| 1 | Rafail Gratsj (Neo) | URS | 41.10 | | - |
| 2 | Jevgenij Grisjin (Senior) | URS | 41.60 | | +0.500 |
| 3 | Jurij.25 Sergejev (Senior) | URS | 42.30 | | +1.200 |
| 4 | Toivo Salonen (Neo) | FIN | 42.50 | NR | +1.400 |
| Alv Gjestvang (A1) | NOR | 42.50 | NRJ | +1.400 |
| 6 | Sigmund Søfteland (M30) | NOR | 42.80 | | +1.700 |
| 7 | Jurij.30 Mikhajlov (Senior) | URS | 42.90 | | +1.800 |
| 8 | Finn Hodt (M35) | NOR | 43.10 | | +2.000 |
| Viktor Kopytin (Neo) | URS | 43.10 | | +2.000 |
| 10 | Colin Hickey (Senior) | AUS | 43.20 | NR | +2.100 |
| 11 | Bohumil Jauris (Neo) | TCH | 43.30 | | +2.200 |
| 12 | Hroar Elvenes (Senior) | NOR | 43.40 | | +2.300 |
| Jaroslav Doubek (Senior) | TCH | 43.40 | | +2.300 |
| Boris Sjilkov (Senior) | URS | 43.40 | | +2.300 |
| Kenneth Charles Henry (Senior) | USA | 43.40 | | +2.300 |
| 16 | Yrjö Uimonen (Senior) | FIN | 43.50 | | +2.400 |
| Shinkichi Takemura (Senior) | JPN | 43.50 | | +2.400 |
| Gunnar.30 Ström (Senior) | SWE | 43.50 | | +2.400 |
| Johnny Werket (M30) | USA | 43.50 | | +2.400 |
| Donald McDermott (Senior) | USA | 43.50 | | +2.400 |
| 21 | Bengt Malmsten (M30) | SWE | 43.60 | | +2.500 |
| William Carrow (M30) | USA | 43.60 | | +2.500 |
| 23 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Neo) | FIN | 43.90 | | +2.800 |
| Robert Merkulov (Senior) | URS | 43.90 | | +2.800 |
| 25 | Kiyotaka Takabayashi (Senior) | JPN | 44.00 | | +2.900 |
| Roald Aas (Senior) | NOR | 44.00 | | +2.900 |
| Eugene Sandvig (Senior) | USA | 44.00 | | +2.900 |
| 28 | Oleg Gontsjarenko (Senior) | URS | 44.10 | | +3.000 |
| 29 | Matti Hamberg (Senior) | FIN | 44.20 | | +3.100 |
| 30 | Yoshitaka Hori (Neo) | JPN | 44.40 | | +3.300 |
| Takeji Asasaka (Senior) | JPN | 44.40 | | +3.300 |
| Gerard Maarse (Senior) | NED | 44.40 | | +3.300 |
| Bertil Eng (Senior) | SWE | 44.40 | | +3.300 |
| Dmitrij Sakunenko (Senior) | URS | 44.40 | SB | +3.300 |
| Patrick McNamara (M30) | USA | 44.40 | | +3.300 |
| 36 | John D. Cronshey (Senior) | GBR | 44.50 | | +3.400 |
| Wim de Graaff (Senior) | NED | 44.50 | SB | +3.400 |
| Knut.33 Johannesen (Neo) | NOR | 44.50 | SB | +3.400 |
| Jan.34 Kristiansen (Neo) | NOR | 44.50 | SB | +3.400 |
| Vladimir Sjilykovskij (Neo) | URS | 44.50 | SB | +3.400 |
| 41 | Franz Offenberger (Senior) | AUT | 44.60 | | +3.500 |
| 42 | Hjalmar Johan Andersen (M30) | NOR | 44.80 | | +3.700 |
| Vladimir Kolár (Senior) | TCH | 44.80 | | +3.700 |
| 44 | Gunnar Sjölin (M30) | SWE | 45.00 | | +3.900 |
| 45 | Kees Broekman (Senior) | NED | 45.10 | | +4.000 |
| 46 | Erich Kull (Senior) | SUI | 45.20 | | +4.100 |
| Sigvard Ericsson (Senior) | SWE | 45.20 | | +4.100 |
| Charles Burke (Senior) | USA | 45.20 | | +4.100 |
| 49 | Manfred Schüler (Neo) | GDR | 45.50 | NR | +4.400 |
| Egbert van 't Oever (Senior) | NED | 45.50 | | +4.400 |
| Knut Håkon Tangen (Senior) | NOR | 45.50 | | +4.400 |
| 52 | Ernst Räpple (Neo) | FRG | 45.80 | | +4.700 |
| Helmut Kuhnert (Neo) | GDR | 45.80 | | +4.700 |
| Nico Olsthoorn (Senior) | NED | 45.80 | | +4.700 |
| 55 | Yoshiyasu Gomi (Neo) | JPN | 45.90 | | +4.800 |
| 56 | Jeen van den Berg (Senior) | NED | 46.00 | SB | +4.900 |
| 57 | Kurt Eminger (Neo) | AUT | 46.10 | | +5.000 |
| 58 | Sverre Ingolf Haugli (M30) | NOR | 46.30 | | +5.200 |
| 59 | Arthur Mannsbarth (Senior) | AUT | 46.70 | SB | +5.600 |
| Alexander Connell (Senior) | GBR | 46.70 | | +5.600 |
| 61 | Sven.21 Andersson (M30) | SWE | 46.80 | SB | +5.700 |
| 62 | Herbert Söllner (Neo) | FRG | 47.00 | | +5.900 |
| John Graham Hearn (Senior) | GBR | 47.00 | | +5.900 |
| Erich Löwenberger (Senior) | GDR | 47.00 | | +5.900 |
| Arthur Longsjo (Senior) | USA | 47.00 | | +5.900 |
| 66 | Wilfried Janssen (M35) | SUI | 47.50 | | +6.400 |
| 67 | Michael Posch (Neo) | AUT | 48.30 | | +7.200 |
| DNF | Ernst Biel (Neo) | AUT | DNF | | - |
| DNF | Torstein Seiersten (Senior) | NOR | DNF | | - |
| DNF | Olle Dahlberg (Senior) | SWE | DNF | | - |