Course disputée sur le circuit de Suzuka
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 10:46:06 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 33 | Akira Ryo | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 11:11:56 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 13:05:19 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 72 | Shinichi Itoh | Team HRC | 13:46:35 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 16:26:29 | 21 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 19:43:45 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 21:46:39 | 21 | 9 | 15 |
| 8 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 12:50:32 | 20 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 14:01:58 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 15:14:55 | 20 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 20:31:10 | 20 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 22:47:04 | 16 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 16:53:07 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 06:10:32 | 17 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 12:10:19 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 13:06:56 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 20:27:24 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 04:17:38 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 04:12:40 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 17:24:18 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 13:25:55 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 13:29:27 | 2 | 0 | 17 |