Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Stefan Pfeiffer | FRG | 15:21.95 | 2. | 2. Franck Iacono | FRA | 15:27.27 | 8. | 3. Carlos Scanavino | URU | 15:29.78 | 10. | 4. Borut Petrič | YUG | 15:36.44 | 15. | 5. Alejandro Lecot | ARG | 15:49.94 | 20. | 6. William Wilson | PHI | 16:24.81 | 24. | 7. Scott Newkirk | USV | 16:50.55 | 26. |
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Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Justin Lemberg | AUS | 15:29.74 | 9. | 2. Rafael Escalas | ESP | 15:30.09 | 11. | 3. Bernard Volz | CAN | 15:31.38 | 13. | 4. Mike Davidson | NZL | 15:35.43 | 14. | 5. Marcelo Jucá | BRA | 15:43.80 | 17. | 6. Lin Chun-Hong | TPE | 16:44.94 | 25. | 7. Julian Bolling | SLA | 17:16.92 | 27. |
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