| 1st | 1 | Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell | Porsche 956 | Porsche System | 3:28.4000 |
| 2nd | 2 | Jochen Mass / Vern Schuppan | Porsche 956 | Porsche System | 3:29.3200 |
| 3rd | 4 | Bob Wollek / Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin | Porsche 936C | Belga Team - Joest Racing | 3:30.6700 |
| 4th | 51 | Michele Alboreto / Teo Fabi / Rolf Stommelen | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 3:31.4200 |
| 5th | 50 | Piercarlo Ghinzani / Hans Heyer / Riccardo Patrese | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 3:31.7800 |
| 6th | 6 | Klaus Ludwig / Marc Surer | Ford C100 | Ford | 3:32.5000 |
| 7th | 20 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Jean-Louis Schlesser / Dieter Quester | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 3:33.2500 |
| 8th | 5 | Ted Field / Danny Ongais / Bill Whittington | Porsche CK5 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 3:37.0100 |
| 9th | 27 | Mario Andretti / Michael Andretti | Mirage M12 Ford | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | 3:37.0900 |
| 10th | 16 | Guy Edwards / Rupert Keegan / Nick Faure | Lola T610 Ford | Ultramar Team Lola | 3:37.6000 |
| 11th | 7 | Klaus Niedzwiedz / Manfred Winkelhock | Ford C100 | Ford | 3:38.0200 |
| 12th | 9 | Michel Pignard / Jean-Daniel Raulet / Didier Theys | WM P82 Peugeot | Esso | 3:38.0600 |
| 13th | 10 | Guy Fréquelin / Roger Dorchy / Alain Couderc | WM P82 Peugeot | Esso | 3:39.5800 |
| 14th | 3 | Al Holbert / Hurley Haywood / Jürgen Barth | Porsche 956 | Porsche System | 3:39.8500 |
| 15th | 19 | Siegfried Müller, Jr. / Walter Brun | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 3:40.5700 |
| 16th | 11 | François Migault / Gordon Spice / Xavier Lapeyre | Rondeau M382 Ford | Jean Rondeau - R. Malardeau | 3:40.7100 |
| 17th | 37 | Emilio de Villota / Alain De Cadenet / Desiré Wilson | Grid Plaza S1 Ford | G.R.I.D. Racing | 3:42.7700 |
| 18th | 17 | Brian Redman / Ralph Kent-Cooke / Jim Adams | Lola T610 Ford | Cooke Racing - Malardeau | 3:43.0600 |
| 19th | 64 | Edgar Dören / Antonio Contreras / Billy Sprowls | Porsche 935 K3/81 | Edgar Dören | 3:44.0500 |
| 20th | 36 | Chris Craft / Eliseo Salazar | Dome RC82 Ford | Dome Co Ltd. | 3:44.1200 |
| 21st | 60 | John Cooper / Paul Smith / Claude Bourgoignie | Porsche 935 K3 | Charles Ivey Engineering | 3:44.9200 |
| 22nd | 24 | Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | Rondeau M382 Ford | Otis - Rondeau | 3:46.0000 |
| 23rd | 32 | Ray Mallock / Mike Salmon / Simon Phillips | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Viscount Downe Pace Petroleum | 3:46.3400 |
| 24th | 14 | Jeff Wood / Eje Elgh / Patrick Neve | March 82G Chevrolet | March Racing | 3:47.4500 |
| 25th | 30 | Hubert Striebig / Michel Lateste / Jacques Heuclin | URD C81 BMW | Michel Lateste | 3:47.6200 |
| 26th | 31 | Geoff Lees / Tiff Needell / Bob Evans | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd. | 3:48.1700 |
| 27th | 79 | John Fitzpatrick / David Hobbs | Porsche 935/78-81 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | 3:48.5000 |
| 28th | 75 | Claude Haldi / Rodrigo Téran / François Hesnault | Porsche 935 K3 | Claude Haldi | 3:50.6400 |
| 29th | 35 | Yves Courage / Michel Dubois / Jean-Philippe Grand | Cougar C01 Ford | Yves Courage | 3:51.6200 |
| 30th | 29 | Bobby Rahal / Jim Trueman / Skeeter McKitterick | March 82G Chevrolet | Garretson Development | 3:51.7000 |
| 31st | 76 | Bob Akin / Dave Cowart / Kenper Miller | Porsche 935 L | Bob Akin Motor Racing | 3:52.3100 |
| 32nd | 26 | Jacky Haran / Vivian Candy / Hervé Poulain | Rondeau M379C Ford | Jacky Haran | 3:52.3600 |
| 33rd | 81 | Billy Hagan / Gene Felton / Tom Williams | Chevrolet Camaro III | Stratagraph Inc. | 3:52.5900 |
| 34th | 78 | Dany Snobeck / François Servanin / René Metge | Porsche 935 K3 | Cooke Racing - B.P. | 3:52.6800 |
| 35th | 25 | Pierre Yver / Bruno Sotty / Lucien Guitteny | Rondeau M379C Ford | Primagaz | 3:52.6900 |
| 36th | 38 | Christian Bussi / Bernard de Dryver / Pascal Witmeur | Rondeau M382 Ford | Christian Bussi | 3:52.9000 |
| 37th | 72 | Alain Cudini / John Morton / John Paul | Ferrari 512 BB | N.A.R.T. | 3:54.0700 |
| 38th | 12 | Jean Rondeau / Jean Ragnotti / Henri Pescarolo | Rondeau M382 Ford | Otis - Rondeau | 3:54.8100 |
| 39th | 61 | Franco Gasparetti / Roland Ennequin / Michel Gabriel | BMW M1 | Total | 3:55.4000 |
| 40th | 70 | Pierre Dieudonné / Carson Baird / Jean-Paul Libert | Ferrari 512 BB | Prancing Horse Farm Racing | 3:56.5200 |
| 41st | 71 | Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Claude Andruet / Hervé Regout | Ferrari 512 BB | Charles Pozzi - Ferrari France | 3:56.8000 |
| 42nd | 86 | Paul Miller / Pat Bedard / Manfred Schurti | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | B.F. Goodrich | 3:58.6500 |
| 43rd | 77 | Anny-Charlotte Verney / Ray Ratcliff / Bob Garretson | Porsche 935 K3 | Garretson Development | 3:58.8400 |
| 44th | 62 | Steve O'Rourke / Richard Down / Nick Mason | BMW M1 | Emka Productions Ltd. | 4:00.2300 |
| 45th | 39 | Mike Wilds / Ian Harrower / François Duret | De Cadenet Lola Ford | Dorset Racing Associates | 4:00.2900 |
| 46th | 80 | Hershel McGriff / Richard Brooks | Chevrolet Camaro II | Stratagraph Inc. | 4:00.3400 |
| 47th | 66 | Joe Castellano / Max Cohen-Olivar / Jean-Marie Lemerle | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Jean-Marie Lemerle | 4:02.5800 |
| 48th | 90 | Tony Dron / Richard Cleare / Richard Jones | Porsche 934 | Richard Cleare | 4:04.0800 |
| 49th | 55 | Martin Birrane / Neil Crang / John Sheldon | Chevron B36B Ford | Chevron Racing Cars | 4:04.3000 |
| 50th | 82 | Yojiro Terada / Takashi Yorino / Allan Moffat | Mazda RX-7 254i | Mazdaspeed | 4:04.7400 |
| 51st | 73 | Preston Henn / Randy Lanier / Denis Morin | Ferrari 512 BB | N.A.R.T. | 4:07.3200 |
| 52nd | 85 | Tony Garcia / Fred Stiff / Albert Naon | BMW M1 | Tony Garcia | 4:10.0200 |
| 53rd | 83 | Chuck Nicholson / Pete Lovett / Tom Walkinshaw | Mazda RX-7 254i | Mazdaspeed | 4:11.2900 |
| 54th | 65 | Gianni Giudici / Bernard Salam / Thierry Perrier | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Thierry Perrier | 4:12.7900 |
| 55th | 87 | Jim Busby / Doc Bundy | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | B.F. Goodrich | 4:14.0700 |
| 56th | 84 | Andy Rouse / Richard Lloyd | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Canon Cameras - GTi Engineering | 4:20.8100 |
| 57th | 95 | Raymond Touroul / Alain Gadal / Jean-Yves Gadal | Porsche 930 | Alain Gadal - Total | 4:18.8100 |