| 1 | Erhard Keller (Neo) | FRG | 40.30 | TR | - |
| 2 | Magne Thomassen (Senior) | NOR | 40.50 | | +0.200 |
| Richard McDermott (Senior) | USA | 40.50 | | +0.200 |
| 4 | Jevgenij Grisjin (M35) | URS | 40.60 | | +0.300 |
| 5 | Arne Herjuaune (Neo) | NOR | 40.70 | | +0.400 |
| Neil Blatchford (Neo) | USA | 40.70 | | +0.400 |
| John Wurster (Neo) | USA | 40.70 | | +0.400 |
| 8 | Seppo Hänninen (Senior) | FIN | 40.80 | NR | +0.500 |
| Keiichi Suzuki (Senior) | JPN | 40.80 | | +0.500 |
| Håkan Holmgren (Senior) | SWE | 40.80 | | +0.500 |
| 11 | Herbert Höfl (Senior) | FRG | 41.00 | | +0.700 |
| Anatolij Lepjosjkin (Senior) | URS | 41.00 | | +0.700 |
| 13 | Ard Schenk (Neo) | NED | 41.10 | | +0.800 |
| Roar Grønvold (Neo) | NOR | 41.10 | | +0.800 |
| 15 | Masaki Suzuki (Neo) | JPN | 41.20 | | +0.900 |
| Hasse Börjes (Neo) | SWE | 41.20 | | +0.900 |
| Heike Hedlund (Senior) | SWE | 41.20 | | +0.900 |
| 18 | Valerij Muratov (Neo) | URS | 41.40 | | +1.100 |
| 19 | Gerhard Zimmermann (Senior) | FRG | 41.50 | | +1.200 |
| John Tipper (Neo) | GBR | 41.50 | | +1.200 |
| 21 | Valerij Kaplan (Senior) | URS | 41.60 | | +1.300 |
| Thomas Gray (Neo) | USA | 41.60 | | +1.300 |
| 23 | Kimmo Koskinen (Neo) | FIN | 41.70 | | +1.400 |
| 24 | Manne Lavås (Senior) | SWE | 41.80 | | +1.500 |
| 25 | Robert Boucher (Senior) | CAN | 42.00 | | +1.700 |
| 26 | Othmar Braunecker (Senior) | AUT | 42.10 | NR | +1.800 |
| Geoffrey Stockdale (Senior) | GBR | 42.10 | | +1.800 |
| Elio Locatelli (Senior) | ITA | 42.10 | | +1.800 |
| 29 | Johan Lind (Senior) | NOR | 42.30 | | +2.000 |
| 30 | Peter Nottet (Neo) | NED | 42.40 | | +2.100 |
| 31 | Günther Traub (Senior) | FRG | 42.50 | | +2.200 |
| Mihály Martos (Neo) | HUN | 42.50 | | +2.200 |
| 33 | Peter Williamson (Neo) | CAN | 42.60 | | +2.300 |
| Jouko Launonen (Senior) | FIN | 42.60 | | +2.300 |
| Tamio Dejima (Neo) | JPN | 42.60 | | +2.300 |
| Kees Verkerk (Senior) | NED | 42.60 | | +2.300 |
| 37 | Takayuki Hida (Senior) | JPN | 42.90 | | +2.600 |
| 38 | György Martos (Senior) | HUN | 43.00 | | +2.700 |
| Luvsavlkhagvyn Dasjnjam (Senior) | MGL | 43.00 | | +2.700 |
| 40 | Olavi Hjellman (Neo) | FIN | 43.10 | | +2.800 |
| 41 | Colin V. Coates (Neo) | AUS | 43.30 | | +3.000 |
| Robert Hodges (Senior) | CAN | 43.30 | | +3.000 |
| 43 | Ruedi Uster (Senior) | SUI | 43.60 | | +3.300 |
| 44 | Hansruedi Widmer (Senior) | SUI | 43.70 | | +3.400 |
| 45 | Michel Thépénier (Neo) | FRA | 43.80 | | +3.500 |
| 46 | François Perrenoud (A1) | FRA | 44.10 | | +3.800 |
| DNS | David Bodington (Neo) | GBR | DNS | | - |
| DNS | Jan Bols (Neo) | NED | DNS | | - |