| 1 | Eric Heiden (Neo) | USA | 38.03 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Jevgenij Kulikov (Senior) | URS | 38.37 | | +0.340 |
| 3 | Lieuwe de Boer (Senior) | NED | 38.48 | | +0.450 |
| 4 | Frode Rønning (Neo) | NOR | 38.66 | | +0.630 |
| 5 | Daniel Immerfall (Senior) | USA | 38.69 | | +0.660 |
| 6 | Jarle.55 Pedersen (Senior) | NOR | 38.83 | | +0.800 |
| 7 | Anatolij Medennikov (Neo) | URS | 38.88 | | +0.850 |
| 8 | Gaétan Boucher (Neo) | CAN | 38.90 | | +0.870 |
| 9 | Jan Jóźwik (Senior) | POL | 39.01 | | +0.980 |
| 10 | Jan-Åke Carlberg (Neo) | SWE | 39.03 | | +1.000 |
| 11 | Steffen Doering (A2) | GDR | 39.06 | | +1.030 |
| 12 | Oloph Granath (Senior) | SWE | 39.15 | | +1.120 |
| 13 | Andreas Dietel (Neo) | GDR | 39.21 | | +1.180 |
| 14 | Kaoru Fukuda (Senior) | JPN | 39.24 | | +1.210 |
| 15 | Sergej Khlebnikov (Senior) | URS | 39.25 | | +1.220 |
| 16 | Bert de Jong (Senior) | NED | 39.30 | | +1.270 |
| Kai Arne Engelstad (Senior) | NOR | 39.30 | | +1.270 |
| 18 | Jukka Salmela (Neo) | FIN | 39.32 | | +1.290 |
| 19 | Yeong-Ha Lee (Neo) | KOR | 39.33 | | +1.300 |
| 20 | Kazuaki Ichimura (Neo) | JPN | 39.44 | | +1.410 |
| 21 | Emmanuel Michon (Senior) | FRA | 39.47 | | +1.440 |
| 22 | Pertti Niittylä (Senior) | FIN | 39.54 | | +1.510 |
| 23 | Nianchun Wang (Neo) | CHN | 39.73 | NR | +1.700 |
| 24 | James "Jim" Chapin (Senior) | USA | 39.74 | | +1.710 |
| 25 | Esa Puolakka (Neo) | FIN | 39.76 | | +1.730 |
| 26 | Jacques Thibault (Neo) | CAN | 40.11 | | +2.080 |
| 27 | Vasile Coroş (Senior) | ROU | 40.30 | | +2.270 |
| 28 | Giovanni Paganin (Senior) | ITA | 40.42 | | +2.390 |
| Hilbert van der Duim (Neo) | NED | 40.42 | | +2.390 |
| 30 | Dezideriu Jenei (Neo) | ROU | 40.84 | | +2.810 |
| 31 | Weichang Zhao (M30) | CHN | 41.18 | SB | +3.150 |
| 32 | Michael Richmond (A2) | AUS | 41.22 | | +3.190 |
| 33 | He Su (Neo) | CHN | 41.26 | SB | +3.230 |
| 34 | Dorzsijn Tsenddoo (Senior) | MGL | 41.68 | | +3.650 |
| 35 | Temirbaataryn Njamdavaa (Neo) | MGL | 42.41 | | +4.380 |
| 36 | Johan Granath (M30) | SWE | 1:21.44 | | +43.410 |
| DQ | Archibald Marshall (Senior) | GBR | DQ | | - |