Final | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mike Wenden | AUS | 52.2s | 1. 1. | 2. Ken Walsh | USA | 52.8s | 21.7. | 3. Mark Spitz | USA | 53.0s | 4. 3. | 4. Bobby McGregor | GBR | 53.5s | 12.3. | 5. Leonid Ilyichov | URS | 53.8s | 8. 3. | 6. Georgijs Kuļikovs | URS | 53.8s | 2. 8. | 7. Luis Nicolao | ARG | 53.9s | 4. 3. | 8. Zac Zorn | USA | 53.9s | 2. 2. |
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Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 2. Leonid Ilyichov | URS | 53.8s | 3. | 1. Bobby McGregor | GBR | 53.8s | 3. | 3. Georgijs Kuļikovs | URS | 54.1s | 8. | 4. Greg Rogers | AUS | 54.9s | 13. | 5. Sergey Gusev | URS | 55.2s | 17. | 6. Kunihiro Iwasaki | JPN | 55.8s | 21. | 7. Gary Goodner | PRO | 55.8s | 21. | 8. Olaf, Baron von Schilling | FRG | 55.9s | 23. |
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Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Zac Zorn | USA | 53.4s | 2. | 2. Luis Nicolao | ARG | 53.8s | 3. | 3. Ken Walsh | USA | 53.9s | 7. | 4. Wolfgang Kremer | FRG | 54.3s | 9. | 5. Lester Eriksson | SWE | 54.9s | 13. | 6. José Antonio Chicoy | ESP | 54.9s | 13. | 7. François Simons | BEL | 55.3s | 18. | 8. Roosevelt Abdulgafur | PHI | 55.9s | 23. |
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Semi 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mike Wenden | AUS | 52.9s | 1. | 2. Mark Spitz | USA | 53.8s | 3. | 3. Michel Rousseau | FRA | 54.5s | 10. | 4. Bob Windle | AUS | 54.6s | 11. | 5. John Gilchrist | CAN | 54.8s | 12. | 6. Kucsera Gábor | HUN | 55.0s | 16. | 7. Pietro Boscaini | ITA | 55.6s | 19. | 8. Mike Turner | GBR | 55.6s | 19. |
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Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Michel Rousseau | FRA | 54.9s | 8. | 2. Lester Eriksson | SWE | 55.2s | 14. | 3. Bernard Gruener | FRA | 56.2s | 27. | 4. Pano Capéronis | SUI | 56.2s | 27. | 5. Madsen Ørjan | NOR | 56.3s | 30. | 6. Donnacha O'Dea | IRE | 59.5s | 55. | 7. Lee Tong-Shing | TWN | 1:01.0 | 60. | 8. José Alvarado | ESA | 1:02.0 | 62. |
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Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Luis Nicolao | ARG | 54.6s | 4. | 2. Bobby McGregor | GBR | 55.1s | 12. | 3. Greg Rogers | AUS | 55.4s | 15. | 4. José Roberto Aranha | BRA | 56.8s | 37. | 5. Mario Santibáñez | MEX | 57.0s | 39. | 6. Andrew Loh | HKG | 1:00.7 | 59. | 7. Luis Aguilar | CRC | 1:04.5 | 64. |
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Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Leonid Ilyichov | URS | 54.9s | 8. | 2. Kunihiro Iwasaki | JPN | 55.5s | 17. | 3. Gary Goodner | PUR | 55.7s | 19. | 4. Rafaél Cal | MEX | 56.5s | 33. | 5. Petr Schmid | AUT | 57.1s | 41. | 6. Wong Man Chiu | HKG | 58.0s | 46. | 7. Fernando González | ECU | 58.6s | 50. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Zac Zorn | USA | 54.3s | 2. | 2. Wolfgang Kremer | FRG | 55.0s | 11. | 3. Kucsera Gábor | HUN | 55.1s | 12. | 4. Csaba Csatlós | HUN | 56.6s | 36. | 5. Herman Verbauwen | BEL | 57.5s | 45. | 6. Federico Sicard | COL | 59.0s | 53. | 7. Yacoub Masboungi | LEB | 1:00.5 | 58. |
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Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 54.6s | 4. | 2. José Antonio Chicoy | ESP | 54.9s | 10. | 3. François Simons | BEL | 55.5s | 17. | 4. Roosevelt Abdulgafur | PHI | 55.8s | 22. | 5. Carlos van der Maath | ARG | 56.4s | 30. | 6. Angus Edghill | BBS | 58.1s | 47. | 7. Michael Goodner | PUR | 58.2s | 48. | 8. Salvador Vilanova | ESA | 59.6s | 56. |
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Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Sergey Gusev | URS | 54.8s | 6. | 2. John Gilchrist | CAN | 55.4s | 15. | 3. Michele D'Oppido | ITA | 57.3s | 44. | 4. Gregorio Fiallo | CUB | 58.2s | 48. | 5. Geoffrey Ferreira | TRT | 58.9s | 52. | 6. Robert Loh | HKG | 1:01.1 | 61. |
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Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Georgijs Kuļikovs | URS | 54.3s | 2. | 2. Pietro Boscaini | ITA | 55.7s | 19. | 3. Olaf, Baron von Schilling | FRG | 55.8s | 22. | 4. Luis Ayesa | PHI | 56.2s | 27. | 5. Salvador Ruíz | MEX | 56.4s | 30. | 6. Paul Nash | JAM | 59.0s | 53. | 7. José Martínez | CUB | 1:00.4 | 57. |
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Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mike Wenden | AUS | 53.6s | 1. | 2. Bob Windle | AUS | 54.8s | 6. | 3. Mike Turner | GBR | 55.8s | 22. | 4. Glen Finch | CAN | 56.0s | 25. | 5. José Ferriouli | PUR | 56.1s | 26. | 6. Ricardo González | COL | 57.0s | 39. |
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Heat 9 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Ken Walsh | USA | 55.7s | 19. | 2. Masayuki Osawa | JPN | 56.5s | 33. | 3. Anthony Jarvis | GBR | 56.5s | 33. | 4. Peter Schorning | FRG | 56.9s | 38. | 5. Letast Gérard | FRA | 57.2s | 42. | 6. Amnon Krauz | ISR | 57.2s | 42. | 7. Gudmunður Gíslason | ISL | 58.6s | 50. | 8. Ernesto Durón | ESA | 1:03.8 | 63. |
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