| 1st | 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Klaus Ludwig / Derek Bell | Porsche 962 C | Porsche AG | 3:15.6400 | 249.0590 |
| 2nd | 18 | Bob Wollek / Vern Schuppan / Sarel van der Merwe | Porsche 962 C | Porsche AG | 3:18.6200 | |
| 3rd | 19 | Mario Andretti / Michael Andretti / John Andretti | Porsche 962 C | Porsche AG | 3:21.7700 | |
| 4th | 1 | Martin Brundle / John Nielsen | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:21.7800 | |
| 5th | 8 | Stanley Dickens / "John Winter" / Frank Jelinski | Porsche 962 C | Blaupunkt-Joest Racing | 3:23.3000 | |
| 6th | 2 | Jan Lammers / Johnny Dumfries / Andy Wallace | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:23.7400 | |
| 7th | 11 | Kris Nissen / Harald Grohs / George Fouché | Porsche 962 C | Leyton House Kremer | 3:24.7300 | |
| 8th | 36 | Geoff Lees / Masanori Sekiya / Kaoru Hoshino | Toyota 88C-L | Toyota Team Tom's | 3:25.3900 | |
| 9th | 21 | Danny Sullivan / Davy Jones / Price Cobb | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:25.4200 | |
| 10th | 37 | Paolo Barilla / Hitoshi Ogawa / Tiff Needell | Toyota 88C-L | Toyota Team Tom's | 3:26.5700 | |
| 11th | 22 | Derek Daly / Larry Perkins / Kevin Cogan | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:26.7800 | |
| 12th | 3 | John Watson / Raul Boesel / Henri Pescarolo | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:26.8200 | |
| 13th | 5 | Jésus Pareja / Massimo Sigala / Uwe Schäfer | Porsche 962 C | Repsol Brun Motorsport | 3:28.0900 | |
| 14th | 33 | Brian Redman / Jean-Pierre Jarier / Eje Elgh | Porsche 962 C | Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team | 3:28.3000 | |
| 15th | 23 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino / Takao Wada / Aguri Suzuki | Nissan R88C | Nissan Motorsports | 3:29.4400 | |
| 16th | 127 | Richard Jones / Martin Birrane / Nick Adams | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | 3:30.2600 | |
| 17th | 13 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel / Michel Ferté | Cougar C20B Porsche | Primagaz Competition | 3:30.3700 | |
| 18th | 4 | Walter Lechner / Franz Hunkeler / Manuel Reuter | Porsche 962 C | Camel Brun Motorsport | 3:30.5500 | |
| 19th | 86 | Anders Olofsson / Lamberto Leoni / Akio Morimoto | March 88S Nissan | Italya Sport Team Le Mans | 3:31.1400 | |
| 20th | 7 | David Hobbs / Didier Theys / Franz Konrad | Porsche 962 C | Blaupunkt-Joest Racing | 3:32.2100 | |
| 21st | 10 | Kunimitsu Takahashi / Bruno Giacomelli / Hideki Okada | Porsche 962 CK6 | Kenwwod Kremer | 3:32.4800 | |
| 22nd | 52 | Pascal Pessiot / Jean-Daniel Raulet | WM P87 Peugeot | Secateva | 3:34.6500 | |
| 23rd | 32 | Allan Grice / Win Percy / Mike Wilds | Nissan R88C | Nissan Motorsports | 3:34.6600 | |
| 24th | 72 | Pierre Yver / Dudley Wood / Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 962 C | Primagaz Compétition | 3:35.6300 | |
| 25th | 85 | Toshio Suzuki / Michel Trollé / Danny Ongais | March 88S Nissan | Italya Sport Team Le Mans | 3:35.8600 | |
| 26th | 111 | Ray Bellm / Gordon Spice / Pierre de Thoisy | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Enginnering | 3:37.8400 | |
| 27th | 42 | Bernard de Dryver / Bernard Santal / Noël del Bello | Sauber C8 Mercedes | Noël del Bello | 3:38.3000 | |
| 28th | 202 | Takashi Yorino / Will Hoy / Hervé Regout | Mazda 767 | Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. | 3:39.3200 | 222.1690 |
| 29th | 201 | Yoshimi Katayama / David Leslie / Marc Duez | Mazda 767 | Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. | 3:39.6000 | 221.8850 |
| 30th | 121 | Wayne Taylor / Costas Los / Evan Clements | Spice SE87C Ford | Cosmik G.P. Motorsport | 3:40.0500 | |
| 31st | 24 | Nicola Marozzo / Jean-Pierre Frey / Ranieri Randaccio | Lancia LC2/88 | Dollop Racing | 3:40.1900 | |
| 32nd | 123 | John Sheldon / Tim Harvey / Chris Hodgetts | Tiga GC287 Porsche Turbo | Charles Ivey Racing Team Istel | 3:40.7100 | |
| 33rd | 131 | Jean-Philippe Grand / Jacques Terrien / Maurice Guenoun | Spice SE86C Ford | Graff Racing | 3:40.9800 | |
| 34th | 107 | Jean-Louis Ricci / Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Claude Andruet | Spice SE88C Ford | Chamberlain Engineering | 3:41.1800 | |
| 35th | 103 | Almo Coppelli / Thorkild Thyrring / Eliseo Salazar | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Enginnering | 3:41.2100 | |
| 36th | 51 | Claude Haldi / Jean-Daniel Raulet / Roger Dorchy | WM P88 Peugeot | Secateva | 3:41.4800 | |
| 37th | 203 | Yojiro Terada / Pierre Dieudonné / David Kennedy | Mazda 757 | Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. | 3:44.9900 | 216.5700 |
| 38th | 30 | François Migault / Paul Belmondo / Ukyo Katayama | Cougar C22 Porsche | Courage Compétition | 3:45.3400 | |
| 39th | 177 | Dominique Lacaud / Jacques Heuclin / Louis Descartes | ALD 04 BMW | Louis Descartes | 3:45.9500 | |
| 40th | 117 | Martin Schanche / Robin Smith / Robin Donovan | Argo JM19C Ford | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | 3:47.4600 | |
| 41st | 124 | Pierre-François Rousselot / Jean Messaoudi / Jean-Luc Roy | Argo JM19C Ford | MT Sport Racing | 3:53.2100 | |
| 42nd | 178 | Michel Lateste / Gérard Tremblay / Sylvain Boulay | ALD 03 BMW | Louis Descartes | 3:53.3400 | |
| 43rd | 151 | Pierre-Alain Lombardi / Bruno Sotty | Rondeau M379C Ford | Pierre Alain Lombardi | 3:53.7400 | |
| 44th | 198 | Mike Allison / Stephen Hynes / David Andrews | Tiga GC286 Ford | Roy Baker Racing | 3:56.0000 | |
| 45th | 113 | Max Cohen-Olivar / Patrick de Radigues | Cougar C12 Ford | Primagaz Compétition | 3:56.5100 | |
| 46th | 115 | Jiro Yoneyama / Hideo Fukuyama / Ian Harrower | ADA 03 Ford | A.D.A. Engineering | 3:58.9400 | |
| 47th | 20 | Tim Lee-Davey / Tom Dodd-Noble | Tiga GC88 Ford Turbo | Team Davey | 3:59.2000 | |
| 48th | 191 | Olindo Iacobelli / Alain Ianetta / John Graham | Argo JM19C Ford | P.C. Automotive | 4:03.0200 | |
| 48th | 181 | Luigi Taverna / Fabio Magnani / Roberto Ragazzi | Olmas GLT-200 Ford | Luigi Taverna Technoracing | 3:59.9800 | |
| 49th | 132 | Jean-François Yvon / Remy Pochauvin / Roland Bassaler | Sauber SHS C6 BMW | Roland Bassaler | 4:06.6500 | |