| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jon Sieben | AUS | 1:57.04 | 4. | | 2. Michael Groß | FRG | 1:57.40 | 1. | | 3. Rafael Vidal | VEN | 1:57.51 | 2. | | 4. Pedro Pablo Morales | USA | 1:57.75 | 3. | | 5. Anthony Mosse | NZL | 1:58.75 | 5. | | 6. Tom Ponting | CAN | 1:59.37 | 6. | | 7. Peter Ward | CAN | 2:00.39 | 7. | | 8. Pat Kennedy | USA | 2:01.03 | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Taihei Saka | JPN | 2:00.31 | 11. | | 10.Frank Drost | NED | 2:01.23 | 13. | | 11.Nick Hodgson | GBR | 2:01.24 | 14. | | 12.Filiberto Colon | PUR | 2:01.27 | 15. | | 13.Gérard de Kort | NED | 2:01.30 | 12. | | 14.Paolo Revelli | ITA | 2:01.58 | 9. | | 15.Harri Garmendia | ESP | 2:01.82 | 16. | | 16.Philip Hubble | GBR | 2:03.06 | 17. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Michael Groß | FRG | 1:58.72 | 1. | | 2. Rafael Vidal | VEN | 1:59.15 | 2. | | 3. Nick Hodgson | GBR | 2:01.64 | 14. | | 4. Filiberto Colon | PUR | 2:01.80 | 15. | | 5. João Santos | POR | 2:04.72 | 23. | | 6. Andrés Aguilar | CRC | 2:08.74 | 30. | | 7. Juan Miranda | ESA | 2:38.32 | 35. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Pedro Pablo Morales | USA | 1:59.19 | 3. | | 2. Jon Sieben | AUS | 1:59.63 | 4. | | 3. Paolo Revelli | ITA | 2:00.38 | 9. | | 4. Taihei Saka | JPN | 2:00.66 | 11. | | 5. Shudo Kawawa | JPN | 2:03.07 | 19. | | 6. Sabri Özün İhsan | TUR | 2:07.45 | 27. | | 7. Mohamed Youssef | EGY | 2:08.88 | 31. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Anthony Mosse | NZL | 1:59.76 | 5. | | 2. Tom Ponting | CAN | 1:59.78 | 6. | | 3. Peter Ward | CAN | 1:59.99 | 7. | | 4. Harri Garmendia | ESP | 2:02.37 | 16. | | 5. Kristofer Stivenson | GRE | 2:02.94 | 18. | | 6. Søren Østberg | DEN | 2:06.12 | 26. | | 7. Henry Wozniak | BBS | 2:13.17 | 32. | | 8. Juan José Piro | HON | 2:22.80 | 34. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ricardo Prado | BRA | 2:00.59 | 10. | | 2. Frank Drost | NED | 2:01.18 | 13. | | 3. Thomas Lejdström | SWE | 2:03.81 | 21. | | 4. Yoram Kochavy | ISR | 2:04.08 | 22. | | 5. Andreas Behrend | FRG | 2:06.06 | 25. | | 6. Tsang Yi Ming | HKG | 2:08.44 | 29. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Pat Kennedy | USA | 2:00.28 | 8. | | 2. Gérard de Kort | NED | 2:00.83 | 12. | | 3. Philip Hubble | GBR | 2:02.76 | 17. | | 4. Théophile David | SUI | 2:03.21 | 20. | | 5. Alberto José Umana | VEN | 2:05.29 | 24. | | 6. Bang Jun-Yeong | KOR | 2:07.80 | 28. | | 7. Roberto Granados | GUA | 2:13.79 | 33. |
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