500cc first qualifying session results:
1. Valentino Rossi, 1:52.479
2. Kenny Roberts, 1:52.523
3. Norick Abe, 1:52.881
4. Shinya Nakano, 1:52.914
5. Alex Barros, 1:53.015
6. Carlos Checa, 1:53.106
7. Loris Capirossi, 1:53.109
8. Max Biaggi, 1:53.127
9. Alex Criville, 1:53.241
10. Jurgen van den Goorbergh, 1:53.293
11. Olivier Jacque, 1:53.528
12. Garry McCoy, 1:53.575
13. Sete Gibernau, 1:53.750
14. Tohru Ukawa, 1:53.963
15. Jose Luis Cardoso, 1:54.315
16. Haruchika Aoki, 1:54.319
17. Noriyuki Haga, 1:54.624
18. Anthony West, 1:54.903
19. Leon Haslam, 1:55.950
20. Brendan Clarke, 1:57.665
21. Barry Veneman, 1:58.521

250cc first qualifying session results:

1. Marco Melandri, 1:54.803
2. Daijiro Katoh, 1:54.973
3. Tetsuya Harada, 1:55.175
4. Randy De Puniet, 1:55.266
5. Jeremy McWilliams, 1:55.350
6. Alex Debon, 1:55.662
7. Roberto Locatelli, 1:55.685
8. Franco Battaini, 1:55.957
9. Roberto Rolfo, 1:56.051
10. Naoki Matsudo, 1:56.089
Did Not Qualify, Katja Poensgen, 2:03.502


125cc first qualifying session results:
1. Youichi Ui, 2:00.221
2. Toni Elias, 2:00.765
3. Andrea Ballerini, 2:00.766
4. Manuel Poggiali, 2:00.801
5. Lucio Cecchinello, 2:00.929
6. Arnaud Vincent, 2:00.977
7. Mirko Giansanti, 2:01.009
8. Max Sabbatani, 2:01.074
9. Alex De Angelis, 2:01.271
10. Stefano Preugini, 2:01.391