| 1st | 1 | Frank Biela / Emanuele Pirro / Tom Kristensen | Audi R8 | Audi Sport Team Joest | 3:32.4580 |
| 2nd | 2 | Laurent Aiello / Rinaldo Capello / Christian Pescatori | Audi R8 | Audi Sport North America | 3:33.5140 |
| 3rd | 3 | Ralf Kelleners / Johnny Herbert / Didier Theys | Audi R8 | Champion Racing | 3:34.3490 |
| 4th | 9 | Jan Lammers / Val Hillebrand / Donny Crevels | Dome S101 Judd | Racing for Holland | 3:36.0310 |
| 5th | 16 | Olivier Beretta / Pedro Lamy / Karl Wendlinger | Chrysler LMP | Team PlayStation | 3:36.1550 |
| 6th | 7 | Martin Brundle / Guy Smith / Stéphane Ortelli | Bentley EXP Speed 8 | Team Bentley | 3:36.5350 |
| 7th | 8 | Andy Wallace / Eric van de Poele / Butch Leitzinger | Bentley EXP Speed 8 | Team Bentley | 3:37.4080 |
| 8th | 4 | Stefan Johansson / Patrick Lemarié / Tom Coronel | Audi R8 | Johansson Motorsport | 3:37.4510 |
| 9th | 19 | Anthony Beltoise / Philippe Gache / Jérôme Policand | Courage C60 Judd | SMG | 3:38.7460 |
| 10th | 15 | Yannick Dalmas / Stéphane Sarrazin / Franck Montagny | Chrysler LMP | Viper Team Oreca | 3:38.8140 |
| 11th | 6 | Wayne Taylor / Max Angelelli / Christophe Tinseau | Cadillac Northstar LMP 01 | DAMS | 3:39.5960 |
| 12th | 5 | Eric Bernard / Emmanuel Collard / Marc Goossens | Cadillac Northstar LMP 01 | DAMS | 3:39.8920 |
| 13th | 17 | Jean-Christophe Boullion / Sébastien Bourdais / Laurent Redon | Courage C60 Peugeot | Pescarolo Sport | 3:40.9260 |
| 14th | 34 | Anthony Reid / Warren Hughes / Jonny Kane | MG Lola EX257 | MG Sport & Racing Ltd. | 3:42.0650 |
| 15th | 10 | John Nielsen / Casper Elgaard / Hiroki Katou | Dome S101 Judd | Team Den Bla Avis-Goh | 3:42.0890 |
| 16th | 14 | Seiji Ara / Ni Amorim / Masahiko Kondou | Chrysler LMP | Viper Team Oreca | 3:42.2150 |
| 17th | 33 | Mark Blundell / Julian Bailey / Kevin McGarrity | MG Lola EX257 | MG Sport & Racing Ltd. | 3:42.4760 |
| 18th | 20 | Werner Lupberger / Ben Collins / Harri Toivonen | Ascari A410 Judd | Team Ascari | 3:42.9310 |
| 19th | 18 | Emmanuel Clérico / Didier Cottaz / Boris Derichebourg | Courage C60 Peugeot | Pescarolo Sport | 3:43.9240 |
| 20th | 21 | Xavier Pompidou / Klaas Zwart / Scott Maxwell | Ascari A410 Judd | Team Ascari | 3:46.3980 |
| 21st | 38 | Jordi Gene / Jean-Denis Delétraz / Pascal Fabre | Reynard 2KQ-LM VW | ROC Auto | 3:48.0750 |
| 22nd | 12 | Jan Magnussen / David Brabham / Franck Lagorce | Panoz LMP07 | Panoz Motor Sports | 3:48.0830 |
| 23rd | 36 | Didier de Radigues / Hideshi Matsuda / Sascha Maassen | Reynard 01Q Judd | Dick Barbour | 3:49.6500 |
| 24th | 30 | Stéphane Daoudi / Yojiro Terada / Jean-René de Fournoux | WR LM 2001 Peugeot | Gérard Welter | 3:49.9860 |
| 25th | 11 | Klaus Graf / Jamie Davies / Gary Formato | Panoz LMP07 | Panoz Motor Sports | 3:51.9690 |
| 26th | 60 | Franz Konrad / Oliver Gavin / Terry Borcheller | Saleen S7-R | Saleen/Allen Speedlab | 3:54.1900 |
| 27th | 63 | Ron Fellows / Johnny O'Connell / Scott Pruett | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing Pratt | 3:55.5520 |
| 28th | 32 | Claudia Hürtgen / Chris Gleason / Rick Fairbanks | Lola B2K/40 Nissan | Roock-Knight Hawk | 3:57.9420 |
| 29th | 64 | Kelly Collins / Andy Pilgrim / Franck Fréon | Chevrolet Corvette C5-R | Corvette Racing Pratt | 3:58.2090 |
| 30th | 37 | Milka Duno / John Graham / David Murry | Reynard 01Q Judd | Dick Barbour | 3:58.5330 |
| 31st | 58 | Jean-Philippe Belloc / Christophe Bouchut / Tiago Monteiro | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Larbre Compétition | 3:58.6580 |
| 32nd | 57 | David Terrien / Jean-Philippe Dayraut / Jonathan Cochet | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Équipe de France FFSA | 4:00.7900 |
| 33rd | 62 | Bruno Lambert / Johnny Mowlem / Ian McKellar | Saleen S7-R | RML | 4:02.0220 |
| 34th | 56 | Jean-Claude Lagniez / Anthony Kumpen / Grégoire de Galzain | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4:02.1480 |
| 35th | 61 | Toni Seiler / Walter Brun / Charles Slater | Saleen S7-R | Konrad Motorsport | 4:03.1350 |
| 36th | 55 | Vincent Vosse / Carl Rosenblad / Vanina Ickx | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | Paul Belmondo Racing | 4:06.3290 |
| 37th | 70 | Cort Wagner / Bob Mazzuoccola / Vic Rice | Callaway C12-R | Aspen Knolls MCR | 4:13.0630 |
| 38th | 80 | Patrice Goueslard / Jean-Luc Chéreau / Sébastien Dumez | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Larbre Compétition | 4:13.8340 |
| 39th | 35 | Martin O'Connell / Warren Carway / François Migault | Pilbeam MP84 Nissan | S R Rowan Racing Ltd. | 4:14.2690 |
| 40th | 83 | Luca Drudi / Fabio Babini / Gabrio Rosa | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Seikel Motorsport | 4:15.1670 |
| 41st | 72 | Hideo Fukuyama / Atsushi Yogou / Kazuyuki Nishizawa | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Taisan Advan | 4:18.0100 |
| 42nd | 79 | Sylvain Noël / Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére / Georges Forgeois | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Noël del Bello | 4:18.5730 |
| 43rd | 76 | Mike Youles / David Warnock / Stephen Day | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | PK Sport Ltd.-Ricardo | 4:18.6250 |
| 44th | 77 | Romain Dumas / Philippe Haezebrouck / Gunnar Jeannette | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Freisinger Motorsports | 4:18.9180 |
| 45th | 74 | Luc Alphand / Michel Ligonnet / Luis Marques | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Luc Alphand Adventure | 4:18.9260 |
| 46th | 75 | Thierry Perrier / Nigel Smith / Michel Neugarten | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Perspective Racing | 4:20.6670 |
| 47th | 82 | Tony Burgess / Max Cohen-Olivar / Andrew Bagnall | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | Seikel Motorsport | 4:23.9730 |
| 48th | 71 | Robin Donovan / Terry Lingner / Chris MacAllister | Porsche 996 GT3-R | Racing Engineering | 4:30.1430 |