| 1 | Andrej Rybin (Neo) | URS | 41.76 | (8) | | 4:25.14 | (7) | SB | 2:05.08 | (1) | | 127.643 | | - |
| 2 | Nikolaj Meluzov (Neo) | URS | 41.79 | (9) | | 4:24.79 | (6) | SB | 2:06.50 | (2) | | 128.087 | | +0.444 |
| 3 | Nikolaj Guljajev (A2) | URS | 40.47 | (1) | | 4:28.37 | (10) | | 2:09.91 | (7) | | 128.501 | | +0.858 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Mozin (Senior) | URS | 42.35 | (13) | | 4:23.73 | (3) | SB | 2:07.79 | (4) | | 128.901 | | +1.258 |
| 5 | Konstantin Kudrjavtsev (Neo) | URS | 40.56 | (2) | | 4:28.28 | (9) | SB | 2:11.40 | (10) | | 129.073 | | +1.430 |
| 6 | Sergej.60 Berezin (Senior) | URS | 42.07 | (11) | | 4:24.15 | (5) | | 2:09.10 | (5) | | 129.128 | | +1.485 |
| 7 | Jurij Kljujev (Senior) | URS | 42.46 | (14) | | 4:23.97 | (4) | SB | 2:09.88 | (6) | | 129.748 | | +2.105 |
| 8 | Andrej Jermolin (Neo) | URS | 42.89 | (16) | | 4:21.56 | (1) | SB | 2:10.49 | (9) | | 129.979 | | +2.336 |
| 9 | Andrzej Jóźwik (Neo) | POL | 41.66 | (7) | | 4:33.46 | (15) | | 2:12.18 | (12) | | 131.296 | | +3.653 |
| 10 | Nikolaj Rulin (Senior) | URS | 43.10 | (18) | | 4:23.26 | (2) | SB | 2:13.59 | (18) | | 131.506 | | +3.863 |
| 11 | Han-Chjon Kim (n/a) | PRK | 42.88 | (15) | PB | 4:30.98 | (12) | PB | 2:14.33 | (19) | PB | 132.819 | | +5.176 |
| 12 | Igor Kondratjev (A2) | URS | 43.56 | (20) | | 4:33.12 | (14) | SB | 2:11.69 | (11) | | 132.976 | | +5.333 |
| 13 | Marek Łakomski (Neo) | POL | 44.10 | (23) | | 4:28.66 | (11) | | 2:13.40 | (15) | | 133.342 | | +5.699 |
| 14 | Sergej Korobov (Neo) | URS | 44.16 | (25) | | 4:31.36 | (13) | SB | 2:13.57 | (17) | | 133.909 | | +6.266 |
| 15 | Zdenek Stepánek (Senior) | TCH | 43.97 | (21) | | 4:40.18 | (18) | | 2:13.01 | (14) | | 135.002 | | +7.359 |
| 16 | Vladislav Vasikov (Senior) | URS | 41.20 | (5) | | 5:01.43 | (28) | SB | 2:12.52 | (13) | SB | 135.611 | | +7.968 |
| 17 | Oleg Karavajev (A1) | URS | 43.47 | (19) | SB | 4:46.45 | (24) | SB | 2:15.50 | (20) | SB | 136.377 | | +8.734 |
| 18 | Vjatsjeslav Bronnikov (Senior) | URS | 45.62 | (32) | SB | 4:37.87 | (17) | SB | 2:13.44 | (16) | SB | 136.411 | | +8.768 |
| 19 | Karsten Wendt (A1) | GDR | 44.96 | (30) | | 4:34.57 | (16) | | 2:17.29 | (25) | | 136.484 | | +8.841 |
| 20 | Aleksandr Sandalov (A1) | URS | 44.62 | (28) | | 4:43.29 | (20) | SB | 2:15.71 | (21) | | 137.071 | | +9.428 |
| 21 | Rene Gacon (B2) | GDR | 44.30 | (26) | | 4:42.45 | (19) | | 2:19.12 | (26) | | 137.748 | | +10.105 |
| 22 | Jevgenij Voronin (Neo) | URS | 41.13 | (4) | | 5:02.20 | (29) | SB | 2:10.36 | (8) | SB | 134.949 | | +7.306 |
| 23 | Nicolae Sandu (B2) | ROU | 45.38 | (31) | | 4:44.30 | (21) | | 2:16.57 | (23) | | 138.286 | | +10.643 |
| 24 | Ferdinánd Biró (Senior) | HUN | 44.06 | (22) | | 4:47.01 | (26) | | 2:20.35 | (27) | | 138.678 | | +11.035 |
| 25 | Jirí Kyncl (Neo) | TCH | 44.92 | (29) | | 4:49.18 | (27) | | 2:16.70 | (24) | | 138.682 | | +11.039 |
| 26 | Tibor Becze (B2) | ROU | 44.14 | (24) | | 4:44.60 | (22) | | 2:21.34 | (28) | | 138.686 | | +11.043 |
| 27 | Jirí Musil (Neo) | TCH | 44.45 | (27) | | 5:04.37 | (30) | | 2:25.93 | (29) | | 143.821 | | +16.178 |
| 28 | Aleksandr Laktionov (Senior) | URS | 58.16 | (33) | | 4:46.86 | (25) | SB | 2:07.09 | (3) | SB | 148.333 | | +20.690 |
| Aleksandr.60 Baranov (Senior) | URS | 41.89 | (10) | | DQ | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Anatolij Medennikov (Senior) | URS | 41.39 | (6) | | - | | | - | | | - | | - |
| Marek Stanuch (Neo) | POL | 43.03 | (17) | | 4:44.82 | (23) | | - | | | - | | - |
| Oleg Koposov (A2) | URS | 42.26 | (12) | | 4:27.29 | (8) | SB | - | | | - | | - |
| Song-Hi Kim (Neo) | PRK | 40.90 | (3) | | - | | | 2:15.98 | (22) | PB | - | | - |