| 1st | 19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille / Patrick Tambay / José Dolhem | Alpine-Renault A442 Turbo | Renault-Sport | 3:33.1000 |
| 2nd | 20 | Jacky Ickx / Gijs van Lennep | Porsche 936 | Martini Racing Porsche System | 3:39.8000 |
| 3rd | 40 | Manfred Schurti / Rolf Stommelen | Porsche 935 | Martini Racing Porsche System | 3:41.7000 |
| 4th | 21 | Xavier Lapeyre / Bernard Chevanne | Lola T286 Ford | GVEA - X. Lapeyre | 3:44.0000 |
| 5th | 18 | Reinhold Jöst / Jürgen Barth | Porsche 936 | Martini Racing Joest | 3:45.4000 |
| 6th | 11 | Derek Bell / Vern Schuppan | Mirage GR8 Ford | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | 3:48.1000 |
| 7th | 10 | Jean-Louis Lafosse / François Migault | Mirage GR8 Ford | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | 3:51.1000 |
| 8th | 41 | Brian Redman / Peter Gregg | BMW 3.5 CSL Turbo | B.M.W. Motorsport GmbH | 3:53.4000 |
| 9th | 76 | John Greenwood / Bernard Darniche | Chevrolet Corvette C3 | IMSA-Camel - J. Greenwood | 3:54.6000 |
| 10th | 12 | Chris Craft / Alain De Cadenet | De Cadenet Lola T380 Ford | Alain de Cadenet | 3:55.3000 |
| 11th | 47 | Juan Carlos Bolanos / Hans Heyer / Billy Sprowls / Eduardo Lopez Negrete | Porsche 935 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 3:55.7000 |
| 12th | 1 | Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Inaltera Ford | Inaltéra | 3:56.9000 |
| 13th | 16 | Leo Kinnunen / Egon Evertz | Porsche 908/3 Turbo | Egon Evertz KG | 4:00.5000 |
| 14th | 75 | Michael Keyser / Eddie Wachs | Chevrolet Monza | IMSA-Camel - M. Keyser | 4:00.8000 |
| 15th | 57 | Toine Hezemans / Tim Schenken | Porsche 934 | Gelo Racing Team | 4:01.1000 |
| 16th | 43 | Alain Peltier / Albrecht Krebs / Dieter Quester | BMW 3.5 CSL | B.M.W. Motorsport GmbH | 4:03.8000 |
| 17th | 2 | Jean Rondeau / Christine Beckers / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | Inaltera Ford | Inaltéra | 4:04.2000 |
| 18th | 42 | Sam Posey / Harald Grohs / Hughes de Fierlant | BMW 3.5 CSL | B.M.W. Motorsport GmbH | 4:04.4000 |
| 19th | 27 | François Servanin / Laurent Ferrier | Chevron B36 ROC | Société R.O.C. | 4:05.4000 |
| 20th | 65 | Bob Wollek / Didier Pironi / "Marie-Claude Beaumont" | Porsche 934 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 4:05.5000 |
| 21st | 45 | Tom Walkinshaw / John Fitzpatrick | BMW 3.5 CSL | Hermetite Products Ltd. | 4:05.6000 |
| 22nd | 26 | Fred Stalder / Albert Dufréne / Alain Flotard | Chevron B36 ROC | Société R.O.C. | 4:07.0000 |
| 23rd | 17 | Ernst Kraus / Günter Steckkönig | Porsche 908/3 Turbo | Jöst Racing Team | 4:07.7000 |
| 24th | 69 | Claude Haldi / Florian Vetsch | Porsche 934 | Schiller Racing | 4:07.8000 |
| 25th | 35 | François Trisconi / Georges Morand / André Chevalley | Lola T292 Ford | Daniel Brillat - M. Morand | 4:08.7000 |
| 26th | 54 | Hubert Striebig / Anny-Charlotte Verney / Hughes Kirschoffer | Porsche 934 | Louis Meznarie | 4:12.7000 |
| 27th | 70 | Nick Faure / "Jean Beurlys" / John Goss | Porsche 934 | "Beurlys" | 4:13.2000 |
| 28th | 58 | Peter Zbinden / Bernard Chenevière / Nicolas Bührer | Porsche 934 | GVEA | 4:14.9000 |
| 29th | 61 | Jean-Claude Andruet / Jacques Borras / Henri Cachia | Porsche 934 | A.S.A. Cachia | 4:15.3000 |
| 30th | 52 | Raymond Touroul / Alain Cudini | Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0 | Gérard Méo | 4:17.0000 |
| 31st | 36 | Daniel Brillat / Michel Degoumois / "Depnic" | Cheetah G601 BMW | C. H. Graemiger | 4:17.7000 |
| 32nd | 31 | Tony Birchenhough / Simon Phillips / Ian Bracey / Brian Joscelyne | Lola T294S Ford | Chandler I. C. | 4:19.5000 |
| 33rd | 53 | Thierry Sabine / Jean-Claude Andruet / Philippe Dagoreau | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | J.- C. Andruet - A.S.A. Cachia | 4:22.0000 |
| 34th | 44 | Jean-Claude Justice / Jean Bélin | BMW 3.0 CSL | A.S.P.M. - Tanday Music | 4:22.1000 |
| 35th | 30 | Jean-Marie Lemerle / Patrick Daire / Alain Levié | Lola T294 ROC | Jean-Marie Lemerle | 4:22.1000 |
| 36th | 78 | Diego Febles / Alec Poole / Hiram Cruz | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 | Diego Febles Racing | 4:22.8000 |
| 37th | 72 | William Vollery / Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann / Roger Dorchy | Porsche 911 Carrera RS | William Vollery | 4:23.4000 |
| 38th | 5 | Guy Chasseuil / Claude Ballot-Léna / Xavier Mathiot | WM P76 Peugeot | Ecurie 'Batteries et Piles T.S.' | 4:24.1000 |
| 39th | 63 | Hartwig Bertrams / Heinz Martin / Egon Evertz | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Egon Evertz KG | 4:25.2000 |
| 40th | 49 | Clemens Schickentanz / Howden Ganley | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Gelo Racing Team | 4:25.3000 |
| 41st | 3 | Lella Lombardi / Christine Dacremont | Lancia Stratos Turbo | Aseptogyl | 4:26.4000 |
| 42nd | 50 | Thierry Perrier / Guy de Saint-Pierre / Martine Rénier | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Thierry Perrier | 4:26.7000 |
| 43rd | 62 | Christian Bussi / Philippe Gurdjian / Christian Gouttepifre | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Philippe Dagoreau | 4:27.0000 |
| 44th | 71 | "Segolen" / Michel Ouviére / Jean-Yves Gadal | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | "Segolen" | 4:28.0000 |
| 45th | 33 | Georges Schäfer / Riccardo Albanesi / Jean-Pierre Adatte | Chevron B26 Ford | Georges Schäfer | 4:28.6000 |
| 46th | 77 | Pierre Laffeach / John Rulon-Miller / Tom Waugh | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 | Tom Waugh | 4:29.3000 |
| 47th | 4 | Hershel McGriff / Doug McGriff | Dodge Charger | Nascar-Winston - H. Mc Griff | 4:29.7000 |
| 48th | 46 | Peter Brock / Brian Muir / Jean-Claude Aubriet | BMW 3.0 CSL | Team Brock | 4:30.1000 |
| 49th | 73 | Claude Buchet / Jean-Luc Favresse / André Haller | Datsun 260Z | Sionauto 2001 | 4:30.2000 |
| 50th | 67 | Alain Leroux / Joël Laplacette / Georges Bourdillat | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Joël Laplacette | 4:30.9000 |
| 51st | 55 | Christian Poirot / Robert Boubet | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 | Equipe Alméras Freres | 4:31.9000 |
| 52nd | 29 | Michel Lateste / José Thibault / Alain Hubert | Lenham Ford | Ecurie Anjou - J. Thibault | 4:34.2000 |
| 53rd | 82 | Jacques Marché / Martial Delalande / Max Cohen-Olivar | De Tomaso Pantera | Wicky Racing Team - M. Delalande | 4:36.4000 |
| 54th | 95 | Jean-Louis Ravenel / Jean-Marie Détrin / Jacky Ravenel | BMW 3.0 CSL | Les Maisons de Week-End | 4:36.5000 |
| 55th | 90 | Richard Brooks / Dick Hutcherson / Marcel Mignot | Ford Torino | Nascar-Winston - W.-C. Donhavey | 4:38.0000 |
| 56th | 48 | Jean-Louis Chateau / Dominique Fornage / Jean-Claude Guérie | Porsche 934 | Jean-Louis Chateau | 4:38.1000 |