| 1st | 11 | Manfred Winkelhock / Klaus Niedzwiedz | Ford Capri III Turbo | Liqui-Moly - Ford Zaakspeed Team | 7:18.4900 |
| 2nd | 1 | Jochen Mass / Reinhold Jöst | Porsche 908/80 Turbo | Joest-Racing | 7:27.0200 |
| 3rd | 17 | Hans Heyer / Piercarlo Ghinzani | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Martini Racing | 7:35.5800 |
| 4th | 16 | Riccardo Patrese / Eddie Cheever | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Martini Racing | 7:37.6700 |
| 5th | 12 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Nelson Piquet | BMW M1 Sauber | BASF Cassetten / Team GS-Sport | 7:37.7500 |
| 6th | 2 | Volkert Merl / Jürgen Barth | Porsche 908/3 Turbo | Joest-Racing | 7:44.2900 |
| 7th | 45 | Helmut Bross / "Umberto Calvo" | TOJ SC205 BMW | Druck-Chemie, Partner der Druckindustrie | 7:46.6800 |
| 8th | 46 | Roland Binder / Rolf Götz | Lola T296 BMW | WRT Weigel Renntechnik | 7:46.7200 |
| 9th | 3 | Siegfried Brunn / Herbert Müller | Porsche 908/3 Turbo | Dr. Siegfried Brunn | 7:48.1400 |
| 10th | 14 | Marc Surer / Dieter Quester | BMW M1 Sauber | Sauber Racing Switzerland | 7:49.5000 |
| 11th | 19 | Edgar Dören / Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 935 K3 | WERA-Meißberg Team | 7:50.7800 |
| 12th | 20 | Dieter Schornstein / Harald Grohs / Walter Röhrl | Porsche 935J | Vegla Racingteam Aachen | 7:51.3800 |
| 13th | 31 | Henri Pescarolo / Andrea de Cesaris | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Martini Racing | 7:51.6500 |
| 14th | 27 | Bob Wollek | Porsche 935 K3/80 | Preston B. Henn | 7:51.7700 |
| 15th | 25 | Bobby Rahal / Bob Akin | Porsche 935 K3 | Bob Akin Motor Racing, Inc. | 7:54.8900 |
| 16th | 15 | Guy Edwards / Emilio de Villota | Lola T600 Ford | Banco Occidental/Ultramar/Team Lola | 7:56.5800 |
| 17th | 22 | Claude Haldi / Charles Mendez | Porsche 935/77A | Claude Haldi | 8:01.6200 |
| 18th | 38 | Kurt König / Peter Oberndorfer | BMW M1 | Kurt König | 8:01.8100 |
| 19th | 24 | Derek Bell / Helmut Henzler | BMW M1 Gr.5 | EMKA Productions Ltd. | 8:04.3900 |
| 20th | 23 | John Cooper / Dudley Wood | Porsche 935 K3 | Charles Ivey Racing | 8:07.9700 |
| 21st | 60 | Giorgio Schön / Siegfried Müller, Jr. / Giorgio Pianta | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Jolly Club | 8:13.7600 |
| 22nd | 51 | Max Sigrist | Lola T290 BMW | Formel Rennsportclub der Schweiz | 8:17.3900 |
| 23rd | 7 | Rolf Götz / Roland Binder | Chevron B31 Ford | WRT Weigel Renntechnik | 8:18.8900 |
| 24th | 6 | Kurt Hild / Ralf Walter | TOJ SC306 Ford | Kurt Hild | 8:24.6900 |
| 25th | 4 | Norbert Przybilla / Peter Hoffmann | TOJ SC302 Ford | Automobil-Club 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC | 8:27.2900 |
| 26th | 37 | Hermann-Peter Duge / Jürgen Lässig | BMW M1 | WERA-Meißberg Team | 8:31.6100 |
| 27th | 36 | Mario Ketterer / Jörg Denzel / Eckhard Schimpf | BMW 320i | Jägermeister-Racing-Team | 8:42.6900 |
| 28th | 18 | Martino Finotto / Carlo Facetti | Ferrari 308 GTB Turbo | Jolly Club | 8:44.9400 |
| 29th | 35 | Walter Nussbaumer / Anton Fischhaber | BMW 320i | Jägermeister-Racing-Team | 8:45.2200 |
| 30th | 44 | Peter Zbinden / Edi Kofel | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Formel Rennsport Club | 8:45.6000 |
| 31st | 54 | Hans Forster / Eugen Grupp | TOJ SC206 BMW Turbo | Renngemeinschaft Ulm | 8:47.0900 |
| 32nd | 53 | Eugen Grupp | Lola T297 BMW | Renngemeinschaft Ulm | 8:49.3800 |
| 33rd | 43 | Richard Lloyd / Tony Dron | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Canon Cameras Racing with GTI | 8:50.6000 |
| 34th | 21 | Franz Gschwender / Wolf-Dieter Feuerlein | Porsche 935 | Valvoline Racing Hamburg | 8:51.0000 |
| 35th | 50 | Mike Chittenden | Vogue SP2 Ford | David Mercer | 8:52.9700 |
| 36th | 8 | Siegfried Rieger / John Blanckley | McLaren M8 Chevrolet | WRT Weigel Renntechnik | 8:54.0300 |
| 37th | 47 | Tony Birchenhough / Brian Joscelyne | Lola T297 Ford | Dorset Racing Associates | 8:57.3400 |
| 38th | 41 | Helmut Gall / Wolfgang Hansen / Karl-Heinz Hauwarth | Porsche 930 | Kannacher GT Racing | 8:57.6700 |
| 39th | 48 | Bruce Venn / Rob Tennant / Richard Jones | Chevron B36 Ford | G.T.P. International Racing Ltd. | 9:00.7600 |
| 40th | 55 | Peter Hardt / Heinz Hardt | Landar LRB BMW | Auto-Kümpel Bonn - Leyland- und Datsun-Vertragshändler | 9:08.0200 |
| 41st | 108 | Richard Bremmekamp / Werner Felder | BMW 320/6 | Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach eV im ADAC | 9:09.6100 |
| 42nd | 61 | Fred Stiff / Ray Ratcliff | Mazda RX-7 | Z+W Enterprises | 9:13.4300 |
| 43rd | 97 | Michael Middelhaufe | BMW 2002 TI | Yale Stapler Team | 9:16.1200 |
| 44th | 34 | Richard Cleare / David Kennedy | Porsche 934 | Richard Cleare | 9:20.0300 |
| 45th | 87 | Franz-Josef Bröhling / Jochen Felder | Ford Escort II RS 2000 | Brauneiser Renntechnik Köln | 9:21.2000 |
| 46th | 81 | Werner Struck / Kennerth Persson / Olaf Manthey | Ford Escort II RS 1800 BDA | Werner Struck | 9:21.3100 |
| 47th | 114 | Günter Bochem / Lothar vom Stein | BMW 2002 TI | Günter Bochem | 9:22.8700 |
| 48th | 90 | Herbert Kummle | Ford Escort II RS 2000 | Heidapel Racing Team | 9:23.7000 |
| 49th | 71 | Helmut Döring / Hanno Schumacher / Mark Thatcher | Ford Capri III | Gilden-Kölsch-Racing-Team 1 | 9:24.2300 |
| 50th | 119 | Wolf-Dieter Feuerlein / Heinz Schaaf | Audi 80 GTE | Valvoline Racing Team Hamburg | 9:26.3300 |
| 51st | 88 | Kurt Hens / Peter Biewald | Ford Escort RS 2000 | Brauneiser Renntechnik Köln | 9:27.4500 |
| 52nd | 105 | Jörg Helmig / Michael Degenhardt | Opel Ascona B | Pioneer Hifi Racing | 9:27.8800 |
| 53rd | 82 | Dieter Selzer / Andreas Schall | Ford Escort II RS 2000 | Ford Berkenkamp Racing Worms-Hamburg | 9:28.3900 |
| 54th | 117 | Volker Strycek / Bernhard Schmitz-Moormann | Toyota Celica | Hacheney Team | 9:28.5000 |
| 55th | 9 | Karl-Adolf Kneip / Peter Hardt | KMW SP30 Porsche | Auto Kümpel Bonn - Leyland- und Datsun-Vertragshändler | 9:30.3700 |
| 56th | 85 | Bernhard Dransmann / Dieter Gartmann | Ford Escort II RS 2000 | Heidapel Racing Team | 9:30.8600 |
| 57th | 42 | Jan Lundgårdh | Porsche 935 L1 | Tuff-Kote-Dinol | 9:30.9500 |
| 58th | 40 | Fritz-Richard Friebel / Karl-Josef Römer | Porsche 930 | Kannacher GT Racing | 9:32.1200 |
| 59th | 73 | Herbert Herler / Günter Filthaut / Dieter Hühnermann | Opel Monza 3.0E | Gilden-Kölsch-Racing-Team | 9:33.2800 |
| 60th | 111 | Walter Prüser / Peter Sieben / Friedhelm Coenen | BMW 320i | Rheydter Club für Motorsport | 9:33.7400 |
| 61st | 58 | Wolfgang Offermann / Wolf-Dieter Mantzel | Opel Ascona 400 | Pioneer Hifi Racing | 9:33.9100 |
| 62nd | 95 | Werner Prinz / Wolfgang Walter | Opel Ascona B i2000 | Veltmann-Opel-Tuning | 9:33.9900 |
| 63rd | 89 | Jochen Felder / Willi Wipperfürth | Ford Escort II RS 2000 | Brauneiser Renntechnik Köln | 9:34.5200 |
| 64th | 86 | Helmut Döring | Ford Escort RS 2000 | Heidapel Racing Team | 9:34.8300 |
| 65th | 103 | Christoph Esser / Klaus Müller / Christoph Bähr | Opel Kadett GT/E | Pioneer Hifi Racing | 9:35.4800 |
| 66th | 84 | Herbert Asselborn / Hartmut Bauer / Detlef Deege | Ford Escort RS 2000 | KWS-Motorsport | 9:36.2800 |
| 67th | 39 | Armin Siefener / Bernd Schiller | Porsche 930 | Automobil-Club 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC | 9:37.6630 |
| 68th | 98 | Kurt Hens / Peter Biewald | BMW 2002 TI | Yale Stapler Team | 9:37.7200 |
| 69th | 123 | Karl-Ernst Brune / Winfried van Osten | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV | Alfa Romeo Autohaus Brune, Wülfrath | 9:38.7700 |
| 70th | 107 | Hans Weißgerber / Jürgen Möhle | BMW 2002 TI | Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach eV im ADAC | 9:39.0400 |
| 71st | 92 | Helmut Titz / Friedrich Schütte | Opel Kadett GT/E | Mich Opel Tuning | 9:39.2900 |
| 72nd | 93 | Karl-Heinz Schäfer | Opel Ascona | Mich Opel Tuning | 9:39.7100 |