Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Vladimir Kosinsky | URS | 2:31.9 | 3. | 2. Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 2:35.5 | 9. | 3. Kenneth Merten | USA | 2:37.0 | 15. | 4. Liam Ball | IRE | 2:39.8 | 20. | 5. José Durán | ESP | 2:40.3 | 22. | 6. Klukowski Józef | POL | 2:41.6 | 24. | 7. Gershon Shefa | ISR | 2:42.6 | 28. | 8. Abel Muñoz | ESA | 3:02.8 | 36. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Brian Job | USA | 2:31.5 | 2. | 2. Nikolay Pankin | URS | 2:33.1 | 5. | 3. Osamu Tsurumine | JPN | 2:33.9 | 7. | 4. Ladislau Koszta | ROU | 2:36.4 | 11. | 5. Osvaldo Boretto | ARG | 2:38.8 | 17. | 6. Stuart Roberts | GBR | 2:39.1 | 19. | 7. Slavko Kurbanović | YUG | 2:39.9 | 21. | 8. Yohan Kende | ISR | 2:44.3 | 31. |
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