| 1 | Eric Heiden (Neo) | USA | 1:55.44 | OR, TR | - |
| 2 | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (Senior) | NOR | 1:56.81 | SB | +1.370 |
| 3 | Terje.52 Andersen (Senior) | NOR | 1:56.92 | PB | +1.480 |
| 4 | Andreas Dietel (Neo) | GDR | 1:57.14 | | +1.700 |
| 5 | Jurij Kondakov (Senior) | URS | 1:57.36 | | +1.920 |
| 6 | Jan Egil Storholt (M30) | NOR | 1:57.92 | | +2.480 |
| 7 | Tomas Gustafson (Neo) | SWE | 1:58.18 | NR | +2.740 |
| 8 | Vladimir.53 Lobanov (Senior) | URS | 1:59.38 | | +3.940 |
| 9 | Andreas Ehrig (Neo) | GDR | 1:59.47 | | +4.030 |
| Jevgenij Solunskij (Neo) | URS | 1:59.47 | | +4.030 |
| 11 | Hilbert van der Duim (Neo) | NED | 1:59.49 | SB | +4.050 |
| 12 | Herbert Schwarz (Senior) | FRG | 1:59.58 | SB | +4.140 |
| 13 | Bert de Jong (Senior) | NED | 1:59.83 | PB | +4.390 |
| 14 | Pertti Niittylä (Senior) | FIN | 2:00.01 | | +4.570 |
| 15 | Gaétan Boucher (Neo) | CAN | 2:00.15 | | +4.710 |
| 16 | Ulf Ekstrand (Neo) | SWE | 2:00.23 | PB | +4.790 |
| 17 | Tom Plant (Neo) | USA | 2:00.57 | | +5.130 |
| 18 | Craig Kressler (A2) | USA | 2:00.60 | TRJ | +5.160 |
| 19 | Masahiko Yamamoto (Neo) | JPN | 2:01.25 | | +5.810 |
| 20 | Masayuki Kawahara (Senior) | JPN | 2:01.28 | | +5.840 |
| 21 | Jan Junell (Neo) | SWE | 2:02.11 | | +6.670 |
| 22 | Yeong-Ha Lee (Neo) | KOR | 2:02.37 | NR | +6.930 |
| 23 | Craig Webster (Neo) | CAN | 2:02.41 | | +6.970 |
| 24 | Yasuhiro Shimizu (Neo) | JPN | 2:04.54 | | +9.100 |
| 25 | Weichang Zhao (M30) | CHN | 2:05.48 | NR | +10.040 |
| 26 | Yoon-Soo Na (B2) | KOR | 2:06.65 | NRJ | +11.210 |
| 27 | Jacques Thibault (Neo) | CAN | 2:06.79 | | +11.350 |
| 28 | Maurizio Marchetto (Senior) | ITA | 2:07.45 | | +12.010 |
| 29 | Chengjiang Guo (Senior) | CHN | 2:08.33 | SB | +12.890 |
| 30 | Chun Li (A1) | CHN | 2:10.00 | SB | +14.560 |
| 31 | Temirbaataryn Njamdavaa (Neo) | MGL | 2:11.51 | SB | +16.070 |
| 32 | Michael Richmond (A2) | AUS | 2:13.40 | | +17.960 |
| 33 | Geoffrey Sandys (Senior) | GBR | 2:15.06 | | +19.620 |
| 34 | Alan Luke (Neo) | GBR | 2:17.79 | | +22.350 |
| 35 | Dorzsijn Tsenddoo (Senior) | MGL | 2:19.30 | SB | +23.860 |
| DNS | Yep Kramer (Neo) | NED | DNS | | - |