| 1 | Richard McDermott (Neo) | USA | 40.10 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Alv Gjestvang (Senior) | NOR | 40.60 | NR | +0.500 |
| Jevgenij Grisjin (M30) | URS | 40.60 | | +0.500 |
| Vladimirs Orlovs (Senior) | URS | 40.60 | | +0.500 |
| 5 | Keiichi Suzuki (Neo) | JPN | 40.70 | | +0.600 |
| 6 | Edward Rudolph (Neo) | USA | 40.90 | | +0.800 |
| 7 | Heike Hedlund (Neo) | SWE | 41.00 | | +0.900 |
| 8 | Villy Haugen (A2) | NOR | 41.10 | PB | +1.000 |
| William Disney (M30) | USA | 41.10 | | +1.000 |
| 10 | Simo Rinne (Neo) | FIN | 41.40 | SB | +1.300 |
| Raymond Fonvieille (Neo) | FRA | 41.40 | NR | +1.300 |
| Hroar Elvenes (M30) | NOR | 41.40 | NRM | +1.300 |
| Rafail Gratsj (Senior) | URS | 41.40 | | +1.300 |
| 14 | Thomas Gray (A2) | USA | 41.50 | | +1.400 |
| 15 | Boris Guljajev (Neo) | URS | 41.70 | | +1.600 |
| 16 | Pekka Lattunen (Senior) | FIN | 41.80 | | +1.700 |
| Helmut Kuhnert (Senior) | GDR | 41.80 | PB | +1.700 |
| Fumio Nagakubo (Senior) | JPN | 41.80 | PB | +1.700 |
| 19 | Juhani.35 Järvinen (Senior) | FIN | 41.90 | PB | +1.800 |
| Zin-Hook Kim (Senior) | PRK | 41.90 | NR | +1.800 |
| 21 | Magne Thomassen (Neo) | NOR | 42.00 | | +1.900 |
| 22 | Björn Lekman (A2) | SWE | 42.10 | | +2.000 |
| 23 | Toivo Salonen (M30) | FIN | 42.20 | | +2.100 |
| 24 | Herbert Höfl (Neo) | FRG | 42.30 | SB | +2.200 |
| Günter Tilch (Senior) | GDR | 42.30 | SB | +2.200 |
| 26 | Andre Kouprianoff (Senior) | FRA | 42.50 | SB | +2.400 |
| 27 | Terence Malkin (Senior) | GBR | 42.60 | NR | +2.500 |
| 28 | Bo Ollander (Neo) | SWE | 42.60 | | +2.500 |
| 29 | Manne Lavås (Neo) | SWE | 42.70 | | +2.600 |
| 30 | Sung-Ryool Ri (Neo) | PRK | 43.00 | PB | +2.900 |
| 31 | Elio Locatelli (Neo) | ITA | 43.10 | | +3.000 |
| 32 | Oldrich Teplý (Senior) | TCH | 43.20 | | +3.100 |
| 33 | Francois Brueren (Senior) | BEL | 43.40 | NR | +3.300 |
| Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 43.40 | | +3.300 |
| 35 | Manfred Zojer (Senior) | AUT | 43.50 | PB | +3.400 |
| 36 | Peter Toyfl (Neo) | AUT | 43.70 | PB | +3.600 |
| 37 | Mihály Martos (A2) | HUN | 44.00 | | +3.900 |
| 38 | Luvsavlkhagvyn Dasjnjam (Senior) | MGL | 44.10 | | +4.000 |
| 39 | Ralf Olin (M35) | CAN | 44.20 | SB | +4.100 |
| 40 | György Ivánkai (Senior) | HUN | 44.30 | SB | +4.200 |
| 41 | Satoshi Shinpo (Neo) | JPN | 44.40 | | +4.300 |
| 42 | Yeong-Bae Choi (Senior) | KOR | 44.80 | PB | +4.700 |
| 43 | Jean-Pierre Gueron (A2) | SUI | 44.90 | | +4.800 |
| 44 | Thomas B. Dawson (Neo) | GBR | 45.20 | PB | +5.100 |