| 1st | 7 | Michele Alboreto / Christian Abt / Rinaldo Capello | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:37.5230 |
| 2nd | 8 | Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro / Tom Kristensen | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:37.5950 |
| 3rd | 9 | Allan McNish / Stéphane Ortelli / Laurent Aiello | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:37.6530 |
| 4th | 11 | Jan Magnussen / David Brabham / Mario Andretti | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S | Panoz Motorsports | 3:39.1560 |
| 5th | 12 | Hiroki Katou / Johnny O'Connell / Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S | Panoz Motorsports | 3:41.3590 |
| 6th | 21 | Mimmo Schiattarella / Didier de Radigues / Emanuele Naspetti | Lola B2K/10 Rafanelli | Team Rafanelli SRL | 3:42.1880 |
| 7th | 20 | Peter Kox / Jan Lammers / Tom Coronel | Lola B2K/10 Ford | Konrad Motorsport | 3:43.5840 |
| 8th | 24 | Stefan Johansson / Guy Smith / Jim Matthews | Reynard 2KQ Judd | Johansson Matthews Racing | 3:44.0120 |
| 9th | 23 | Toshio Suzuki / Masahiko Kageyama / Masami Kageyama | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S | TV Asahi Team Dragon | 3:44.5990 |
| 10th | 22 | Keiichi Tsuchiya / Masahiko Kondou / Akira Iida | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S | TV Asahi Team Dragon | 3:44.6270 |
| 11th | 1 | Andy Wallace / Butch Leitzinger / Franck Lagorce | Cadillac Northstar LMP | Team Cadillac-Bill Riley | 3:44.8540 |
| 12th | 5 | Yannick Dalmas / Nicolas Minassian / Jean-Philippe Belloc | Reynard 2KQ Mopar | Mopar Team Oreca | 3:45.7200 |
| 13th | 16 | Emmanuel Clérico / Sébastien Bourdais / Olivier Grouillard | Courage C52 Peugeot | Pescarolo Sport | 3:45.7710 |
| 14th | 17 | Philippe Gache / Didier Cottaz / Gary Formato | Courage C60 Judd | SMG | 3:46.2420 |
| 15th | 4 | Christophe Tinseau / Marc Goossens / Kristian Kolby | Cadillac Northstar LMP | DAMS | 3:47.0560 |
| 16th | 3 | Emmanuel Collard / Eric Bernard / Franck Montagny | Cadillac Northstar LMP | DAMS | 3:47.7400 |
| 17th | 2 | Wayne Taylor / Eric van de Poele / Max Angelelli | Cadillac Northstar LMP | Team Cadillac-Bill Riley | 3:47.7540 |
| 18th | 33 | Ralf Kelleners / Jean-Denis Delétraz / David Terrien | Reynard 2KQ-LM VW | ROC | 3:48.0060 |
| 19th | 10 | John Nielsen / Klaus Graf / Mauro Baldi | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S | Team Den Bla Avis | 3:51.0750 |
| 20th | 34 | Jérôme Policand / Jean-Christophe Boullion / Jordi Gene | Reynard 2KQ VW | ROC | 3:51.8050 |
| 21st | 6 | Didier Theys / Didier André / Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Reynard 2KQ Mopar | Mopar Team Oreca | 3:52.5220 |
| 22nd | 15 | Thomas Bscher / Geoff Lees / Jean-Marc Gounon | BMW V12 LM | Thomas Bscher Promotion | 3:53.1170 |
| 23rd | 35 | Xavier Pompidou / Stéphane Daoudi / Jean-Bernard Bouvet | WR LMP Peugeot | Welter Gérard | 3:55.5570 |
| 24th | 51 | Karl Wendlinger / Olivier Beretta / Dominique Dupuy | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 3:56.3270 |
| 25th | 63 | Ron Fellows / Chris Kneifel / Justin Bell | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing-Gary Pratt | 3:58.6360 |
| 26th | 52 | Tommy Archer / Marc Duez / Patrick Huisman | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 3:59.1990 |
| 27th | 64 | Kelly Collins / Andy Pilgrim / Franck Fréon | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing-Gary Pratt | 4:00.7850 |
| 28th | 53 | Anthony Beltoise / David Donohue / Ni Amorim | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Viper Team Oreca | 4:02.8370 |
| 29th | 56 | Toni Seiler / Walter Brun / Christian Gläsel | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Team Goh | 4:04.8580 |
| 30th | 54 | Jean-Claude Lagniez / Boris Derichebourg / Guy Martinolle | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4:04.8950 |
| 31st | 57 | Mike Hezemans / Hans Hugenholtz / David Hart | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Carsport Holland | 4:05.9530 |
| 32nd | 36 | Richard Balandras / Sylvain Boulay / Yojiro Terada | WR LMP Peugeot | Welter Rachel | 4:07.5720 |
| 33rd | 59 | Wolfgang Kaufmann / Yukihiro Hane / Katsunori Iketani | Porsche 911 GT2 | Freisinger Motorsport | 4:09.2990 |
| 34th | 83 | Bob Wollek / Lucas Luhr / Dirk Müller | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Dick Barbour Racing | 4:10.0080 |
| 35th | 32 | Scott Maxwell / John Graham / Greg Wilkins | Lola B2K/40 Nissan | Multimatic Motorsport | 4:13.4090 |
| 36th | 60 | Jürgen von Gartzen / Charles Slater / Tom Kendall | Porsche 911 GT2 | Konrad Motorsport | 4:13.7730 |
| 37th | 77 | Christophe Bouchut / Patrice Goueslard / Jean-Luc Chéreau | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Larbre Compétition | 4:16.3890 |
| 38th | 30 | Patrick Lemarié / Yann Goudy / Jean-François Yvon | Debora LMP2000 BMW | Didier Bonnet | 4:16.5380 |
| 39th | 76 | Michel Neugarten / Tony Burgess / Max Cohen-Olivar | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Seikel Motorsport | 4:20.3060 |
| 40th | 71 | Shane Lewis / Cort Wagner / Bob Mazzuoccola | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Michael Colucci | 4:20.5780 |
| 41st | 81 | Michel Ligonnet / Fabio Babini / Gabrio Rosa | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Haberthur Racing | 4:20.6690 |
| 42nd | 73 | Hideo Fukuyama / Bruno Lambert / Atsushi Yogou | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Team Taisan Advan | 4:21.0400 |
| 43rd | 79 | Thierry Perrier / Jean-Louis Ricci / Romano Ricci | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Perspective Racing | 4:21.3820 |
| 44th | 82 | David Murry / Sascha Maassen / Johnny Mowlem | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Skea Racing International | 4:22.0050 |
| 45th | 80 | Philip Verellen / Kurt Dujardyn / Rudi Penders | Porsche 996 GT3-R | M1 Club-Renstal Excelsior | 4:23.0660 |
| 46th | 72 | Tomas Saldaña / Jesús Diez de Villarroel / Giovanni Lavaggi | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Racing Engineering | 4:23.8490 |
| 47th | 78 | Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Angelo Zadra / Bernard Chauvin | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Maury-Laribiere Jean-Luc | 4:26.4460 |
| 48th | 75 | Gunnar Jeannette / Michael Lauer / Mike Brockman | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Manthey Racing | 4:27.9990 |