| P. | # | Rider | Bike | Best Lap | Gap | KM/H | On | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Norihiko FUJIWARA | Yamaha | 2:10.008 | 162.38 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2 | 3 | Katsuaki FUJIWARA | Suzuki | 2:10.810 | 0.802 | 161.38 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | Shin'ya TAKEISHI | Kawasaki | 2:10.886 | 0.878 | 161.29 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 7 | Keiichi KITAGAWA | Suzuki | 2:10.969 | 0.961 | 161.19 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 19 | Tamaki SERIZAWA | Suzuki | 2:11.135 | 1.127 | 160.98 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 21 | Shuya ARAI | Honda | 2:11.392 | 1.384 | 160.67 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 26 | Michio IZUMI | Honda | 2:12.091 | 2.083 | 159.82 | 10 | 11 |
| 8 | 13 | Katsunori HASEGAWA | Yamaha | 2:12.877 | 2.869 | 158.87 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | 32 | Yuji HARAGUCHI | Honda | 2:13.048 | 3.040 | 158.67 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 16 | Tomohiko KANEYASU | Honda | 2:13.435 | 3.427 | 158.21 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 40 | Manabu KAMADA | Honda | 2:13.910 | 3.902 | 157.65 | 9 | 10 |
| 12 | 42 | Yuichiro TAGA | Honda | 2:14.119 | 4.111 | 157.40 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | 23 | Osamu NISHIJIMA | Kawasaki | 2:14.133 | 4.125 | 157.38 | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | 44 | Takahiro FUKAMI | Yamaha | 2:14.361 | 4.353 | 157.12 | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | 17 | Toshiya KOBAYASHI | Honda | 2:14.458 | 4.450 | 157.00 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 | 58 | Shin'ichiro IMAI | Kawasaki | 2:15.628 | 5.620 | 155.65 | 8 | 10 |
| 17 | 75 | Yukihiro AOYANAGI | Yamaha | 2:15.862 | 5.854 | 155.38 | 10 | 11 |
| 18 | 61 | Eiji SASAKI | Suzuki | 2:16.147 | 6.139 | 155.06 | 11 | 11 |
| 19 | 54 | Hirotada NISHIDA | Honda | 2:16.755 | 6.747 | 154.37 | 3 | 10 |
| 20 | 50 | Izumi MATSUBARA | Kawasaki | 2:16.827 | 6.819 | 154.29 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | 63 | Tohru TAKAHASHI | Yamaha | 2:17.654 | 7.646 | 153.36 | 3 | 10 |
| 22 | 81 | Tomonao AOKI | Kawasaki | 2:18.434 | 8.426 | 152.49 | 11 | 11 |
| 23 | 90 | Katsutoshi ABIKO | Honda | 2:18.517 | 8.509 | 152.40 | 4 | 11 |
| 24 | 48 | Keita NISHIMURA | Honda | 2:18.769 | 8.761 | 152.13 | 4 | 10 |
| 25 | 72 | Yasuo TAKASHIMA | Kawasaki | 2:19.304 | 9.296 | 151.54 | 8 | 10 |
| 26 | 66 | Ken'ichiro NAKAMURA | Honda | 2:19.832 | 9.824 | 150.97 | 9 | 10 |
| 27 | 56 | Noriyuki ORIOKA | Honda | 2:20.186 | 10.178 | 150.59 | 6 | 11 |
| 28 | 70 | Shin'ichi NAKAUE | Honda | 2:21.689 | 11.681 | 148.99 | 4 | 9 |
1996-09-06 to 1996-09-08
Suzuka Superbike 2 Heat Race
Suzuka (Permanent circuit, 5.8640 km)
Attendance: 26,000
Entries: 62 / Practised: 56 / Qualified: 44
Sessions
Qualifying 1 - Group B
Scheduled duration: 25 mins
Started: 28 / Classified: 28
Scheduled start time: 11:45
Weather: Overcast / Track: Dry
Results
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Sources:
Official results/ Official program/ MotorLand2 TV coverage/ MFJ Magazine No. 319 1996-01 pg19/ MFJ Magazine No. 330 1997-01 pg19/ Motoracing-japan.com/ ohmi.homeip.net