| Rank | Rider | Time |
|---|
| {{gold01}} | Olaf Ludwig|GDR|1988 Summer}} | 4:32:22 |
| {{silver02}} | Bernd Gröne|FRG|1988 Summer}} | 4:32:25 |
| {{bronze03}} | Christian Henn|FRG|1988 Summer}} | 4:32:46 |
| 4 | Bob Mionske|USA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 5 | Djamolidine Abdoujaparov|URS|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 6 | Edward Salas|AUS|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 7 | Roberto Pelliconi|ITA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 8 | Graeme Miller|NZL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 9 | Emili Pérez|AND|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 10 | Jozef Regec|TCH|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 11 | Jan Mattheus|BEL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 12 | Hung Chung Yam|HKG|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 13 | Atle Pedersen|NOR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 14 | Remig Stumpf|FRG|1988 Summer}} | 4:32:56 |
| 15 | Michel Zanoli|NED|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 16 | Fabrizio Bontempi|ITA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 17 | Zdzisław Wrona|POL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 18 | Neil Hoban|GBR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 19 | Johnny Dauwe|BEL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 20 | Cássio Freitas|BRA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 21 | Park Hyeon-gon|KOR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 22 | Mario Traxl|AUT|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 23 | Uwe Raab|GDR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 24 | Jean-François Laffillé|FRA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 25 | Mitsuhiro Suzuki|JPN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 26 | Marcel Stäuble|SUI|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 27 | Erik Johan Sæbø|NOR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 28 | Jacek Bodyk|POL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 29 | Yvan Waddell|CAN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 30 | Rajko Čubrić|YUG|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 31 | Juan Arias|COL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 32 | Mićo Brković|YUG|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 33 | Brian Walton|CAN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 34 | Johann Lienhart|AUT|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 35 | Daniel Steiger|SUI|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 36 | Paul Curran|GBR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 37 | Jari Lähde|FIN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 38 | Rob Harmeling|NED|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 39 | Mohamed Mir|ALG|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 40 | Gianluca Bortolami|ITA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 41 | Dietmar Hauer|AUT|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 42 | Tom Cordes|NED|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 43 | Michel Lafis|SWE|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 44 | Tang Xuezhong|CHN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 45 | Cormac McCann|IRL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 46 | José Asconeguy|URU|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 47 | Luděk Štyks|TCH|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 48 | Nelson Rodríguez Serna|COL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 49 | John McQuaid|IRL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 50 | Leung Hung Tak|HKG|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 51 | Asiat Saitov|URS|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 52 | Eduardo Manrique|ESP|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 53 | Liu Hong|CHN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 54 | Peter Hermann|LIE|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 55 | Chow Tai Ming|HKG|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 56 | Iraj Amir-Akhori|IRI|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 57 | Anders Jarl|SWE|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 58 | Perry Merren|CAY|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 59 | Xavier Pérez|AND|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 60 | Riho Suun|URS|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 61 | Luboš Lom|TCH|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 62 | Mark Gornall|GBR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 63 | Wanderley Magalhães Azevedo|BRA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 64 | Realdo Jessurun|SUR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 65 | Scott McKinley|USA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 66 | Marcos Mazzaron|BRA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 67 | Dubán Ramírez|COL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 68 | Geir Dahlen|NOR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 69 | Craig Schommer|USA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 70 | Claude Carlin|FRA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 71 | Tommy Nielsen|DEN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 72 | Kyoshi Miura|JPN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 73 | Gervais Rioux|CAN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 74 | Peter Meinert Nielsen|DEN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 75 | Brian Fowler|NZL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 76 | Alcides Etcheverry|URU|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 77 | Luis Rosendo Ramos|MEX|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 78 | Valter Bonča|YUG|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 79 | Felice Puttini|SUI|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 80 | Gonzalo Aguiar|ESP|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 81 | Paul McCormack|IRL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 82 | Uwe Ampler|GDR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 83 | Leonardo Sierra|VEN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 84 | Andrés Torres|GUA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 85 | Lee Jin-ok|KOR|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 86 | Óscar Aquino|GUA|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 87 | Raoul Fahlin|SWE|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 88 | Frank Francken|BEL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 89 | Iván Alemany|ESP|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 90 | Sin Dae-cheol|KOR|1988 Summer}} | 4:34:13 |
| 91 | Laurent Bezault|FRA|1988 Summer}} | 4:35:19 |
| 91 | Murugayan Kumaresan|MAS|1988 Summer}} | 4:35:45 |
| 92 | Syamak Zafarzadeh|IRI|1988 Summer}} | 4:42:47 |
| 93 | Héctor Pérez|MEX|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 94 | Yoshihiro Tsumuraya|JPN|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 95 | Sebti Benzine|ALG|1988 Summer}} | 4:43:15 |
| 96 | Raymond Thomas|JAM|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 97 | Mobange Amisi|CGO|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 98 | Pierre Gouws|ZIM|1988 Summer}} | 4:43:28 |
| 100 | Víctor Lechuga|GUA|1988 Summer}} | 4:44:37 |
| 101 | Sultan Khalifa|UAE|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 102 | Richard Pascal|CAY|1988 Summer}} | 4:44:56 |
| 103 | Domingo Villanueva|PHI|1988 Summer}} | 4:45:20 |
| 104 | Kimpale Mosengo|CGO|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 105 | Gary Mandy|ZIM|1988 Summer}} | 4:45:50 |
| 106 | Stéphane Operto|MON|1988 Summer}} | 4:46:42 |
| 107 | Arthur Tenn|JAM|1988 Summer}} | 4:48:06 |
| 108 | Andrzej Mierzejewski|POL|1988 Summer}} | – |
| 109 | Dyton Chimwaza|MAW|1988 Summer}} | 4:52:43 |