500cc Classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 30 | 45:15.533 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 30 | +2.634 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Biaggi | Honda | 30 | +4.410 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 30 | +10.619 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | John Kocinski | Honda | 30 | +13.079 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki | 30 | +19.382 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Norihiko Fujiwara | Yamaha | 30 | +41.494 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Honda | 30 | +48.970 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 | Ralf Waldmann | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +52.131 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Garry McCoy | Honda | 30 | +1:00.294 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +1:20.245 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Matt Wait | Honda | 30 | +1:23.599 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Honda | 30 | +1:34.532 | 20 | 3 |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | Honda | 11 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 5 | Norick Abe | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 3 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 21 | Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 1 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 53 | Russel Wood | Honda | 1 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 11 | Simon Crafar | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 9 | Alex Barros | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 10 | |
| DNS | 7 | Doriano Romboni | MuZ | Injury | |||
| OFFICIAL 500cc REPORT | |||||||
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