Course disputée sur le circuit de Assen
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 12:39:06 | 15 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Team | 12:41:12 | 15 | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 12:51:18 | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 12:59:37 | 15 | 13 | 4 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 15:23:10 | 15 | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 15:36:08 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| 7 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 16:36:45 | 15 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 17:49:26 | 15 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | 17:53:23 | 15 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 18:55:03 | 15 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 21:42:55 | 15 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 10 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 05:24:22 | 15 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | 05:26:47 | 15 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | 12 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | 05:30:32 | 15 | 2 | 16 |
| 15 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 07:20:22 | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse Gp | 10:42:01 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 17 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 13:04:27 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | 12:38:02 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | 28 | Alex Criville | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 10:07:29 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse Gp | 16:27:44 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 23:30:35 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 23:27:33 | 13 | 0 | 8 |