| 14 | Bell / Weaver / Needell | Porsche 962 C GTi | Richard Lloyd Racing | 339 | | | | Fire | C1 | |
| 10 | Takahashi / Giacomelli / Lavaggi | Porsche 962 CK6 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 303 | | | | Fire | C1 | |
| 25 | Brabham / Robinson / Luyendyk | Nissan R89C | Nissan Motorsport | 250 | | | | Oil loss | C1 | |
| 101 | Taverna / Adams / Velez | Spice SE89C Ford | Chamberlain Engineering | 244 | | | | Valves | C2 | 3:41.7300 |
| 17 | Larrauri / Brun / Pareja | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 242 | | | | Engine | C1 | |
| 21 | Bellm / St. James / Spice | Spice SE89C Ford | Spice Engineering | 229 | | | | Engine | C1 | |
| 15 | Andskar / Hobbs / Hill | Porsche 962 C GTi | Richard Lloyd Racing | 228 | | | | Engine | C1 | |
| 32 | Wada / Morimoto / Olofsson | Cougar Nissan R88V | Courage Competition | 221 | | | | Head gasket | C1 | |
| 2 | Nielsen / Wallace / Cobb | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 215 | | | | Head gasket | C1 | |
| 106 | Sebastiani / Veninata / Smith | Tiga GC288/9 Ford | Porto Kaleo Team | 194 | | | | Electrics | C2 | |
| 34 | Alméras / Alméras / Ianetta | Porsche 962 C | Equipe Alméras Frères | 188 | | | | Accident | C1 | |
| 12 | de Dryver / Gonin / Santal | Cougar C22LM Porsche | Courage Competition | 168 | | | | Electronics | C1 | |
| 23 | Hasemi / Hoshino / Suzuki | Nissan R89C | Nissan Motorsport | 167 | | | | Engine | C1 | |
| 19 | Sears / Leslie / Mallock | Aston Martin AMR1 | Aston Martin | 153 | | | | Electrics | C1 | |
| 22 | Taylor / Thyrring / Harvey | Spice SE89C Ford | Spice Engineering | 150 | | | | Valves | C1 | |
| 103 | Thuner / de Thoisy / Touroul | Spice SE88C Ford | France Prototeam | 133 | | | | Chassis | C2 | |
| 107 | Cohen-Olivar / Sheldon / Donovan | Tiga GC289 Ford | Tiga Race Team | 126 | | | | Drive shaft | C2 | |
| 7 | Jelinski / Raphanel / "Winter" | Porsche 962 C | Joest Racing | 124 | | | | Water leak | C1 | |
| 13 | Fabre / Bousquet / Yoneyama | Cougar C22LM Porsche | Courage Competition | 110 | | | | Engine | C1 | |
| 52 | Pessiot / Raulet / Gache | WM P489 Peugeot | WM Secateva | 110 | | | | Fire | C1 | |
| 102 | Hotchkis, Jr. / Hotchkis / Jones | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | 86 | | | | Oil leak | C2 | |
| 3 | Jones / Daly / Kline | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 85 | | | | Engine | C1 | |
| 27 | Konrad / Seher / Vilarino | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 81 | | | | Turbocharger | C1 | |
| 5 | Nakaya / Grohs / van der Merwe | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 78 | | | | Gearbox, alternator | C1 | |
| 177 | Serpaggi / Hervalet / Descartes | ALD C289 Ford | Automobiles Louis Descartes | 75 | | | | Pierced radiator | C2 | |
| 33 | Hoy / Alesi / Dobson | Porsche 962 C | Team Schuppan | 69 | | | | Fire | C1 | |
| 72 | Yver / Belmondo / Lässig | Porsche 962 C | Obermaier Racing/Primagaz | 61 | | | | Accident | C1 | |
| 37 | Lees / Dumfries / Watson | Toyota 89C-V | Toyota Team Tom's | 58 | | | | Accident | C1 | |
| 151 | Lombardi / Sotty / Magnani | Spice SE86C Ford | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | 58 | | | | Puncture damage | C2 | |
| 6 | Ratzenberger / Lechner / Sandro Sala | Porsche 962 C | Brun Motorsport | 50 | | | | Puncture damage | C1 | |
| 36 | Ogawa / Barilla / Cheever | Toyota 89C-V | Toyota Team Tom's | 45 | | | | Engine | C1 | |
| 11 | Fouché / Okada / Sekiya | Porsche 962 CK6 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 42 | | | | Accident | C1 | |
| 105 | Justice / del Bello / Ferrarin | Tiga GC289 Ford | Porto Kaleo/Noel del Bello | 36 | | | | Engine | C2 | |
| 38 | Hoshino / Artzet / Suzuki | Toyota 88C | Toyota Team Tom's | 20 | | | | Accident damage | C1 | |
| 175 | Bristow / Harrower / Pool | ADA 02B Ford | ADA Engineering | 14 | | | | Electrics | C2 | |
| 24 | Bailey / Blundell / Donnelly | Nissan R89C | Nissan Motorsport | 5 | | | | Accident damage => suspension | C1 | |