| 1 | Jevgenij Grisjin (Senior) | URS | 40.20 | | - |
| 2 | William Disney (Senior) | USA | 40.30 | | +0.100 |
| 3 | Rafail Gratsj (Senior) | URS | 40.40 | | +0.200 |
| 4 | Hans Wilhelmson (Neo) | SWE | 40.50 | NR | +0.300 |
| 5 | Gennadij Voronin (Senior) | URS | 40.70 | SB | +0.500 |
| 6 | Alv Gjestvang (Neo) | NOR | 40.80 | SB | +0.600 |
| 7 | Toivo Salonen (Senior) | FIN | 40.90 | NR | +0.700 |
| Richard McDermott (A2) | USA | 40.90 | | +0.700 |
| 9 | Fumio Nagakubo (Neo) | JPN | 41.10 | | +0.900 |
| 10 | Henk van der Grift (Senior) | NED | 41.20 | NR | +1.000 |
| Jurij Malysjev (Senior) | URS | 41.20 | | +1.000 |
| Edward Rudolph (A1) | USA | 41.20 | | +1.000 |
| 13 | Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 41.30 | NR | +1.100 |
| 14 | Hroar Elvenes (Senior) | NOR | 41.40 | | +1.200 |
| 15 | Andre Kouprianoff (Neo) | FRA | 41.50 | NR | +1.300 |
| 16 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Senior) | FIN | 41.80 | SB | +1.600 |
| Yoshitaka Hori (Senior) | JPN | 41.80 | | +1.600 |
| 18 | Raymond Gilloz (Senior) | FRA | 42.00 | | +1.800 |
| 19 | Leo Tynkkynen (Senior) | FIN | 42.10 | PB | +1.900 |
| 20 | Herbert Söllner (Senior) | FRG | 42.30 | NR | +2.100 |
| Helmut Kuhnert (Senior) | GDR | 42.30 | PB | +2.100 |
| Günter Tilch (Neo) | GDR | 42.30 | NR | +2.100 |
| Knut.33 Johannesen (Senior) | NOR | 42.30 | PB | +2.100 |
| 24 | Manfred Schüler (Senior) | GDR | 42.50 | | +2.300 |
| Nils Egil Aaness (Senior) | NOR | 42.50 | SB | +2.300 |
| 26 | Per-Olof Brogren (Neo) | SWE | 42.70 | PB | +2.500 |
| 27 | John Sands (Senior) | CAN | 42.80 | SB | +2.600 |
| 28 | Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 42.90 | SB | +2.700 |
| 29 | Franz Offenberger (Senior) | AUT | 43.00 | NR | +2.800 |
| 30 | Ralf Olin (M35) | CAN | 43.10 | NRM | +2.900 |
| Olle Dahlberg (M30) | SWE | 43.10 | | +2.900 |
| 32 | Mario Gios (Senior) | ITA | 43.30 | PB | +3.100 |
| 33 | Jan.31 Pesman (Senior) | NED | 43.40 | | +3.200 |
| Gunnar Sjölin (M35) | SWE | 43.40 | | +3.200 |
| 35 | Roy Tutty (Senior) | AUS | 43.50 | | +3.300 |
| 36 | Antonio Nitto (Neo) | ITA | 43.70 | SB | +3.500 |
| Takeo Mizoo (Neo) | JPN | 43.70 | | +3.500 |
| 38 | Terence Monaghan (Senior) | GBR | 44.00 | SB | +3.800 |
| 39 | Renato de Riva (Neo) | ITA | 44.10 | SB | +3.900 |
| 40 | Hermann Strutz (Neo) | AUT | 44.40 | | +4.200 |
| 41 | Lawrence Mason (Senior) | CAN | 44.70 | PB | +4.500 |
| 42 | Jouko Jokinen (Neo) | FIN | 45.10 | | +4.900 |
| 43 | Shinkichi Takemura (Senior) | JPN | 45.90 | | +5.700 |
| 44 | Yeong Jang (Senior) | KOR | 50.00 | | +9.800 |
| DNS | Terence Malkin (Senior) | GBR | DNS | | - |
| DNS | William Carrow (M35) | USA | DNS | | - |