Final | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mike Wenden | AUS | 1:55.2 | 1. | 2. Don Schollander | USA | 1:55.8 | 3. | 3. John Nelson | USA | 1:58.1 | 2. | 4. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 1:58.6 | 4. | 5. Alain Mosconi | FRA | 1:59.1 | 5. | 6. Bob Windle | AUS | 2:00.9 | 6. | 7. Semyon Belits-Heiman | URS | 2:01.5 | 8. | -. Bob Windle | AUS | | 7. |
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Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. John Nelson | USA | 1:59.5 | 2. | 2. Wolfgang Kremer | FRG | 2:02.1 | 15. | 3. Mark Anderson | AUS | 2:02.2 | 18. | 4. Noboru Waseda | JPN | 2:03.4 | 22. | 5. Gary Goodner | PUR | 2:06.6 | 35. | 6. Salvador Vilanova | ESA | 2:14.6 | 50. |
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Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mike Wenden | AUS | 1:59.3 | 1. | 2. Bob Windle | AUS | 2:01.0 | 7. | 3. Wojtakajtis Władysław | POL | 2:06.0 | 31. | 4. Borlói Mátyás | HUN | 2:06.5 | 34. | 5. Amnon Krauz | ISR | 2:09.3 | 41. | 6. Gregorio Fiallo | CUB | 2:10.5 | 45. |
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Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. John Gilchrist | CAN | 2:01.8 | 13. | 2. Lester Eriksson | SWE | 2:02.1 | 15. | 3. Gilles Moreau | FRA | 2:02.7 | 19. | 4. Satoru Nakano | JPN | 2:05.5 | 28. | 5. Federico Sicard | COL | 2:11.1 | 46. | 6. José Martínez | CUB | 2:16.1 | 53. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Don Schollander | USA | 2:00.0 | 3. | 2. Luis Nicolao | ARG | 2:01.8 | 13. | 3. Johan Schans | NED | 2:04.1 | 23. | 4. Gunnar Larsson | SWE | 2:04.9 | 25. | 5. Elt Drenth | NED | 2:05.6 | 29. | 6. Georgijs Kuļikovs | URS | 2:08.3 | 39. | 7. Wong Man Chiu | HKG | 2:15.0 | 51. | 8. Angus Edghill | BBS | 2:19.1 | 55. |
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Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Steve Rerych | USA | 2:00.6 | 6. | 2. Semyon Belits-Heiman | URS | 2:01.2 | 8. | 3. Pano Capéronis | SUI | 2:04.9 | 25. | 4. Madsen Ørjan | NOR | 2:05.4 | 27. | 5. Ricardo González | COL | 2:05.8 | 30. | 6. Anthony Jarvis | GBR | 2:09.3 | 41. | 7. Robert Loh | HKG | 2:16.2 | 54. |
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Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Alain Mosconi | FRA | 2:00.1 | 5. | 2. Leonid Ilyichov | URS | 2:01.3 | 9. | 3. George Smith | CAN | 2:03.2 | 21. | 4. Roosevelt Abdulgafur | PHI | 2:04.8 | 24. | 5. Fernando González | ECU | 2:07.3 | 37. | 6. Werner Krammel | FRG | 2:07.9 | 38. | 7. Ramiro Benavides | GUA | 2:11.7 | 47. | 8. José Alvarado | ESA | 2:20.2 | 56. |
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Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Juan Carlos Bello | PER | 2:01.3 | 9. | 2. Julio Arango | COL | 2:03.1 | 20. | 3. Zbigniew Pacelt | POL | 2:06.3 | 33. | 4. Jorge González | PUR | 2:09.1 | 40. | 5. Csaba Csatlós | HUN | 2:10.0 | 43. | 6. Kucsera Gábor | HUN | 2:12.8 | 49. |
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Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 2:00.0 | 4. | 2. Olaf, Baron von Schilling | FRG | 2:01.7 | 12. | 3. Tony Asamali | PHI | 2:06.2 | 32. | 4. Ingvar Eriksson | SWE | 2:10.0 | 43. | 5. Andrew Loh | HKG | 2:15.8 | 52. |
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Heat 9 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Michel Rousseau | FRA | 2:01.5 | 11. | 2. Kunihiro Iwasaki | JPN | 2:02.1 | 15. | 3. Aad Oudt | NED | 2:06.6 | 35. | 4. Luis Ayesa | PHI | 2:12.2 | 48. | 5. Ernesto Durón | ESA | 2:24.1 | 57. |
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