| 1st | 17 | Stuck / Ludwig / Bell | Porsche 962 C | Porsche AG | 3:15.6400 | 249.0590 |
| 2nd | 18 | Wollek / Schuppan / van der Merwe | Porsche 962 C | Porsche AG | 3:18.6200 | |
| 3rd | 19 | Andretti / Andretti / Andretti | Porsche 962 C | Porsche AG | 3:21.7700 | |
| 4th | 1 | Brundle / Nielsen | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:21.7800 | |
| 5th | 8 | Dickens / "Winter" / Jelinski | Porsche 962 C | Blaupunkt-Joest Racing | 3:23.3000 | |
| 6th | 2 | Lammers / Dumfries / Wallace | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:23.7400 | |
| 7th | 11 | Nissen / Grohs / Fouché | Porsche 962 C | Leyton House Kremer | 3:24.7300 | |
| 8th | 36 | Lees / Sekiya / Hoshino | Toyota 88C-L | Toyota Team Tom's | 3:25.3900 | |
| 9th | 21 | Sullivan / Jones / Cobb | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:25.4200 | |
| 10th | 37 | Barilla / Ogawa / Needell | Toyota 88C-L | Toyota Team Tom's | 3:26.5700 | |
| 11th | 22 | Daly / Perkins / Cogan | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:26.7800 | |
| 12th | 3 | Watson / Boesel / Pescarolo | Jaguar XJR-9 LM | Silk Cut Jaguar | 3:26.8200 | |
| 13th | 5 | Pareja / Sigala / Schäfer | Porsche 962 C | Repsol Brun Motorsport | 3:28.0900 | |
| 14th | 33 | Redman / Jarier / Elgh | Porsche 962 C | Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team | 3:28.3000 | |
| 15th | 23 | Hoshino / Wada / Suzuki | Nissan R88C | Nissan Motorsports | 3:29.4400 | |
| 16th | 127 | Jones / Birrane / Adams / *Ore | Spice SE86C Hart | Chamberlain Engineering | 3:30.2600 | |
| 17th | 13 | Raphanel / Ferté | Cougar C20B Porsche | Primagaz Competition | 3:30.3700 | |
| 62 | Niedzwiedz / Acheson | Sauber-Mercedes C9/88 | Team Sauber-Mercedes | 3:30.4600 | |
| 18th | 4 | Lechner / Hunkeler / Reuter | Porsche 962 C | Camel Brun Motorsport | 3:30.5500 | |
| 61 | Mass / Baldi / Weaver | Sauber-Mercedes C9/88 | Team Sauber-Mercedes | 3:30.8000 | |
| 19th | 86 | Olofsson / Leoni / Morimoto | March 88S Nissan | Italya Sport Team Le Mans | 3:31.1400 | |
| 20th | 7 | Hobbs / Theys / Konrad / *Dickens | Porsche 962 C | Blaupunkt-Joest Racing | 3:32.2100 | |
| 21st | 10 | Takahashi / Giacomelli / Okada | Porsche 962 CK6 | Kenwwod Kremer | 3:32.4800 | |
| 17T | Michael Andretti | Porsche 962 C | Porsche AG | 3:33.9400 | |
| 22nd | 52 | Pessiot / Raulet | WM P87 Peugeot | Secateva | 3:34.6500 | |
| 23rd | 32 | Grice / Percy / Wilds | Nissan R88C | Nissan Motorsports | 3:34.6600 | |
| 24th | 72 | Yver / Wood / Lässig | Porsche 962 C | Primagaz Compétition | 3:35.6300 | |
| 25th | 85 | Suzuki / Trollé / Ongais | March 88S Nissan | Italya Sport Team Le Mans | 3:35.8600 | |
| 26th | 111 | Bellm / Spice / de Thoisy | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Enginnering | 3:37.8400 | |
| 27th | 42 | de Dryver / Santal / del Bello | Sauber C8 Mercedes | Noël del Bello | 3:38.3000 | |
| 28th | 202 | Yorino / Hoy / Regout | Mazda 767 | Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. | 3:39.3200 | 222.1690 |
| 29th | 201 | Katayama / Leslie / Duez | Mazda 767 | Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. | 3:39.6000 | 221.8850 |
| 30th | 121 | Taylor / Los / Clements | Spice SE87C Ford | Cosmik G.P. Motorsport | 3:40.0500 | |
| 31st | 24 | Marozzo / Frey / Randaccio | Lancia LC2/88 | Dollop Racing | 3:40.1900 | |
| 32nd | 123 | Sheldon / Harvey / Hodgetts | Tiga GC287 Porsche Turbo | Charles Ivey Racing Team Istel | 3:40.7100 | |
| 33rd | 131 | Grand / Terrien / Guenoun | Spice SE86C Ford | Graff Racing | 3:40.9800 | |
| 34th | 107 | Ricci / Ballot-Léna / Andruet | Spice SE88C Ford | Chamberlain Engineering | 3:41.1800 | |
| 35th | 103 | Coppelli / Thyrring / Salazar | Spice SE88C Ford | BP Spice Enginnering | 3:41.2100 | |
| 36th | 51 | Haldi / Raulet / Dorchy | WM P88 Peugeot | Secateva | 3:41.4800 | |
| 37th | 203 | Terada / Dieudonné / Kennedy | Mazda 757 | Mazdaspeed Co Ltd. | 3:44.9900 | 216.5700 |
| 38th | 30 | Migault / Belmondo / Katayama | Cougar C22 Porsche | Courage Compétition | 3:45.3400 | |
| 39th | 177 | Lacaud / Heuclin / Descartes | ALD 04 BMW | Louis Descartes | 3:45.9500 | |
| 40th | 117 | Schanche / Smith / Donovan | Argo JM19C Ford | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | 3:47.4600 | |
| 41st | 124 | Rousselot / Messaoudi / Roy | Argo JM19C Ford | MT Sport Racing | 3:53.2100 | |
| 42nd | 178 | Lateste / Tremblay / Boulay | ALD 03 BMW | Louis Descartes | 3:53.3400 | |
| 43rd | 151 | Lombardi / Sotty / *Vaglio | Rondeau M379C Ford | Pierre Alain Lombardi | 3:53.7400 | |
| 44th | 198 | Allison / Hynes / Andrews | Tiga GC286 Ford | Roy Baker Racing | 3:56.0000 | |
| 45th | 113 | Cohen-Olivar / de Radigues / *Lecerf | Cougar C12 Ford | Primagaz Compétition | 3:56.5100 | |
| 46th | 115 | Yoneyama / Fukuyama / Harrower | ADA 03 Ford | A.D.A. Engineering | 3:58.9400 | |
| 47th | 20 | Lee-Davey / Dodd-Noble | Tiga GC88 Ford Turbo | Team Davey | 3:59.2000 | |
| 48th | 181 | Taverna / Magnani / Ragazzi | Olmas GLT-200 Ford | Luigi Taverna Technoracing | 3:59.9800 | |
| 48th | 191 | Iacobelli / Ianetta / Graham | Argo JM19C Ford | P.C. Automotive | 4:03.0200 | |
| 49th | 132 | Yvon / Pochauvin / Bassaler | Sauber SHS C6 BMW | Roland Bassaler | 4:06.6500 | |