Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | 2. Sergey Fesenko | Soviet Union | 4:28.48 | | +1.22s | - | 6. Stephen Poulter | Great Britain | 4:30.48 | | +3.22s | - | 7. Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 4:31.97 | | +4.71s | - | 11.Gareth Sykes | Great Britain | 4:33.41 | | +6.15s | - | 16.Franky De Groote | Belgium | 4:39.00 | | +11.74s | - | 18.Andreas Peikert | East Germany | 4:39.68 | | +12.42s | - |
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Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | 3. Vladimir Shemetov | Soviet Union | 4:29.62 | | +1.36s | - | 10.Josef Hladky | Czechoslovakia | 4:33.13 | | +5.87s | - | 14.Bruno Lesaffre | France | 4:38.85 | | +11.59s | - | 15.Frederic Delcourt | France | 4:38.96 | | +11.70s | - | -. Andras Hargitay | Hungary | DQ | | | - | -. Boris Novak | Yugoslavia | DQ | | | - |
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