| 1st | 7 | Mike Conway / Kamui Kobayashi / Stéphane Sarrazin | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 3:18.7930 |
| 2nd | 8 | Sébastien Buemi / Anthony Davidson / Kazuki Nakajima | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 3:19.4310 |
| 3rd | 2 | Timo Bernhard / Earl Bamber / Brendon Hartley | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche LMP Team | 3:19.7100 |
| 4th | 9 | Nicolas Lapierre / Yuuji Kunimoto / José Maria Lopez | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota Gazoo Racing | 3:19.9580 |
| 5th | 1 | Neel Jani / Andre Lotterer / Nick Tandy | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche LMP Team | 3:21.1650 |
| 6th | 4 | Oliver Webb / Dominik Kraihamer / Marco Bonanomi | Enso CLM P1/01 Nismo | Bykolles Racing Team | 3:28.8870 |
| 7th | 28 | François Perrodo / Emmanuel Collard / Matthieu Vaxiviere | Oreca 07 Gibson | TDS Racing | 3:29.3330 |
| 8th | 31 | Nicolas Prost / Julien Canal / Bruno Senna | Oreca 07 Gibson | Vaillante Rebellion | 3:29.8510 |
| 9th | 25 | Roberto Gonzalez / Simon Trummer / Vitaly Petrov | Oreca 07 Gibson | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | 3:30.5020 |
| 10th | 24 | Tor Graves / Jonathan Hirschi / Jean-Eric Vergne | Oreca 07 Gibson | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | 3:30.8470 |
| 11th | 38 | Ho-Pin Tung / Thomas Laurent / Oliver Jarvis | Oreca 07 Gibson | Jackie Chan DC Racing | 3:31.0240 |
| 12th | 36 | Romain Dumas / Gustavo Menezes / Matthew Rao | Alpine A470 Gibson | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 3:31.0650 |
| 13th | 35 | Pierre Ragues / Nelson Panciatici / André Negrão | Alpine A470 Gibson | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 3:31.4390 |
| 14th | 13 | Nelson Piquet, Jr. / David Heinemeier Hansson / Mathias Beche | Oreca 07 Gibson | Vaillante Rebellion | 3:31.6360 |
| 15th | 26 | Roman Rusinov / Pierre Thiriet / Alex Lynn | Oreca 07 Gibson | G-Drive Racing | 3:31.9450 |
| 16th | 22 | Memo Rojas / Ryō Hirakawa / Jose Gutierrez | Oreca 07 Gibson | G-Drive Racing | 3:31.9630 |
| 17th | 40 | James Allen / Franck Matelli / Richard Bradley | Oreca 07 Gibson | Graff | 3:32.4770 |
| 18th | 39 | Enzo Guibbert / Eric Trouillet / James Winslow | Oreca 07 Gibson | Graff | 3:32.9870 |
| 19th | 29 | Jan Lammers / Frits van Eerd / Rubens Barrichello | Dallara P217 Gibson | Racing Team Nederland | 3:33.7960 |
| 20th | 21 | Henrik Hedman / Ben Hanley / Felix Rosenqvist | Oreca 07 Gibson | Dragonspeed - 10 Star | 3:34.0460 |
| 21st | 32 | William Owen / Hugo de Sadeleer / Filipe Albuquerque | Ligier JS P217 Gibson | United Autosports | 3:34.1660 |
| 22nd | 27 | Mikhail Aleshin / Sergey Sirotkin / Victor Shaytar | Dallara P217 Gibson | SMP Racing | 3:34.4070 |
| 23rd | 47 | Roberto Lacorte / Giorgio Sernagiotto / Andrea Belicchi | Dallara P217 Gibson | Cetilar Villorba Corse | 3:34.8460 |
| 24th | 23 | Fabien Barthez / Timothe Buret / Nathanaël Berthon | Ligier JS P217 Gibson | Panis Barthez Competition | 3:35.5590 |
| 25th | 49 | Miro Konôpka / Konstantin Calko / Rik Breukers | Ligier JS P217 Gibson | ARC Bratislava | 3:37.2260 |
| 26th | 45 | Matthew McMurry / Mark Patterson / Vincent Capillaire | Ligier JS P217 Gibson | Algarve Pro Racing | 3:37.8140 |
| 27th | 17 | Patrice Lafargue / Paul Lafargue / David Zollinger | Ligier JS P217 Gibson | Idec Sport Racing | 3:40.1620 |
| 28th | 43 | Ben Keating / Jeroen Bleekemolen / Ricky Taylor | Riley Mk.30 Gibson | Keating Motorsports | 3:40.8130 |
| 29th | 37 | David Cheng / Tristan Gommendy / Alex Brundle | Oreca 07 Gibson | Jackie Chan DC Racing | 3:41.3930 |
| 30th | 34 | Nigel Moore / Phil Hanson / Karun Chandhok | Ligier JS P217 Gibson | Tockwith Motorsports | 3:41.6280 |
| 31st | 33 | Jacques Nicolet / Pierre Nicolet / Erik Maris | Ligier JS P217 Gibson | Eurasia Motorsport | 3:42.6600 |
| 32nd | 95 | Marco Sørensen / Nicki Thiim / Ritchie Stanaway | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 3:52.1170 |
| 33rd | 71 | Davide Rigon / Sam Bird / Miguel Molina | Ferrari 488 GTE | AF Corse | 3:52.2350 |
| 34th | 51 | James Calado / Alessandro Pier Guidi / Michele Rugolo | Ferrari 488 GTE | AF Corse | 3:53.1230 |
| 35th | 97 | Darren Turner / Jonathan Adam / Daniel Serra | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 3:53.2960 |
| 36th | 67 | Andy Priaulx / Harry Tincknell / Pipo Derani | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 3:54.1180 |
| 37th | 92 | Michael Christensen / Kevin Estre / Dirk Werner | Porsche 991 RSR | Porsche GT Team | 3:54.2430 |
| 38th | 91 | Richard Lietz / Frédéric Makowiecki / Patrick Pilet | Porsche 991 RSR | Porsche GT Team | 3:54.5640 |
| 39th | 63 | Jan Magnussen / Antonio Garcia / Jordan Taylor | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Corvette Racing - GM | 3:54.8270 |
| 40th | 64 | Oliver Gavin / Marcel Fässler / Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Corvette Racing - GM | 3:54.8760 |
| 41st | 68 | Joey Hand / Tony Kanaan / Dirk Müller | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | 3:55.0590 |
| 42nd | 98 | Paul Dalla Lana / Pedro Lamy / Mathias Lauda | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Aston Martin Racing | 3:55.1340 |
| 43rd | 69 | Ryan Briscoe / Richard Westbrook / Scott Dixon | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | 3:55.5530 |
| 44th | 77 | Christian Ried / Matteo Cairoli / Marvin Dienst | Porsche 991 RSR | Dempsey - Proton Racing | 3:55.6920 |
| 45th | 66 | Stefan Mücke / Olivier Pla / Billy Johnson | Ford GT | Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK | 3:55.8030 |
| 46th | 90 | Salih Yoluc / Euan Hankey / Rob Bell | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | TF Sport | 3:55.9530 |
| 47th | 83 | Andrea Bertolini / Tracy Krohn / Niclas Jönsson | Ferrari 488 GTE | DH Racing | 3:55.9660 |
| 48th | 50 | Fernando Rees / Romain Brandela / Christian Philippon | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Larbre Competition | 3:56.2590 |
| 49th | 61 | Weng Sun Mok / Matt Griffin / Keita Sawa | Ferrari 488 GTE | Clearwater Racing | 3:56.3330 |
| 50th | 88 | Stéphane Lémeret / Klaus Bachler / Khaled Al Qubaisi | Porsche 991 RSR | Proton Competition | 3:56.5070 |
| 51st | 84 | Rob Smith / Dries Vanthoor / Will Stevens | Ferrari 488 GTE | JMW Motorsport | 3:56.8900 |
| 52nd | 62 | Cooper MacNeil / Bill Sweedler / Townsend Bell | Ferrari 488 GTE | Scuderia Corsa | 3:57.2670 |
| 53rd | 60 | Richard Wee / Alvaro Parente / Hiroki Katou | Ferrari 488 GTE | Clearwater Racing | 3:57.3210 |
| 54th | 99 | Andrew Howard / Ross Gunn / Oliver Bryant | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | Beechdean AMR | 3:57.4630 |
| 55th | 93 | Patrick Long / Abdulaziz Al Faisal / Mike Hedlund / Kurt Thiim | Porsche 991 RSR | Proton Competition | 3:58.1960 |
| 56th | 65 | Christina Nielsen / Alessandro Balzan / Bret Curtis | Ferrari 488 GTE | Scuderia Corsa | 3:58.2490 |
| 57th | 86 | Mike Wainwright / Ben Barker / Nicholas Foster | Porsche 991 RSR (2016) | Gulf Racing UK | 3:58.4270 |
| 58th | 54 | Thomas Flohr / Francesco Castellacci / Olivier Beretta | Ferrari 488 GTE | Spirit of Race | 3:58.9040 |
| 59th | 55 | Duncan Cameron / Marco Cioci / Aaron Scott | Ferrari 488 GTE | Spirit of Race | 4:01.0980 |