| 1 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Senior) | GDR | 36.45 | OR, NR, TR | - |
| 2 | Jan Ykema (Senior) | NED | 36.76 | NR | +0.310 |
| 3 | Akira Kuroiwa (Senior) | JPN | 36.77 | | +0.320 |
| 4 | Sergej Fokitsjev (Senior) | URS | 36.82 | SB | +0.370 |
| 5 | Ki-Tae.65 Bae (Neo) | KOR | 36.90 | NR | +0.450 |
| 6 | Igor Zjelezovskij (Senior) | URS | 36.94 | | +0.490 |
| 7 | Guy Thibault (Senior) | CAN | 36.96 | NR | +0.510 |
| 8 | Keith Nick Thometz (Senior) | USA | 37.16 | | +0.710 |
| 9 | Yasumitsu Kanehama (Senior) | JPN | 37.25 | | +0.800 |
| 10 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 37.31 | NR | +0.860 |
| 11 | Yasushi Kuroiwa (Neo) | JPN | 37.34 | | +0.890 |
| 12 | Vitalij Makovetskij (Neo) | URS | 37.35 | SB | +0.900 |
| 13 | Kimihiro Hamaya (Senior) | JPN | 37.38 | | +0.930 |
| 14 | Gaétan Boucher (M30) | CAN | 37.47 | | +1.020 |
| 15 | Erik Henriksen (M30) | USA | 37.50 | SB | +1.050 |
| 16 | Menno Boelsma (Senior) | NED | 37.52 | | +1.070 |
| 17 | Daniel Turcotte (Senior) | CAN | 37.60 | | +1.150 |
| 18 | Bjørn.60 Hagen (Senior) | NOR | 37.69 | PB | +1.240 |
| Göran.58 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 37.69 | | +1.240 |
| 20 | Hans-Peter Oberhuber (Senior) | FRG | 37.73 | PB | +1.280 |
| 21 | André Hoffmann (Senior) | GDR | 37.75 | SB | +1.300 |
| 22 | Marty Pierce (Neo) | USA | 37.76 | | +1.310 |
| 23 | Michael Richmond (Senior) | AUS | 37.77 | NR | +1.320 |
| 24 | Hein Vergeer (Senior) | NED | 37.80 | SB | +1.350 |
| 25 | Jerzy Dominik (Neo) | POL | 37.83 | | +1.380 |
| 26 | Michael Hadschieff (Senior) | AUT | 37.90 | NR | +1.450 |
| 27 | Uwe Streb (Senior) | FRG | 38.03 | | +1.580 |
| 28 | Peter Adeberg (Neo) | GDR | 38.11 | | +1.660 |
| 29 | Marcel Tremblay (Neo) | CAN | 38.34 | | +1.890 |
| 30 | Hans Magnusson (Senior) | SWE | 38.60 | | +2.150 |
| 31 | Claude Nicouleau (Senior) | FRA | 38.63 | | +2.180 |
| 32 | Claes Bengtsson (Senior) | SWE | 38.66 | SB | +2.210 |
| 33 | Hans van Helden (M40) | FRA | 39.05 | SB | +2.600 |
| 34 | Christian Eminger (Neo) | AUT | 39.70 | | +3.250 |
| 35 | Behudin Merdovic (Senior) | YUG | 56.21 | | +19.760 |
| 36 | Nikolaj Guljajev (Neo) | URS | 1:02.86 | | +26.410 |
| DNS | Dan Jansen (Neo) | USA | DNS | | - |