| 1 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Senior) | GDR | 37.05 | | - |
| 2 | Igor Zjelezovskij (Senior) | URS | 37.63 | | +0.580 |
| Sergej Fokitsjev (Senior) | URS | 37.63 | | +0.580 |
| 4 | Konstantin Kharitonov (Senior) | URS | 37.68 | | +0.630 |
| 5 | Boris Repnin (Senior) | URS | 37.85 | | +0.800 |
| 6 | Vitalij Makovetskij (Neo) | URS | 37.88 | | +0.830 |
| 7 | Andrej Bakhvalov (Senior) | URS | 38.07 | | +1.020 |
| 8 | Konstantin Kudrjavtsev (Neo) | URS | 38.10 | | +1.050 |
| 9 | Urpo Pikkupeura (Senior) | FIN | 38.54 | | +1.490 |
| 10 | Hein Vergeer (Senior) | NED | 38.73 | | +1.680 |
| 11 | Oleg Bozjev (Senior) | URS | 38.87 | | +1.820 |
| 12 | Jukka Ala-Louko (Senior) | FIN | 38.99 | | +1.940 |
| 13 | Roman Popadtsjuk (A1) | URS | 39.00 | | +1.950 |
| 14 | Roger Strøm (Neo) | NOR | 39.01 | | +1.960 |
| 15 | Gerard Kemkers (Neo) | NED | 39.21 | | +2.160 |
| 16 | Pascal Hinni (Neo) | SUI | 39.39 | | +2.340 |
| 17 | Nils Einar Aas (Neo) | NOR | 40.34 | | +3.290 |
| 18 | Jérôme Davre (Senior) | FRA | 40.93 | | +3.880 |
| 19 | Patrice Dumont (Senior) | FRA | 41.43 | | +4.380 |
| 20 | Tamás Hulman (Senior) | HUN | 41.59 | | +4.540 |
| 21 | Jon-Vegard Nybråten (Neo) | NOR | 42.77 | | +5.720 |
| 22 | Leo Visser (Neo) | NED | 1:00.60 | | +23.550 |