| 1 | Eric Heiden (Neo) | USA | 39.69 | (8) | | 1:17.91 | (1) | TR | 39.68 | (9) | | 1:16.65 | (1) | TR | 156.650 | TR | - |
| 2 | Peter Mueller (Senior) | USA | 39.45 | (4) | | 1:19.61 | (6) | | 39.53 | (6) | | 1:18.92 | (3) | | 158.245 | | +1.595 |
| 3 | Daniel Immerfall (Senior) | USA | 39.46 | (5) | | 1:19.77 | (8) | | 38.85 | (1) | | 1:20.62 | (9) | | 158.505 | | +1.855 |
| 4 | Vladimir.53 Lobanov (Senior) | URS | 40.02 | (11) | | 1:19.03 | (4) | | 39.85 | (13) | | 1:19.23 | (4) | | 159.000 | | +2.350 |
| 5 | Anatolij Medennikov (Neo) | URS | 39.54 | (6) | | 1:20.34 | (12) | | 39.35 | (4) | | 1:19.89 | (6) | | 159.005 | | +2.355 |
| 6 | Roland Vetter (Neo) | GDR | 39.27 | (2) | | 1:20.99 | (16) | | 39.25 | (3) | | 1:21.00 | (12) | | 159.515 | | +2.865 |
| 7 | Aleksandr.57 Demidov (Neo) | URS | 39.80 | (9) | | 1:19.69 | (7) | | 39.63 | (8) | | 1:20.49 | (7) | | 159.520 | | +2.870 |
| 8 | Terje.52 Andersen (Senior) | NOR | 40.34 | (20) | | 1:19.55 | (5) | | 39.74 | (10) | | 1:19.41 | (5) | | 159.560 | | +2.910 |
| 9 | Jevgenij Kulikov (Senior) | URS | 39.19 | (1) | | 1:21.59 | (20) | | 38.89 | (2) | | 1:22.79 | (27) | | 160.270 | | +3.620 |
| 10 | Kai Arne Engelstad (Senior) | NOR | 40.06 | (13) | | 1:20.44 | (13) | | 39.77 | (11) | | 1:20.94 | (11) | | 160.520 | | +3.870 |
| 11 | Holger Reichel (Neo) | GDR | 40.03 | (12) | | 1:20.92 | (15) | | 39.80 | (12) | | 1:20.73 | (10) | | 160.655 | SB | +4.005 |
| 12 | Tom Plant (Neo) | USA | 40.15 | (16) | | 1:20.00 | (10) | | 39.96 | (15) | | 1:21.18 | (13) | | 160.700 | | +4.050 |
| 13 | Johan Granath (M30) | SWE | 40.32 | (19) | | 1:20.80 | (14) | | 39.87 | (14) | | 1:20.52 | (8) | | 160.850 | | +4.200 |
| 14 | Gaétan Boucher (Neo) | CAN | 39.66 | (7) | | 1:18.91 | (3) | | 39.43 | (5) | | 1:25.72 | (36) | | 161.405 | | +4.755 |
| 15 | Jan-Åke Carlberg (Neo) | SWE | 40.83 | (29) | | 1:20.26 | (11) | | 39.60 | (7) | | 1:21.78 | (15) | | 161.450 | | +4.800 |
| 16 | Jukka Salmela (Neo) | FIN | 40.42 | (22) | | 1:21.55 | (19) | | 40.02 | (17) | | 1:22.03 | (18) | | 162.230 | | +5.580 |
| 17 | Dietmar Semler (Neo) | FRG | 40.14 | (15) | | 1:21.61 | (22) | | 40.48 | (23) | | 1:22.05 | (19) | | 162.450 | | +5.800 |
| 18 | Scott Guy (Neo) | USA | 39.95 | (10) | | 1:21.42 | (18) | SB | 40.46 | (22) | | 1:23.02 | (28) | | 162.630 | SB | +5.980 |
| 19 | Jan Jóźwik (Senior) | POL | 40.54 | (25) | | 1:22.35 | (27) | | 40.00 | (16) | | 1:21.84 | (16) | | 162.635 | | +5.985 |
| 20 | Georg Unger (Neo) | FRG | 40.55 | (26) | | 1:21.85 | (25) | | 40.05 | (18) | | 1:22.41 | (22) | | 162.730 | SB | +6.080 |
| 21 | Oloph Granath (Senior) | SWE | 40.53 | (24) | | 1:21.59 | (20) | | 40.38 | (19) | | 1:22.33 | (21) | | 162.870 | | +6.220 |
| 22 | Herbert Schwarz (Senior) | FRG | 40.86 | (31) | | 1:21.27 | (17) | | 40.92 | (29) | | 1:21.66 | (14) | | 163.245 | | +6.595 |
| 23 | Jacques Thibault (Neo) | CAN | 40.84 | (30) | | 1:23.24 | (32) | | 40.96 | (32) | | 1:22.60 | (24) | | 164.720 | | +8.070 |
| 24 | Olav Marchini (Neo) | NOR | 41.26 | (33) | | 1:22.41 | (28) | | 40.95 | (31) | | 1:22.68 | (26) | | 164.755 | | +8.105 |
| 25 | Urpo Pikkupeura (Neo) | FIN | 41.28 | (35) | | 1:23.02 | (30) | | 40.70 | (25) | | 1:22.61 | (25) | | 164.795 | | +8.145 |
| 26 | Peter.52 Eriksson (Senior) | SWE | 41.26 | (33) | | 1:24.01 | (34) | | 40.79 | (26) | | 1:21.98 | (17) | | 165.045 | | +8.395 |
| 27 | Włodzimierz Waś (Neo) | POL | 41.45 | (37) | | 1:22.43 | (29) | | 41.53 | (35) | | 1:22.51 | (23) | | 165.450 | SB | +8.800 |
| 28 | Jarle.55 Pedersen (Senior) | NOR | 40.31 | (18) | | 1:25.94 | (38) | | 40.49 | (24) | | 1:23.70 | (30) | | 165.620 | | +8.970 |
| 29 | Rainer Scharrelmann (Senior) | FRG | 40.66 | (27) | | 1:24.15 | (36) | | 40.92 | (29) | | 1:24.15 | (32) | | 165.730 | | +9.080 |
| 30 | Paul Ederer (Neo) | FRG | 40.44 | (23) | | 1:23.52 | (33) | | 40.89 | (28) | | 1:25.48 | (35) | | 165.830 | | +9.180 |
| 31 | Piotr Krysiak (Neo) | POL | 41.88 | (38) | | 1:23.15 | (31) | | 41.66 | (36) | | 1:22.08 | (20) | | 166.155 | SB | +9.505 |
| 32 | Giovanni Paganin (Senior) | ITA | 40.94 | (32) | | 1:24.13 | (35) | | 41.20 | (33) | | 1:25.17 | (33) | | 166.790 | | +10.140 |
| 33 | Walter Köppen (Senior) | FRG | 41.93 | (40) | | 1:26.55 | (39) | | 41.26 | (34) | | 1:25.42 | (34) | | 169.175 | | +12.525 |
| 34 | Ivar Sletsjøe (Senior) | NOR | 40.73 | (28) | | 1:21.63 | (23) | | 40.86 | (27) | | 1:34.43 | (38) | | 169.620 | | +12.970 |
| 35 | Hans Lichtenstern (M30) | FRG | 41.88 | (38) | | 1:27.69 | (40) | | 42.57 | (37) | | 1:25.87 | (37) | | 171.230 | | +14.580 |
| 36 | Robert Bolduc (n/a) | CAN | 46.09 | (41) | | 1:24.78 | (37) | | 42.61 | (38) | | 1:24.06 | (31) | | 173.120 | | +16.470 |
| 37 | Jukka Ala-Louko (A2) | FIN | 41.33 | (36) | | 1:52.11 | (41) | | 40.42 | (21) | | 1:23.30 | (29) | | 179.455 | | +22.805 |
| 38 | Sergej Khlebnikov (Senior) | URS | 40.10 | (14) | | 1:18.83 | (2) | | 1:12.78 | (39) | | 1:18.71 | (2) | | 191.650 | | +35.000 |
| Frode Rønning (Neo) | NOR | 39.44 | (3) | | 1:19.83 | (9) | | - | | | - | | | 100.284 | | -56.366 |
| Hubert Hirschbichler (Senior) | FRG | 40.40 | (21) | | 1:22.17 | (26) | | 1:21.10 | (40) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Stefan Panzer (Neo) | FRG | 40.21 | (17) | | 1:21.84 | (24) | | 40.38 | (19) | | - | | | - | | - |