| P. | # | Rider | Bike | Best Lap | Gap | KM/H | On | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Carl FOGARTY |  Honda | 1:36.407 | 166.17 | 20 | 22 | |
| 2 | 45 |  Colin EDWARDS |  Yamaha | 1:36.618 | 0.211 | 165.81 | 22 | 22 |
| 3 | 3 |  Aaron SLIGHT | Honda | 1:36.821 | 0.414 | 165.46 | 24 | 26 |
| 4 | 6 | Simon CRAFAR | Kawasaki | 1:36.937 | 0.530 | 165.26 | 19 | 20 |
| 5 | 5 |  Wataru YOSHIKAWA | Yamaha | 1:37.168 | 0.761 | 164.87 | 23 | 23 |
| 6 | 51 |  Peter GODDARD | Suzuki | 1:37.429 | 1.022 | 164.43 | 18 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | Anthony GOBERT | Kawasaki | 1:37.526 | 1.119 | 164.26 | 18 | 19 |
| 8 | 11 | John KOCINSKI | Ducati | 1:37.605 | 1.198 | 164.13 | 14 | 14 |
| 9 | 10 | John REYNOLDS | Suzuki | 1:37.880 | 1.473 | 163.67 | 12 | 12 |
| 10 | 7 |  Pierfrancesco CHILI | Ducati | 1:37.901 | 1.494 | 163.63 | 17 | 18 |
| 11 | 9 | Neil HODGSON | Ducati | 1:37.959 | 1.552 | 163.54 | 18 | 18 |
| 12 | 62 | Dean THOMAS | Honda | 1:37.974 | 1.567 | 163.51 | 16 | 16 |
| 13 | 2 | Troy CORSER | Ducati | 1:38.080 | 1.673 | 163.34 | 11 | 15 |
| 14 | 67 | Mike HALE | Ducati | 1:38.734 | 2.327 | 162.25 | 20 | 20 |
| 15 | 36 | Kirk McCARTHY | Suzuki | 1:38.748 | 2.341 | 162.23 | 21 | 22 |
| 16 | 64 | Damon BUCKMASTER | Suzuki | 1:38.825 | 2.418 | 162.10 | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | 99 | Steve MARTIN | Suzuki | 1:38.947 | 2.540 | 161.90 | 19 | 19 |
| 18 | 63 | David EMMERSON | Kawasaki | 1:39.461 | 3.054 | 161.07 | 19 | 19 |
| 19 | 38 | Shawn GILES | Honda | 1:39.907 | 3.500 | 160.35 | 13 | 18 |
| 20 | 8 | Piergiorgio BONTEMPI | Kawasaki | 1:39.944 | 3.537 | 160.29 | 16 | 20 |
| 21 | 12 | Rob PHILLIS | Kawasaki | 1:40.397 | 3.990 | 159.57 | 21 | 22 |
| 22 | 39 | Sean EMMETT | Ducati | 1:40.462 | 4.055 | 159.46 | 17 | 18 |
| 23 | 69 | Craig CONNELL | Ducati | 1:40.576 | 4.169 | 159.28 | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | 61 | Rip CROCKER | Honda | 1:40.921 | 4.514 | 158.74 | 19 | 19 |
| 25 | 66 | Benn ARCHIBALD | Ducati | 1:41.443 | 5.036 | 157.92 | 22 | 22 |
| 26 | 18 |  Igor JERMAN | Kawasaki | 1:41.553 | 5.146 | 157.75 | 20 | 20 |
| 27 | 53 | Graeme WILSHAW | Suzuki | 1:44.153 | 7.746 | 153.81 | 18 | 18 |
| 28 | 57 | Alistair MAXWELL | Kawasaki | 1:44.158 | 7.751 | 153.80 | 9 | 9 |
| 29 | 80 | Simon MIDDLETON | Kawasaki | 1:45.307 | 8.900 | 152.13 | 10 | 13 |
| 30 | 84 | Craig STAFFORD | Yamaha | 1:45.381 | 8.974 | 152.02 | 12 | 12 |
| 31 | 74 | John PHELAN | Kawasaki | 1:45.878 | 9.471 | 151.31 | 12 | 13 |
| 32 | 77 | Dieter ACKERMANN | Kawasaki | 1:47.401 | 10.994 | 149.16 | 8 | 9 |
| 33 | 59 | Michael BRENTON | Yamaha | 1:47.410 | 11.003 | 149.15 | 9 | 9 |
| 34 | 90 | Garry AMOS | Ducati | 1:48.071 | 11.664 | 148.24 | 19 | 19 |
| 35 | 89 | John ORCHARD | Kawasaki | 1:48.144 | 11.737 | 148.14 | 15 | 15 |
| 36 | 87 | Stephen TOZER | Kawasaki | 1:48.967 | 12.560 | 147.02 | 4 | 4 |
| 37 | 79 | Scott WEBSTER | Honda | 1:53.586 | 17.179 | 141.04 | 12 | 13 |
| 38 | 93 | Stuart HABLETHWAITE | Kawasaki | 2:12.737 | 36.330 | 120.69 | 2 | 2 |
1996-10-25 to 1996-10-27
World Superbike Australian Round
Phillip Island (Permanent circuit, 4.4500 km)
Attendance: 35,000
Event permit: IMN 102/13
Timekeepers: Computime
Entries: 40 / Practised: 38 / Qualified: 33
Sessions
Qualifying 1
Scheduled duration: 60 mins
Started: 38 / Classified: 38
Scheduled start time: 15:30
Weather: Overcast / Track: Drying
Results
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Sources:
Official results/ 1996-10-27 live TV coverage/ Cycle News 1996-11-06 pg6-9/ Usenet posts in aus.motorcycles/ Photos by Cal Harris (Facebook)/ Photos from David Emmerson (Facebook)