| 1st | 1 | Ickx / Bell | Porsche 956 | Porsche System | 3:28.400 | 3:28.4000 |
| 2nd | 2 | Mass / Schuppan | Porsche 956 | Porsche System | 3:29.320 | 3:29.3200 |
| 3rd | 4 | Wollek / Martin / Martin | Porsche 936C | Belga Team - Joest Racing | 3:30.670 | 3:30.6700 |
| 4th | 51 | Alboreto / Fabi / Stommelen / *Patrese | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 3:31.420 | 3:31.4200 |
| 5th | 50 | Ghinzani / Heyer / Patrese | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 3:31.780 | 3:31.7800 |
| 6th | 6 | Ludwig / Surer / *Winkelhock | Ford C100 | Ford | 3:32.500 | 3:32.5000 |
| 7th | 20 | Stuck / Schlesser / Quester | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 3:33.250 | 3:33.2500 |
| 8th | 12 | Rondeau / Ragnotti / Pescarolo / *Alliot | Rondeau M382 Ford | Otis - Rondeau | 3:36.900 | 3:54.8100 |
| 9th | 5 | Field / Ongais / Whittington | Porsche CK5 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 3:37.010 | 3:37.0100 |
| 10th | 27 | Andretti / Andretti | Mirage M12 Ford | Grand Touring Cars Inc. | 3:37.090 | 3:37.0900 |
| 11th | 16 | Edwards / Keegan / Faure | Lola T610 Ford | Ultramar Team Lola | 3:37.600 | 3:37.6000 |
| 12th | 7 | Niedzwiedz / Winkelhock / *Ludwig | Ford C100 | Ford | 3:38.020 | 3:38.0200 |
| 13th | 9 | Pignard / Raulet / Theys | WM P82 Peugeot | Esso | 3:38.060 | 3:38.0600 |
| 14th | 10 | Fréquelin / Dorchy / Couderc | WM P82 Peugeot | Esso | 3:39.580 | 3:39.5800 |
| 15th | 3 | Holbert / Haywood / Barth | Porsche 956 | Porsche System | 3:39.850 | 3:39.8500 |
| 16th | 19 | Müller, Jr. / Brun / *Stuck | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport | 3:40.570 | 3:40.5700 |
| 17th | 11 | Migault / Spice / Lapeyre | Rondeau M382 Ford | Jean Rondeau - R. Malardeau | 3:40.710 | 3:40.7100 |
| 18th | 37 | de Villota / De Cadenet / Wilson | Grid Plaza S1 Ford | G.R.I.D. Racing | 3:42.770 | 3:42.7700 |
| 19th | 17 | Redman / Kent-Cooke / Adams | Lola T610 Ford | Cooke Racing - Malardeau | 3:43.060 | 3:43.0600 |
| 20th | 64 | Dören / Contreras / Sprowls | Porsche 935 K3/81 | Edgar Dören | 3:44.050 | 3:44.0500 |
| 21st | 36 | Craft / Salazar | Dome RC82 Ford | Dome Co Ltd. | 3:44.120 | 3:44.1200 |
| 22nd | 60 | Cooper / Smith / Bourgoignie | Porsche 935 K3 | Charles Ivey Engineering | 3:44.920 | 3:44.9200 |
| 23rd | 24 | Pescarolo / Jaussaud / *Rondeau / *Alliot | Rondeau M382 Ford | Otis - Rondeau | 3:46.000 | 3:46.0000 |
| 24th | 32 | Mallock / Salmon / Phillips | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Viscount Downe Pace Petroleum | 3:46.340 | 3:46.3400 |
| 25th | 14 | Wood / Elgh / Neve | March 82G Chevrolet | March Racing | 3:47.450 | 3:47.4500 |
| 26th | 30 | Striebig / Lateste / Heuclin | URD C81 BMW | Michel Lateste | 3:47.620 | 3:47.6200 |
| 27th | 31 | Lees / Needell / Evans | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd. | 3:48.170 | 3:48.1700 |
| 28th | 79 | Fitzpatrick / Hobbs | Porsche 935/78-81 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | 3:48.500 | 3:48.5000 |
| 29th | 63 | Schornstein / Grohs / *DeNarvaez | Porsche 935J | Vegla Racing Team - Joest Porsche | 3:49.500 | 3:49.5000 |
| 30th | 75 | Haldi / Téran / Hesnault | Porsche 935 K3 | Claude Haldi | 3:50.640 | 3:50.6400 |
| 31st | 35 | Courage / Dubois / Grand | Cougar C01 Ford | Yves Courage | 3:51.620 | 3:51.6200 |
| 32nd | 29 | Rahal / Trueman / McKitterick | March 82G Chevrolet | Garretson Development | 3:51.700 | 3:51.7000 |
| 33rd | 76 | Akin / Cowart / Miller | Porsche 935 L | Bob Akin Motor Racing | 3:52.310 | 3:52.3100 |
| 34th | 26 | Haran / Candy / Poulain | Rondeau M379C Ford | Jacky Haran | 3:52.360 | 3:52.3600 |
| 35th | 81 | Hagan / Felton / Williams | Chevrolet Camaro III | Stratagraph Inc. | 3:52.590 | 3:52.5900 |
| 36th | 78 | Snobeck / Servanin / Metge | Porsche 935 K3 | Cooke Racing - B.P. | 3:52.680 | 3:52.6800 |
| 37th | 25 | Yver / Sotty / Guitteny | Rondeau M379C Ford | Primagaz | 3:52.690 | 3:52.6900 |
| 38th | 38 | Bussi / de Dryver / Witmeur | Rondeau M382 Ford | Christian Bussi | 3:52.900 | 3:52.9000 |
| 39th | 72 | Cudini / Morton / Paul | Ferrari 512 BB | N.A.R.T. | 3:54.070 | 3:54.0700 |
| 40th | 61 | Gasparetti / Ennequin / Gabriel | BMW M1 | Total | 3:55.400 | 3:55.4000 |
| 41st | 70 | Dieudonné / Baird / Libert | Ferrari 512 BB | Prancing Horse Farm Racing | 3:56.520 | 3:56.5200 |
| 42nd | 71 | Ballot-Léna / Andruet / Regout | Ferrari 512 BB | Charles Pozzi - Ferrari France | 3:56.800 | 3:56.8000 |
| 43rd | 86 | Miller / Bedard / Schurti / *Busby | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | B.F. Goodrich | 3:58.650 | 3:58.6500 |
| 44th | 77 | Verney / Ratcliff / Garretson / *McKitterick | Porsche 935 K3 | Garretson Development | 3:58.840 | 3:58.8400 |
| 45th | 62 | O'Rourke / Down / Mason | BMW M1 | Emka Productions Ltd. | 4:00.230 | 4:00.2300 |
| 46th | 39 | Wilds / Harrower / Duret | De Cadenet Lola Ford | Dorset Racing Associates | 4:00.290 | 4:00.2900 |
| 47th | 80 | McGriff / Brooks / *Williams | Chevrolet Camaro II | Stratagraph Inc. | 4:00.340 | 4:00.3400 |
| 48th | 66 | Castellano / Cohen-Olivar / Lemerle | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Jean-Marie Lemerle | 4:02.580 | 4:02.5800 |
| 49th | 90 | Dron / Cleare / Jones | Porsche 934 | Richard Cleare | 4:04.080 | 4:04.0800 |
| 50th | 55 | Birrane / Crang / Sheldon | Chevron B36B Ford | Chevron Racing Cars | 4:04.300 | 4:04.3000 |
| 51st | 82 | Terada / Yorino / Moffat | Mazda RX-7 254i | Mazdaspeed | 4:04.740 | 4:04.7400 |
| 52nd | 73 | Henn / Lanier / Morin | Ferrari 512 BB | N.A.R.T. | 4:07.320 | 4:07.3200 |
| 53rd | 85 | Garcia / Stiff / Naon | BMW M1 | Tony Garcia | 4:10.020 | 4:10.0200 |
| 54th | 83 | Nicholson / Lovett / Walkinshaw | Mazda RX-7 254i | Mazdaspeed | 4:11.290 | 4:11.2900 |
| 55th | 65 | Giudici / Salam / Perrier | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Thierry Perrier | 4:12.790 | 4:12.7900 |
| 56th | 87 | Busby / Bundy / *Mignot | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | B.F. Goodrich | 4:14.070 | 4:14.0700 |
| 57th | 95 | Touroul / Gadal / Gadal | Porsche 930 | Alain Gadal - Total | 4:18.810 | 4:18.8100 |
| 58th | 84 | Rouse / Lloyd | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Canon Cameras - GTi Engineering | 4:20.810 | 4:20.8100 |