| 1st | 1 | Jacky Ickx / Jochen Mass | Porsche 956 | Rothmans Porsche Team | 2:15.1200 |
| 2nd | 2 | Derek Bell / Vern Schuppan | Porsche 956 | Rothmans Porsche Team | 2:15.6200 |
| 3rd | 50 | Riccardo Patrese / Teo Fabi | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 2:15.8200 |
| 4th | 51 | Piercarlo Ghinzani / Michele Alboreto | Lancia 828 CB1 | Martini Racing | 2:16.3900 |
| 5th | 5 | Rolf Stommelen / Stefan Bellof | Porsche CK5 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 2:18.4200 |
| 6th | 6 | Marc Surer / Klaus Ludwig | Ford C100 | Ford Motor Company | 2:18.9500 |
| 7th | 12 | Thierry Boutsen / Henri Pescarolo | Rondeau M382 Ford | Jean Rondeau | 2:21.5200 |
| 8th | 7 | Klaus Niedzwiedz / Manfred Winkelhock | Ford C100 | Ford Motor Company | 2:21.5900 |
| 9th | 24 | Jean Rondeau / Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | Rondeau M382 Ford | Jean Rondeau | 2:23.0700 |
| 10th | 20 | Hans-Joachim Stuck / Hans Heyer | Sauber SHS C6 Ford | BASF Cassetten Team Sport | 2:24.4300 |
| 11th | 11 | François Migault / Gordon Spice | Rondeau M382 Ford | Jean Rondeau | 2:24.4400 |
| 12th | 16 | Guy Edwards / Rupert Keegan | Lola T610 Ford | Ultramar Team Lola | 2:24.8500 |
| 13th | 32 | Ray Mallock / Mike Salmon | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Viscount Downe Pace Petrol | 2:26.2100 |
| 14th | 4 | Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin | Porsche 936C | Belga Team-Joest-Porsche | 2:26.4300 |
| 15th | 52 | Giorgio Francia / Luigi Moreschi | Osella PA9 BMW | Osella Mirabella Racing | 2:27.1200 |
| 16th | 31 | Geoff Lees / Tiff Needell | Nimrod NRA/C2 Aston Martin | Nimrod Racing | 2:29.2100 |
| 17th | 60 | Gianpiero Moretti / Mauro Baldi | Porsche 935/78-81 | Gianpiero Moretti | 2:29.3500 |
| 18th | 9 | Jean-Daniel Raulet / Roger Dorchy / Michel Pignard | WM P82 Peugeot | S.E.C.A.T.E.V.A. | 2:29.3800 |
| 19th | 35 | Yves Courage / Nick Faure / Hervé Regout | Cougar C01 Ford | Yves Courage | 2:30.7500 |
| 20th | 30 | Pierre Dieudonné / Harald Grohs / Willi Siller | URD C81 BMW | Kannacher GT Racing | 2:32.9800 |
| 21st | 38 | Christian Bussi / Bernard de Dryver / Pascal Witmeur | Rondeau M382 Ford | Auto Sport Ch. Bussi | 2:34.0300 |
| 22nd | 58 | Edgar Dören / "Pierre Chauvet" / Helmut Gall | TOJ SC205 BMW | Pierre Chauvet | 2:34.4600 |
| 23rd | 65 | Guido Daccò / Gianni Giudici / Aldo Bertuzzi | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Sivama Vesuvio Racing | 2:35.4800 |
| 24th | 62 | Teddy Pilette / Jean-Paul Libert / Jürgen Lässig | Porsche 935 K3 | Lässig Obermaier Team | 2:35.5000 |
| 25th | 61 | Enzo Calderari / Marco Vanoli / Umberto Grano | BMW M1 Gr.5 | B.M.W. Italia | 2:36.4800 |
| 26th | 57 | "Jean Hex" / Dirk Vermeersch / François-Xavier Boucher | Lola T298 BMW | Elkoubi | 2:38.5300 |
| 27th | 66 | Joe Castellano / Aldo Bertuzzi | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | Sivama Vesuvio Racing | 2:38.7800 |
| 28th | 54 | Martin Birrane / Syd Fox | Chevron B36B Ford | Martin Birrane | 2:41.7100 |
| 29th | 67 | Jørgen Poulsen / Peter Hansen | Porsche 935 | Team Castrol Denmark | 2:43.0900 |
| 30th | 56 | David Mercer / Mike Chittenden | Vogue SP2 Ford | David Mercer | 2:43.5600 |
| 31st | 68 | Max Payne / Chris Ashmore | Lotus Elan Ford | ARK Racing | 2:44.2800 |
| 32nd | 92 | Jens Winther / Lars-Viggo Jensen | BMW M1 | Jens Winther | 2:44.7700 |
| 33rd | 90 | Richard Cleare / Tony Dron | Porsche 934 | Richard Cleare | 2:45.2800 |
| 34th | 84 | Jonathan Palmer / Richard Lloyd | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Canon Camera GTi Engineering | 2:45.8000 |
| 35th | 93 | Peter Zbinden / Edi Kofel | Porsche 924 Carrera GTR | Formel Rennsport Club, Zurich | 2:48.7300 |
| 36th | 69 | Kenneth Leim / Kurt Simonsen | BMW 320 | Kenneth Leim | 2:49.1800 |
| 37th | 95 | Georg Memminger / Fritz Müller | Porsche 930 | Müllerbrau Team | 2:55.4300 |
| 38th | 91 | Maurice Dantinne / Pierre Vaillant | Ferrari 308 GTB | Maurice Dantinne | 3:50.6300 |