | URS | 43.40 | PB | +3.800 |
| 15 | Lev.37 Kuznetsov (Senior) | URS | 43.50 | | +3.900 |
| Konstantin Arjazjapov (Neo) | URS | 43.50 | SB | +3.900 |
| 17 | Tsald Gurschav (n/a) | MGL | 43.60 | NR | +4.000 |
| 18 | Bohumil Jauris (Senior) | TCH | 44.20 | SB | +4.600 |
| 19 | Jurij Trosjin (n/a) | URS | 44.60 | | +5.000 |
| Jurij Serjakin (A2) | URS | 44.60 | PB | +5.000 |
| 21 | Stanislav Seljanin (Senior) | URS | 44.70 | SB | +5.100 |
| Nikolaj Morskoj (A1) | URS | 44.70 | SB | +5.100 |
| 23 | Jirí Schöppe (M30) | TCH | 45.20 | PB | +5.600 |
| 24 | Luvsansharavyn Tsend (Neo) | MGL | 46.10 | | +6.500 |
| Emilian Papuc (Neo) | ROU | 46.10 | PB | +6.500 |
| 26 | Gheorghe Katona (Neo) | ROU | 46.20 | SB | +6.600 |
| 27 | Luvsavlkhagvyn Dasjnjam (Neo) | MGL | 46.30 | | +6.700 |
| 28 | Jurij Kubrjak (Senior) | URS | 46.50 | SB | +6.900 |
| 29 | Dan Lăzărescu (Senior) | ROU | 46.90 | SB | +7.300 |
| 30 | Victor Sotirescu (A1) | ROU | 57.00 | | +17.400 |
| 31 | Stanislav Serjogin (Senior) | URS | 58.00 | | +18.400 |
| 32 | Heikki Lötjönen (A2) | FIN | 1:02.30 | | +22.700 |
| DNF | Lev Zajtsev (Senior) | URS | DNF | | - |