| 1st | 5 | Ickx / Pescarolo / Mass | Porsche 936/78 | Martini Racing Porsche System | 3:27.600 | 3:27.6000 |
| 2nd | 1 | Jabouille / Depailler | Alpine-Renault A443 | Equipe Renault Elf Sport | 3:28.400 | 3:28.4000 |
| 3rd | 43 | Schurti / Stommelen | Porsche 935/78 | Martini Racing Porsche System | 3:30.900 | 3:30.9000 |
| 4th | 6 | Wollek / Ickx / Barth / *Jöst | Porsche 936/78 | Martini Racing Porsche System | 3:35.200 | 3:35.2000 |
| 5th | 2 | Pironi / Jaussaud | Alpine-Renault A442B | Equipe Renault Elf Sport | 3:35.700 | 3:35.7000 |
| 6th | 7 | Haywood / Gregg / Jöst / *Mass | Porsche 936/77 | Martini Racing Porsche System | 3:37.300 | 3:37.3000 |
| 7th | 3 | Jarier / Bell | Alpine-Renault A442A | Equipe Renault Elf Sport | 3:37.900 | 3:37.9000 |
| 8th | 4 | Ragnotti / Fréquelin / Dolhem / Jabouille | Alpine-Renault A442A | Equipe Renault Elf Sport Calberson | 3:42.700 | 3:42.7000 |
| 9th | 10 | Schuppan / Laffite / Posey | Mirage M9 Renault | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | 3:45.800 | 3:45.8000 |
| 10th | 8 | Craft / De Cadenet | De Cadenet Lola LM Ford | Alain de Cadenet | 3:46.200 | 3:46.2000 |
| 11th | 47 | Fitzpatrick / Hezemans / *Ludwig | Porsche 935/77A | Weisberg Gelo Team | 3:46.500 | 3:46.5000 |
| 12th | 11 | Leclère / Posey | Mirage M9 Renault | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | 3:48.300 | 3:48.3000 |
| 13th | 19 | Grob / Edwards / *Bracey | Ibec 308 LM Ford | Ibec Racing Developments Hesketh Team | 3:50.200 | 3:50.2000 |
| 14th | 44 | Busby / Knoop / Cord | Porsche 935/77A | Porsche Kremer Racing | 3:50.700 | 3:50.7000 |
| 15th | 12 | Faure / Beasley / Phillips / Raymond | De Cadenet Lola T380 Ford | Simon Phillips Racing with Batco France | 3:51.900 | 3:51.9000 |
| 16th | 90 | Redman / Paul / Barbour | Porsche 935/77A | Dick Barbour Racing | 3:52.600 | 3:52.6000 |
| 17th | 94 | Whittington / Whittington / Konrad / *Jöst | Porsche 935/77A | Whittington Brother Inc. Racing | 3:52.800 | 3:52.8000 |
| 18th | 78 | Mathiot / Sourd / Debias | WM P78 Peugeot | WM A.E.R.E.M. | 3:52.900 | 3:52.9000 |
| 19th | 9 | Lovett / Cooper / Evans | De Cadenet Lola LM Ford | Alain de Cadenet | 3:52.900 | 3:52.9000 |
| 20th | 71 | Chevalley / Trisconi | Inaltera Ford | A. Chevalley Racing | 3:53.900 | 3:53.9000 |
| 21st | 46 | Raymond / "Steve" / Franey | Porsche 935/77A | Porsche Kremer Racing | 3:54.800 | 3:54.8000 |
| 22nd | 48 | Müller / Haldi / "Nico" | Porsche 935 | Meccarillos Cégécol Racing Team | 3:55.800 | 3:55.8000 |
| 23rd | 34 | Walkinshaw / Dougall / Quester / *Toleman | Osella PA6 BMW | BMW (G.B.) Racing-Tolemans Racing | 3:56.200 | 3:56.2000 |
| 24th | 41 | Gomes / Amaral / Guaraná Menezes / *Cachia / *Ballot-Léna | Porsche 935 | A.S.A. Cachia-Team Pace | 3:59.500 | 3:59.5000 |
| 25th | 23 | Surer / Strähl / Blumer | Sauber C5 BMW | Francy Sauber PP AG | 4:00.100 | 4:00.1000 |
| 26th | 84 | Frisselle / Kirby / Hotchkis | Chevrolet Monza | Wynn's International Belgium | 4:02.300 | 4:02.3000 |
| 27th | 27 | Charnell / Smith / Alliot / Jones | Chevron B31 Ford | Mogil Motors Ltd. with Kores Racing | 4:03.300 | 4:03.3000 |
| 28th | 77 | Raulet / Mamers | WM P77 Peugeot | WM A.E.R.E.M. | 4:03.500 | 4:03.5000 |
| 29th | 31 | Pignard / Ferrier / Rossiaud | Chevron B36 ROC | R.O.C. La Pierre du Nord | 4:04.200 | 4:04.2000 |
| 30th | 45 | "Winter" / Schornstein / Gurdjian | Porsche 935 K2 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 4:04.200 | 4:04.2000 |
| 31st | 28 | Lateste / Auboiron / Lacaud | Lola T297 BMW | Dominique Lacaud | 4:04.500 | 4:04.5000 |
| 32nd | 91 | Garretson / Akin / Earle | Porsche 935/77A | Dick Barbour Racing | 4:05.200 | 4:05.2000 |
| 33rd | 68 | Feitler / Dören / Poulain / Holup | Porsche 934 | Hervé Poulain | 4:07.000 | 4:07.0000 |
| 34th | 89 | Ballot-Léna / Lafosse | Ferrari 512 BB | Pozzi-Thompson J.M.S. | 4:07.100 | 4:07.1000 |
| 35th | 88 | Andruet / Dini | Ferrari 512 BB | Pozzi-Thompson J.M.S. | 4:07.300 | 4:07.3000 |
| 36th | 29 | Dubois / Gache / Sanchez | Chevron B36 ROC | R.O.C. Modylock | 4:07.800 | 4:07.8000 |
| 37th | 69 | Braillard / Ravenel / Ravenel / Dagoreau | Porsche 934 | Jean Louis Ravenel-V.S.D. | 4:08.000 | 4:08.0000 |
| 38th | 30 | Henry / Dufréne / Cohen-Olivar | Chevron B36 ROC | R.O.C. La Pierre du Nord | 4:08.300 | 4:08.3000 |
| 39th | 61 | Chasseuil / Lefebvre / *Dolhem | Porsche 934 | Auto Daniel Urcun | 4:09.100 | 4:09.1000 |
| 40th | 72 | Rondeau / Darniche / Haran | Rondeau M378 Ford | Jean Rondeau | 4:09.400 | 4:09.4000 |
| 41st | 32 | Harrower / Slaughter / Joscelyne / Birchenhough | Lola T294S Ford | Dorset Racing Association with Kelly Girl | 4:10.400 | 4:10.4000 |
| 42nd | 85 | Pilette / Faure / "Beurlys" / Touroul | Ferrari 512 BB | "Beurly's" | 4:10.900 | 4:10.9000 |
| 43rd | 24 | Elkoubi / Streiff / Yver | Lola T296 Ford | Pronuptia M.R.E. | 4:11.700 | 4:11.7000 |
| 44th | 33T | Evans / Down | Lola T294S Ford | Cloud Engineering Ltd. - Dorset | 4:12.000 | 4:12.0000 |
| 45th | 26 | Morand / Blanc / Vuagnat | Lola T296 Ford | G.V.E.A. | 4:12.200 | 4:12.2000 |
| 46th | 21 | Rousselot / Lemerle / Levié | Lola T294 ROC | Jean-Marie Lemerle | 4:13.700 | 4:13.7000 |
| 47th | 97 | Spice / Rulon-Miller / Perkins | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 | Charles Ivey Engineering | 4:14.700 | 4:14.7000 |
| 48th | 14 | Chasseuil / Striebig | TOJ SC303 Ford | B.P. Racing | 4:14.800 | 4:14.8000 |
| 49th | 25 | Sotty / Cuynet / Dufrey | Lola T294/6 Ford | Pronuptia | 4:15.800 | 4:15.8000 |
| 50th | 86 | Migault / Guitteny / *Vetsch | Ferrari 365 GT4/BB - 512BB | Ecurie Grand Compétition Car | 4:15.900 | 4:15.9000 |
| 51st | 87 | Delaunay / Guérin / Young / *Andruet | Ferrari 512 BB | Luigi Chinetti Sr. | 4:16.300 | 4:16.3000 |
| 52nd | 20 | Plastina / Grandjean / Luini | Cheetah G601 Ford | C. H. Graemiger | 4:19.300 | 4:19.3000 |
| 53rd | 66 | Verney / Lapeyre / Servanin | Porsche Carrera RSR | Anny-Charlotte Verney | 4:19.600 | 4:19.6000 |
| 54th | 62 | Bussi / "Segolen" / Briavoine / *Haldi | Porsche 934 | "Ségolen" | 4:21.600 | 4:21.6000 |
| 55th | 76 | Hoepfner / Dacremont | WM P76 Peugeot | WM A.E.R.E.M. | 4:22.800 | 4:22.8000 |
| 56th | 98 | Belliard / Perrier | Porsche Carrera | Thierry Perrier | 4:23.500 | 4:23.5000 |
| 57th | 65 | Salamin / Vial / Courage / Laplacette | Porsche 930 | Joël Laplacette | 4:25.000 | 4:25.0000 |
| 58th | 96 | Dieudonné / Cudini | BMW 3.5 CSL | Garage du Bac | 4:25.300 | 4:25.3000 |
| 59th | 40 | Schickentanz / Heyer | Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC | A.M.G. Motorenbau GmbH | 4:26.100 | 4:26.1000 |
| 60th | 22 | Cambiaghi / *Guerie / *Rénier | Lola T296/7 ROC | Agence Locomotiv | 4:27.800 | 4:27.8000 |
| 61st | 64 | Bourdillat / Bernard / Favresse | Porsche Carrera | Georges Bourdillat | 4:28.200 | 4:28.2000 |
| 62nd | 73 | de Saint-Pierre / Mignot | Alpine A310 Renault | Bernard Décure | 4:34.400 | 4:34.4000 |