| 1 | Gaétan Boucher (Senior) | CAN | 38.21 | (2) | | 1:15.95 | (2) | | 38.02 | (4) | | 1:14.99 | (1) | TR | 151.700 | TR | - |
| 2 | Sergej Khlebnikov (Senior) | URS | 38.24 | (3) | | 1:15.50 | (1) | TR | 37.98 | (3) | | 1:15.48 | (2) | | 151.710 | | +0.010 |
| 3 | Kai Arne Engelstad (Senior) | NOR | 38.69 | (9) | | 1:16.82 | (3) | | 38.14 | (8) | PB | 1:16.21 | (3) | SB | 153.345 | SB | +1.645 |
| 4 | Keith Nick Thometz (Neo) | USA | 38.41 | (5) | | 1:17.47 | (5) | | 38.12 | (7) | | 1:16.82 | (5) | | 153.675 | | +1.975 |
| 5 | Sergej Fokitsjev (Neo) | URS | 37.92 | (1) | TR | 1:18.88 | (16) | | 37.74 | (1) | TR | 1:18.89 | (18) | | 154.545 | | +2.845 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Danilin (Neo) | URS | 38.52 | (6) | | 1:18.18 | (8) | | 38.03 | (5) | | 1:18.30 | (12) | | 154.790 | SB | +3.090 |
| 7 | Dan Jansen (A2) | USA | 38.63 | (8) | TRJ | 1:17.97 | (6) | TRJ | 38.06 | (6) | TRJ | 1:18.38 | (13) | TRJ | 154.865 | TRJ | +3.165 |
| 8 | Akira Kuroiwa (Neo) | JPN | 38.28 | (4) | | 1:19.12 | (18) | | 37.90 | (2) | | 1:18.43 | (15) | | 154.955 | | +3.255 |
| 9 | Kimihiro Hamaya (Neo) | JPN | 38.72 | (10) | | 1:18.50 | (10) | | 38.72 | (17) | | 1:17.43 | (7) | | 155.405 | SB | +3.705 |
| 10 | Uwe-Jens Mey (Neo) | GDR | 38.60 | (7) | | 1:19.33 | (19) | | 38.35 | (11) | | 1:17.87 | (10) | | 155.550 | | +3.850 |
| 11 | Hein Vergeer (Neo) | NED | 39.12 | (19) | | 1:18.51 | (11) | | 38.51 | (13) | | 1:17.56 | (8) | | 155.665 | | +3.965 |
| 12 | Jacques Thibault (Senior) | CAN | 39.07 | (18) | | 1:18.64 | (12) | | 38.40 | (12) | SB | 1:17.79 | (9) | SB | 155.685 | SB | +3.985 |
| 13 | Frode Rønning (Senior) | NOR | 38.90 | (15) | | 1:18.17 | (7) | | 38.71 | (16) | | 1:18.14 | (11) | | 155.765 | | +4.065 |
| 14 | Jouko Vesterlund (Senior) | FIN | 38.77 | (12) | | 1:18.32 | (9) | | 38.69 | (15) | | 1:18.40 | (14) | | 155.820 | SB | +4.120 |
| 15 | Rolf Falk-Larssen (Senior) | NOR | 39.21 | (20) | | 1:18.65 | (13) | | 39.07 | (23) | | 1:17.37 | (6) | SB | 156.290 | PB | +4.590 |
| 16 | Yasuhi Suzuki (Neo) | JPN | 38.76 | (11) | | 1:20.09 | (25) | | 38.18 | (9) | | 1:19.02 | (20) | | 156.495 | SB | +4.795 |
| 17 | Daniel Immerfall (Senior) | USA | 38.97 | (16) | | 1:18.76 | (14) | | 38.76 | (18) | | 1:19.42 | (22) | | 156.820 | SB | +5.120 |
| 18 | Jan Ykema (Neo) | NED | 38.89 | (13) | | 1:19.36 | (20) | | 39.18 | (25) | | 1:18.82 | (17) | | 157.160 | | +5.460 |
| 19 | Urpo Pikkupeura (Senior) | FIN | 39.71 | (24) | | 1:18.89 | (17) | | 38.99 | (22) | | 1:18.55 | (16) | | 157.420 | SB | +5.720 |
| 20 | Fritz Gawenus (Senior) | FRG | 39.36 | (21) | | 1:18.87 | (15) | | 39.19 | (26) | | 1:18.96 | (19) | | 157.465 | | +5.765 |
| 21 | Ron Ket (Senior) | NED | 39.43 | (22) | | 1:19.58 | (21) | | 38.96 | (20) | | 1:19.39 | (21) | | 157.875 | | +6.175 |
| 22 | Yoshihiro Kitazawa (Neo) | JPN | 38.89 | (13) | | 1:21.64 | (27) | | 38.19 | (10) | | 1:20.42 | (27) | | 158.110 | SB | +6.410 |
| 23 | Jan-Åke Carlberg (Senior) | SWE | 39.06 | (17) | | 1:20.06 | (24) | | 39.07 | (23) | | 1:20.27 | (24) | | 158.295 | SB | +6.595 |
| 24 | Göran.58 Johansson (Senior) | SWE | 39.51 | (23) | | 1:19.90 | (22) | | 38.96 | (20) | | 1:19.91 | (23) | | 158.375 | | +6.675 |
| 25 | Geert Kuiper (Neo) | NED | 40.01 | (26) | | 1:20.72 | (26) | | 38.84 | (19) | | 1:20.39 | (26) | | 159.405 | | +7.705 |
| 26 | Marc Vernier (Senior) | FRA | 40.13 | (27) | | 1:19.91 | (23) | | 39.90 | (28) | | 1:20.29 | (25) | | 160.130 | | +8.430 |
| 27 | Daniel Turcotte (Neo) | CAN | 39.82 | (25) | | 1:22.06 | (28) | | 39.54 | (27) | | 1:20.96 | (28) | | 160.870 | | +9.170 |
| 28 | Erik Henriksen (Senior) | USA | - | | | 1:17.42 | (4) | | 38.55 | (14) | | 1:16.44 | (4) | | 115.480 | | - |