| 1st | 2 | Bob Wollek / Jochen Mass / Vern Schuppan | Porsche 962 C | Rothmans Porsche | 3:15.9900 |
| 2nd | 1 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Derek Bell / Al Holbert | Porsche 962 C | Rothmans Porsche | 3:16.6000 |
| 3rd | 7 | Paolo Barilla / Klaus Ludwig / "John Winter" | Porsche 956B | Joest Racing | 3:17.1100 |
| 4th | 19 | Thierry Boutsen / Didier Theys / Alain Ferté | Porsche 956 | Brun Motorsport | 3:20.1000 |
| 5th | 51 | Derek Warwick / Jean-Louis Schlesser / Eddie Cheever | Jaguar XJR-6 | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:21.6000 |
| 6th | 17 | Oscar Larrauri / Jésus Pareja / Joël Gouhier | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 3:23.4700 |
| 7th | 52 | Hans Heyer / Hurley Haywood / Brian Redman | Jaguar XJR-6 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:24.9500 |
| 8th | 3 | Vern Schuppan / Drake Olson | Porsche 962 C | Rothmans Porsche | 3:25.3400 |
| 9th | 62 | Henri Pescarolo / Christian Danner / Dieter Quester | Sauber C8 Mercedes | Kouros Racing Team | 3:26.6900 |
| 10th | 13 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Alain De Cadenet / Yves Courage | Cougar C12 Porsche | Primagaz Team Cougar | 3:26.9800 |
| 11th | 8 | George Follmer / John Morton / Kenper Miller | Porsche 956 | Joest Racing | 3:27.3700 |
| 12th | 18 | Massimo Sigala / Walter Brun / Frank Jelinski | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 3:28.0500 |
| 13th | 61 | John Nielsen / Mike Thackwell | Sauber C8 Mercedes | Kouros Racing Team | 3:29.2200 |
| 14th | 53 | Gianfranco Brancatelli / Win Percy / Hurley Haywood | Jaguar XJR-6 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:29.2400 |
| 15th | 10 | Jo Gartner / Sarel van der Merwe / Kunimitsu Takahashi | Porsche 962 C | Porsche Kremer Racing | 3:30.1000 |
| 16th | 14 | Mauro Baldi / Price Cobb / Rob Dyson | Porsche 956 GTi | Liqui Moly | 3:30.3100 |
| 17th | 55 | Philippe Alliot / Paco Romero / Michel Trollé | Porsche 962 C | John Fitzpatrick Racing | 3:33.8600 |
| 18th | 41 | François Migault / Jean-Daniel Raulet / Michel Pignard | WM P86 Peugeot | WM Secateva | 3:33.9700 |
| 19th | 9 | Fulvio Ballabio / Dudley Wood / Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 956 | Obermaier Racing | 3:35.2700 |
| 20th | 33 | Emilio de Villota / Fermin Velez / George Fouché | Porsche 956B | Danone Porsche Espana | 3:35.9900 |
| 21st | 63 | Siegfried Brunn / Ernst Schuster / Rudi Seher | Porsche 936C | Ernst Schuster | 3:37.4200 |
| 22nd | 12 | Pierre Yver / Max Cohen-Olivar / Hubert Striebig | Porsche 956 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 3:39.5600 |
| 23rd | 70 | Ray Bellm / Jean-Michel Martin / Gordon Spice | Spice SE86C Ford | Spice Engineering | 3:40.4700 |
| 24th | 23 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino / Keiji Matsumoto / Aguri Suzuki | Nissan R86V | Nissan Motorsport | 3:41.4900 |
| 25th | 171 | Takashi Yorino / Yojiro Terada / Yoshimi Katayama | Mazda 757 | Mazdaspeed | 3:43.3100 |
| 26th | 180 | Claude Ballot-Léna / René Metge | Porsche 961 | Porsche AG | 3:43.3500 |
| 27th | 102 | Noël del Bello / Bruno Sotty / Lucien Rossiaud | Rondeau M379C Ford | Lucien Rossiaud | 3:43.7400 |
| 28th | 74 | Stanley Dickens / Pierre de Thoisy / Jean-François Yvon | Gebhardt JC853 Ford | Gebhardt Motorsport | 3:44.5700 |
| 29th | 170 | Pierre Dieudonné / David Kennedy / Mark Galvin | Mazda 757 | Mazdaspeed | 3:44.7400 |
| 30th | 38 | Eje Elgh / Beppe Gabbiani / Toshio Suzuki | Dome 86C-L Toyota | Dome Co. Ltd. | 3:45.2500 |
| 31st | 47 | Marc Menant / Jean-Philippe Grand / Jacques Goudchaux | Rondeau M482 Ford | Graff Racing | 3:47.1700 |
| 32nd | 21 | Lionel Robert / Jack Newsum / Richard Cleare | March 85G Porsche | Richard Cleare Racing | 3:47.3200 |
| 33rd | 32 | James Weaver / Masahiro Hasemi / Takao Wada / Aguri Suzuki | Nissan R85V | Nissan Motorsport | 3:47.3500 |
| 34th | 100 | Claude Haldi / Pascal Pessiot / Roger Dorchy | WM P83B Peugeot | WM Secateva | 3:48.5500 |
| 35th | 45 | Jean-Claude Justice / Patrick Oudet | Rondeau M382 Ford | Patrick Oudet | 3:49.1300 |
| 36th | 95 | Dominique Lacaud / Yvon Tapy / Roland Bassaler | Sauber SHS C6 BMW | Roland Bassaler | 3:53.2700 |
| 37th | 89 | Martin Birrane / Martin Schanche / Torgye Kleppe | Argo JM19 Zakspeed Turbo | Martin Schanche Racing | 3:53.4900 |
| 38th | 90 | David Mercer / Jens Winther / Lars-Viggo Jensen | URD C83 BMW | Jens Winther | 3:53.8500 |
| 39th | 83 | Luigi Taverna / Tony Palma / Marco Vanoli | Alba AR3 Ford | Luigi Taverna | 3:54.5100 |
| 40th | 36 | Geoff Lees / Satoru Nakajima / Masanori Sekiya | Tom's 86C-L Toyota | Tom's Co. Ltd. | 3:54.8500 |
| 41st | 79 | David Leslie / Mike Wilds / Ray Mallock | Ecosse C286 Rover | Ecurie Ecosse | 3:55.3500 |
| 42nd | 75 | Evan Clements / Tom Dodd-Noble / Ian Harrower | Gebhardt JC843 Ford | ADA Engineering | 3:56.9900 |
| 43rd | 99 | Nick Nicholson / John Sheldon / Thorkild Thyrring | Tiga GC286 Ford Turbo | Roy Baker Racing Tiga | 3:57.3600 |
| 44th | 92 | Jacques Heuclin / Louis Descartes | ALD 02 BMW | Louis Descartes | 3:57.5900 |
| 45th | 66 | Costas Los / Neil Crang / Raymond Touroul | March 84G Porsche | Cosmik Racing Promotions | 3:59.2100 |
| 46th | 97 | Mike Allison / Val Musetti / Tom Frank | Tiga GC285 Ford Turbo | Roy Baker Racing Tiga | 3:59.6000 |
| 47th | 72 | Nick Adams / Richard Jones / Robin Donovan | Bardon DB1 Ford | Bartlett/Goodmans Sound | 3:59.9700 |
| 48th | 98 | David Andrews / Michael Hall / Duncan Bain | Tiga GC286 Ford Turbo | Roy Baker Racing Tiga | 4:02.7800 |
| 49th | 78 | Les Delano / Andy Petery / John Hotchkis | Ecosse C285 Ford | Ecurie Ecosse | 4:03.9800 |
| 50th | 111 | Pascal Witmeur / Michael Krankenberg / Jean-Paul Libert | BMW M1 | MK Motorsport | 4:08.6800 |
| 51st | 20 | Neil Crang / Tim Lee-Davey / John Gimbel | Tiga GC86 Ford Turbo | Tiga Team | 4:09.5800 |
| 52nd | 106 | Kenneth Leim / Peter Fritsch / Lars Hellberg | Strandell 85 Porsche | Strandell | 4:19.3200 |