| 1 | Dag Fornæss (Neo) | NOR | 40.10 | SB | - |
| 2 | Ard Schenk (Neo) | NED | 40.20 | NR | +0.100 |
| 3 | Johan Lind (Senior) | NOR | 40.30 | | +0.200 |
| Hasse Börjes (Neo) | SWE | 40.30 | | +0.200 |
| Håkan Holmgren (Senior) | SWE | 40.30 | | +0.200 |
| Neil Blatchford (Neo) | USA | 40.30 | | +0.200 |
| 7 | Magne Thomassen (Senior) | NOR | 40.50 | | +0.400 |
| 8 | Thomas Gray (Neo) | USA | 40.70 | | +0.600 |
| 9 | Svein-Erik Stiansen (Senior) | NOR | 40.80 | | +0.700 |
| Heike Hedlund (Senior) | SWE | 40.80 | | +0.700 |
| 11 | Manne Lavås (Senior) | SWE | 41.00 | | +0.900 |
| 12 | Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 41.20 | | +1.100 |
| Göran Claeson (Neo) | SWE | 41.20 | | +1.100 |
| 14 | John Wurster (Neo) | USA | 41.30 | | +1.200 |
| 15 | Örjan Sandler (Senior) | SWE | 41.40 | | +1.300 |
| Othmar Braunecker (Senior) | AUT | 41.40 | NR | +1.300 |
| 17 | Johnny Höglin (Senior) | SWE | 41.50 | | +1.400 |
| Ab Krook (Senior) | NED | 41.50 | PB | +1.400 |
| 19 | Hallvard Smørgrav (Neo) | NOR | 41.70 | PB | +1.600 |
| Gerhard Zimmermann (Senior) | FRG | 41.70 | | +1.600 |
| 21 | Bård Henriksen (Neo) | NOR | 41.80 | SB | +1.700 |
| Dag Nordskog (Neo) | NOR | 41.80 | | +1.700 |
| 23 | Jan Bols (Neo) | NED | 41.90 | | +1.800 |
| Jorrit Jorritsma (Neo) | NED | 41.90 | | +1.800 |
| 25 | Per Willy Guttormsen (Senior) | NOR | 42.00 | | +1.900 |
| 26 | Hans Lichtenstern (A2) | FRG | 42.10 | NRJ | +2.000 |
| 27 | Fred Anton Maier (Senior) | NOR | 42.20 | | +2.100 |
| 28 | Richard Wurster (Senior) | USA | 42.40 | | +2.300 |
| 29 | Renato de Riva (Senior) | ITA | 42.50 | | +2.400 |
| Bernd Hasieber (Senior) | FRG | 42.50 | | +2.400 |
| Ivar.42 Eriksen (Senior) | NOR | 42.50 | | +2.400 |
| 32 | Michel Thépénier (Neo) | FRA | 42.60 | PB | +2.500 |
| 33 | Jürgen Traub (Senior) | FRG | 43.20 | | +3.100 |
| 34 | Arie Eriks (Neo) | NED | 43.30 | | +3.200 |
| 35 | Dick Stekelenburg (A2) | NED | 44.00 | | +3.900 |
| 36 | Peter Thiele (Senior) | FRG | 44.30 | SB | +4.200 |
| 37 | Wim Beukers (Senior) | NED | 44.50 | | +4.400 |