| Date | 27 July 1996 — 11:45 |
|---|---|
| Location | Ocoee Whitewater Center, Polk County, Tennessee |
| Details | Downstream gates: 18 Total gates: 25 Upstream gates: 7 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Total Time | Time | Penalty Seconds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukáš Pollert | CZE | 151.17 | 2:31.17 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Patrice Estanguet | FRA | 152.84 | 2:32.84 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Gareth Marriott | GBR | 155.83 | 2:35.83 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Hervé Delamarre | FRA | 155.98 | 2:35.98 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Martin Lang | GER | 159.91 | 2:34.91 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Michal Martikán | SVK | 160.88 | 2:40.88 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Ryszard Mordarski | POL | 161.00 | 2:36.00 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Mike Corcoran | IRL | 162.90 | 2:42.90 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Emmanuel Brugvin | FRA | 163.28 | 2:38.28 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Davey Hearn | USA | 164.07 | 2:39.07 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Mariusz Wieczorek | POL | 164.21 | 2:39.21 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Mark Delaney | GBR | 166.52 | 2:41.52 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Justin Boocock | AUS | 166.96 | 2:41.96 | 5 | |||
| 14 | Vitus Husek | GER | 167.48 | 2:42.48 | 5 | |||
| 15 | Sören Kaufmann | GER | 168.43 | 2:38.43 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Adam Clawson | USA | 172.53 | 2:37.53 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Pavel Janda | CZE | 177.71 | 2:47.71 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Toni Herreros | ESP | 179.38 | 2:54.38 | 5 | |||
| 19 | Masanari Mochida | JPN | 180.45 | 2:55.45 | 5 | |||
| 20 | Juraj Minčík | SVK | 182.60 | 3:02.60 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Larry Norman | CAN | 186.57 | 2:56.57 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Gregor Terdič | SLO | 187.79 | 3:02.79 | 5 | |||
| 23 | Stephen O'Flaherty | IRL | 188.65 | 2:58.65 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Leonardo Selbach | BRA | 216.51 | 3:26.51 | 10 | |||
| 25 | Renato De Monti | ITA | 218.75 | 2:48.75 | 50 | |||
| 26 | Simeon Hočevar | SLO | 252.90 | 3:17.90 | 55 | |||
| 27 | Danila Kuznetsov | RUS | 273.36 | 3:33.36 | 60 | |||
| 28 | Nenad Trpovski | MKD | 316.19 | 3:11.19 | 125 | |||
| 29 | Francesco Stefani | ITA | 462.63 | 2:42.63 | 300 | |||
| 30 | Danko Herceg | CRO | 468.07 | 2:43.07 | 305 |