Course disputée sur le circuit de Assen
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 15:50:06 | 19 | 25 | 7 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | 18:38:37 | 19 | 20 | 2 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 19:41:21 | 19 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 02:06:24 | 19 | 13 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | 03:02:31 | 19 | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 03:33:03 | 19 | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | 05:52:04 | 19 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | 08:13:49 | 19 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | 17:49:02 | 19 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | 18:36:49 | 19 | 6 | 17 |
| 11 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 19:20:39 | 19 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | 20:16:44 | 19 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | D\'antin MotoGP | 20:38:16 | 19 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | 10:06:01 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | 11:04:07 | 18 | 1 | 16 |
| 16 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Racing | 13:02:28 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 17 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 13:53:50 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| 18 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | 04:35:45 | 18 | 0 | 21 |
| 19 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | 23:09:45 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| 20 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 06:26:55 | 14 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | 71 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | 22:46:24 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| 22 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 14:49:09 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 23 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 08:15:13 | 9 | 0 | 19 |