| 1 | Keith Nick Thometz (Neo) | USA | 37.12 | | - | 25 |
| 2 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Neo) | GDR | 37.13 | | +0.010 | 22 |
| 3 | Konstantin Kharitonov (Neo) | URS | 37.17 | | +0.050 | 20 |
| 4 | Akira Kuroiwa (Senior) | JPN | 37.18 | | +0.060 | 18 |
| 5 | Dan Jansen (Neo) | USA | 37.35 | | +0.230 | 16 |
| 6 | Sergej Fokitsjev (Senior) | URS | 37.37 | | +0.250 | 15 |
| 7 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 37.80 | | +0.680 | 14 |
| 8 | Andrej Bakhvalov (Senior) | URS | 37.87 | | +0.750 | 13 |
| 9 | Konstantin Kudrjavtsev (Neo) | URS | 37.88 | | +0.760 | 12 |
| 10 | Gaétan Boucher (Senior) | CAN | 37.96 | SB | +0.840 | 11 |
| 11 | André Hoffmann (Senior) | GDR | 38.19 | | +1.070 | 10 |
| Geert Kuiper (Senior) | NED | 38.19 | | +1.070 | 10 |
| 13 | Jan Ykema (Senior) | NED | 38.20 | | +1.080 | 8 |
| 14 | Erik Henriksen (Senior) | USA | 38.21 | | +1.090 | 7 |
| 15 | Daniel Turcotte (Senior) | CAN | 38.29 | | +1.170 | 6 |
| 16 | Marcel Tremblay (Neo) | CAN | 38.37 | SB | +1.250 | 5 |
| 17 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Senior) | FRG | 38.41 | | +1.290 | 4 |
| 18 | Guy Thibault (Neo) | CAN | 38.43 | | +1.310 | 3 |
| 19 | Bjørn.60 Hagen (Senior) | NOR | 38.47 | SB | +1.350 | 2 |
| 20 | Menno Boelsma (Senior) | NED | 38.50 | | +1.380 | 1 |
| 21 | Urpo Pikkupeura (Senior) | FIN | 38.52 | SB | +1.400 | 0 |
| 22 | Patrick Seltsam (Neo) | USA | 38.60 | | +1.480 | 0 |
| 23 | Jouko Vesterlund (Senior) | FIN | 38.64 | | +1.520 | 0 |
| Uwe Streb (Senior) | FRG | 38.64 | | +1.520 | 0 |
| Göran.58 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 38.64 | SB | +1.520 | 0 |
| 26 | Ingemar Bredeli (Senior) | NOR | 38.68 | | +1.560 | 0 |
| 27 | Claude Nicouleau (Senior) | FRA | 38.70 | SB | +1.580 | 0 |
| 28 | Hans Markström (Neo) | SWE | 38.72 | | +1.600 | 0 |
| 29 | Michael Richmond (Senior) | AUS | 38.75 | SB | +1.630 | 0 |
| 30 | Bauke Jonkman (Neo) | NED | 38.76 | | +1.640 | 0 |
| Bengt Halvorsen (Senior) | NOR | 38.76 | SB | +1.640 | 0 |
| 32 | Peter Adeberg (A2) | GDR | 38.81 | | +1.690 | 0 |
| 33 | Fritz Gawenus (Senior) | FRG | 38.94 | | +1.820 | 0 |
| 34 | Jacek.64 Dobrowolski (Neo) | POL | 39.36 | | +2.240 | 0 |
| 35 | Danny Kah (Neo) | AUS | 40.49 | | +3.370 | 0 |
| 36 | Hubert Kreutz (Neo) | AUT | 41.11 | | +3.990 | 0 |
| 37 | Heinz Steinberger (Senior) | AUT | 41.30 | SB | +4.180 | 0 |
| DQ | Jerzy Dominik (Neo) | POL | DQ | | - | 0 |