| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Michael Groß | FRG | 1:47.44 | 1. | | 2. Mike Heath | USA | 1:49.10 | 2. | | 3. Thomas Fahrner | FRG | 1:49.69 | 3. | | 4. Jeffrey Float | USA | 1:50.18 | 5. | | 5. Alberto Mestre | VEN | 1:50.23 | 4. | | 6. Frank Drost | NED | 1:51.62 | 6. | | 7. Marco Dell'Uomo | ITA | 1:52.20 | 8. | | 8. Peter Dale | AUS | 1:53.84 | 7. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Paul Easter | GBR | 1:51.70 | 12. | | 10.Juan Carlos Vallejo | ESP | 1:51.77 | 13. | | 11.Hans Kroes | NED | 1:52.36 | 15. | | 12.Anders Holmertz | SWE | 1:52.44 | 9. | | 13.Carlos Scanavino | URU | 1:52.54 | 17. | | 14.Peter Szmidt | CAN | 1:52.56 | 16. | | 15.Andrew Astbury | GBR | 1:53.02 | 14. | | 16.Thomas Lejdström | SWE | 1:53.63 | 10. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Michael Groß | FRG | 1:48.03 | 1. | | 2. Marco Dell'Uomo | ITA | 1:51.67 | 8. | | 3. Borut Petrič | YUG | 1:52.74 | 19. | | 4. Hiroshi Sakamoto | JPN | 1:54.71 | 26. | | 5. Shen Jianqiang | CHN | 1:56.08 | 34. | | 6. Fernando Cañales | PUR | 1:56.60 | 37. | | 7. Mohamed Youssef | EGY | 1:59.71 | 44. | | 8. Roberto Granados | GUA | 2:05.21 | 50. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Heath | USA | 1:49.87 | 2. | | 2. Thomas Lejdström | SWE | 1:51.76 | 10. | | 3. Carlos Scanavino | URU | 1:52.70 | 17. | | 4. Anthony Mosse | NZL | 1:54.12 | 24. | | 5. Jean-Marie François | VEN | 1:55.28 | 29. | | 6. Scott Newkirk | USV | 1:57.74 | 41. | | 7. Tsang Yi Ming | HKG | 2:03.11 | 48. | | 8. Rami Kantari | LEB | 2:25.43 | 56. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jeffrey Float | USA | 1:50.95 | 5. | | 2. Frank Drost | NED | 1:51.32 | 6. | | 3. Juan Carlos Vallejo | ESP | 1:51.97 | 13. | | 4. Justin Lemberg | AUS | 1:52.73 | 18. | | 5. Mike Davidson | NZL | 1:56.20 | 35. | | 6. Evert Kroon | NAT | 1:57.05 | 38. | | 7. Ingi Jónsson | ISL | 2:02.23 | 47. | | 8. Percy Sayegh | LEB | 2:20.76 | 55. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Thomas Fahrner | FRG | 1:50.00 | 3. | | 2. Anders Holmertz | SWE | 1:51.70 | 9. | | 3. Alex Baumann | CAN | 1:51.76 | 10. | | 4. César Sánchez | MEX | 1:55.82 | 31. | | 5. Carlos Romo | MEX | 1:58.77 | 42. | | 6. Fabian Ferrari | ARG | 1:59.39 | 43. | | 7. Erik Rosskopf | USV | 2:02.04 | 45. | | 8. Michele Piva | SMR | 2:15.39 | 54. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Alberto Mestre | VEN | 1:50.73 | 4. | | 2. Andrew Astbury | GBR | 1:52.01 | 14. | | 3. Jorge Luiz Leite | BRA | 1:53.03 | 20. | | 4. Javier Miralpeix | ESP | 1:55.25 | 28. | | 5. Attaroğlu Gökhan | TUR | 1:55.92 | 32. | | 6. William Wilson | PHI | 1:57.18 | 39. | | 7. Ng Wing Hon | HKG | 2:03.66 | 49. | | 8. Trevor Ncala | SWA | 2:15.30 | 53. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Paul Easter | GBR | 1:51.80 | 12. | | 2. Hans Kroes | NED | 1:52.37 | 15. | | 3. Ciro Delgado | BRA | 1:53.22 | 21. | | 4. Paolo Revelli | ITA | 1:53.46 | 22. | | 5. Shigeo Ogata | JPN | 1:55.97 | 33. | | 6. Thierry Jacot | SUI | 1:56.54 | 36. | | 7. Sean Nottage | BAH | 1:57.54 | 40. | | 8. Samuela Tupou | FIJ | 2:02.22 | 46. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Peter Dale | AUS | 1:51.42 | 7. | | 2. Peter Szmidt | CAN | 1:52.48 | 16. | | 3. Franz Mortensen | DEN | 1:54.09 | 23. | | 4. Stéfan Voléry | SUI | 1:54.19 | 25. | | 5. Michael Miao | TPE | 1:55.01 | 27. | | 6. Darjan Petrič | YUG | 1:55.68 | 30. | | 7. Rodrigo Leal | GUA | 2:05.96 | 51. | | 8. Juan José Piro | HON | 2:12.51 | 52. |
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