| 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 | 151.17 | 2:31.17 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Patrice Estanguet | 152.84 | 2:32.84 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Gareth Marriott | 155.83 | 2:35.83 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Hervé Delamarre | 155.98 | 2:35.98 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Martin Lang | 159.91 | 2:34.91 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Michal Martikán | 160.88 | 2:40.88 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Ryszard Mordarski | 161.00 | 2:36.00 | 5 | ||||
| 8 | Mike Corcoran | 162.90 | 2:42.90 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Emmanuel Brugvin | 163.28 | 2:38.28 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | Davey Hearn | 164.07 | 2:39.07 | 5 | ||||
| 11 | Mariusz Wieczorek | 164.21 | 2:39.21 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | Mark Delaney | 166.52 | 2:41.52 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | Justin Boocock | 166.96 | 2:41.96 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Vitus Husek | 167.48 | 2:42.48 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | Sören Kaufmann | 168.43 | 2:38.43 | 10 | ||||
| 16 | Adam Clawson | 172.53 | 2:37.53 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Pavel Janda | 177.71 | 2:47.71 | 10 | ||||
| 18 | Toni Herreros | 179.38 | 2:54.38 | 5 | ||||
| 19 | Masanari Mochida | 180.45 | 2:55.45 | 5 | ||||
| 20 | Juraj Minčík | 182.60 | 3:02.60 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Larry Norman | 186.57 | 2:56.57 | 10 | ||||
| 22 | Gregor Terdič | 187.79 | 3:02.79 | 5 | ||||
| 23 | Stephen O'Flaherty | 188.65 | 2:58.65 | 10 | ||||
| 24 | Leonardo Selbach | 216.51 | 3:26.51 | 10 | ||||
| 25 | Renato De Monti | 218.75 | 2:48.75 | 50 | ||||
| 26 | Simeon Hočevar | 252.90 | 3:17.90 | 55 | ||||
| 27 | Danila Kuznetsov | 273.36 | 3:33.36 | 60 | ||||
| 28 | Nenad Trpovski | 316.19 | 3:11.19 | 125 | ||||
| 29 | Francesco Stefani | 462.63 | 2:42.63 | 300 | ||||
| 30 | Danko Herceg | 468.07 | 2:43.07 | 305 |