| 1 | Günter Schumacher (A1) | FRG | 42.36 | | - |
| 2 | Sicco de Vries (Senior) | NED | 42.39 | | +0.030 |
| 3 | Colin V. Coates (Senior) | AUS | 42.48 | | +0.120 |
| 4 | Georg Unger (B2) | FRG | 42.57 | | +0.210 |
| 5 | Stefan Panzer (B2) | FRG | 42.70 | | +0.340 |
| 6 | Gus Katinas (Neo) | AUS | 42.74 | | +0.380 |
| 7 | Jan.50 Vermeulen (Senior) | NED | 42.95 | | +0.590 |
| 8 | Michel Piens (Senior) | BEL | 43.02 | | +0.660 |
| 9 | Thomas Nietsch (A1) | FRG | 43.15 | | +0.790 |
| 10 | Erroll Canute Fraser (Neo) | ISV | 43.27 | | +0.910 |
| 11 | Hubert Grommer (A1) | FRG | 43.28 | | +0.920 |
| 12 | Ad Overdevest (Neo) | NED | 44.06 | | +1.700 |
| 13 | Heribert Beitel (Neo) | FRG | 44.14 | | +1.780 |
| Albert Ederer (A2) | FRG | 44.14 | | +1.780 |
| 15 | Alexander Schreiber (Neo) | FRG | 44.16 | SB | +1.800 |
| 16 | Karl Merdes (M40) | FRG | 44.20 | | +1.840 |
| 17 | Henk Waanders (Senior) | NED | 44.21 | | +1.850 |
| 18 | Michael Creighton (B1) | AUS | 44.26 | NRJ | +1.900 |
| Cock Slakhorst (Senior) | NED | 44.26 | | +1.900 |
| 20 | Rainer Scharrelmann (A1) | FRG | 44.28 | | +1.920 |
| 21 | Wolfgang Schertzinger (Senior) | FRG | 45.09 | | +2.730 |
| 22 | Nico van der Walle (Senior) | NED | 45.26 | | +2.900 |
| 23 | Jacques Segers (Neo) | NED | 45.66 | | +3.300 |
| 24 | Ruud Ruiterman (Neo) | NED | 46.05 | SB | +3.690 |
| 25 | Hans Colijn (n/a) | NED | 46.20 | PB | +3.840 |
| 26 | Willy Caboor (M40) | BEL | 46.31 | | +3.950 |
| 27 | Martin Botter (Neo) | NED | 46.63 | | +4.270 |
| 28 | Willie Duininck (Senior) | BEL | 47.08 | | +4.720 |
| 29 | Dieter Borsutzki (B2) | FRG | 47.22 | | +4.860 |
| Poul Veen (B2) | NED | 47.22 | SB | +4.860 |
| 31 | Thomas Zvolsky (B1) | FRG | 47.83 | | +5.470 |
| 32 | Wolfgang Seitz (A1) | FRG | 48.11 | | +5.750 |
| 33 | Hans Sieben (A2) | NED | 48.80 | | +6.440 |
| 34 | Louis Taken (Senior) | NED | 49.20 | SB | +6.840 |
| 35 | Peter Merdes (B1) | FRG | 49.35 | | +6.990 |
| Jörg Stoll (B2) | FRG | 49.35 | PB | +6.990 |
| 37 | Hans Naafs (n/a) | NED | 49.83 | | +7.470 |
| 38 | Andre Peperkamp (n/a) | NED | 50.64 | | +8.280 |
| 39 | Klaus Neumann (C2) | FRG | 51.34 | | +8.980 |
| 40 | Thomas Merdes (C2) | FRG | 52.23 | | +9.870 |
| 41 | Udo Jandewerth (C1) | FRG | 53.57 | | +11.210 |
| 42 | Klaus Donner (C1) | FRG | 54.42 | | +12.060 |
| 43 | Peter Ernst (C2) | FRG | 56.50 | | +14.140 |
| 44 | Volker Kern (D2) | FRG | 59.88 | | +17.520 |