Final A | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Aleksandr Popov | URS | 49.02s | 1. | 2. Gustavo Borges | BRA | 49.43s | 2. | 3. Stéphane Caron | FRA | 49.50s | 5. | 4. Jon Olsen | USA | 49.51s | 3. | 5. Matt Biondi | USA | 49.53s | 4. | 6. Tommy Werner | SWE | 49.63s | 8. | 7. Christian-Alexander Tröger | GER | 49.84s | 7. | 8. Hennady Prihoda | URS | 50.25s | 6. |
Final B | Team | time | Rk. | 9. Ricardo Busquets | PRO | 49.92s | 13. | 10.Raimundas Mažuolis | LTU | 50.13s | 9. | 11.Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 50.49s | 12. | 12.Nils Rudolph | GER | 50.62s | 11. | 13.John Steel | NZL | 50.69s | 14. | 14.Chris Fydler | AUS | 50.78s | 10. | 15.Roberto Gleria | ITA | 50.81s | 17. | 16.Andrew Baildon | AUS | 50.93s | 14. |
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Round | H | Athl. | date |
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Heat 10 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Aleksandr Popov | URS | 49.29s | 1. | 2. Gustavo Borges | BRA | 49.49s | 2. | 3. Matt Biondi | USA | 49.75s | 4. | 4. Hennady Prihoda | URS | 50.00s | 6. | 5. John Steel | NZL | 50.59s | 14. | 5. Andrew Baildon | AUS | 50.59s | 14. | 7. Roberto Gleria | ITA | 50.66s | 17. | 8. Paul Howe | GBR | 51.12s | 24. |
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Heat 9 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Stéphane Caron | FRA | 49.82s | 5. | 2. Christian-Alexander Tröger | GER | 50.05s | 7. | 3. Raimundas Mažuolis | LTU | 50.17s | 9. | 4. Nils Rudolph | GER | 50.29s | 11. | 5. Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 50.30s | 12. | 6. Mike Fibbens | GBR | 50.93s | 21. | 7. Emanuel Fortes | BRA | 51.17s | 25. | 8. Franz Mortensen | DEN | 51.29s | 26. |
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Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Jon Olsen | USA | 49.63s | 3. | 2. Tommy Werner | SWE | 50.08s | 8. | 3. Chris Fydler | AUS | 50.26s | 10. | 4. Giorgio Lamberti | ITA | 50.65s | 16. | 5. Karlsson Håkan | SWE | 50.73s | 18. | 5. Stephen Clarke | CAN | 50.73s | 18. | 7. Szabados Béla | HUN | 50.78s | 20. | 8. Mehmet Taner | TUR | 51.34s | 27. |
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Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Ricardo Busquets | PUR | 50.31s | 13. | 2. Rodrigo González | MEX | 51.04s | 22. | 3. Jarl Inge Melberg | NOR | 51.39s | 28. | 4. Seddon Keyter | RSA | 51.42s | 29. | 5. Yoav Bruck | ISR | 51.46s | 31. | 6. Yves Clausse | LUX | 51.47s | 32. | 7. Tsutomu Nakano | JPN | 51.63s | 34. |
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Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Stéfan Voléry | SUI | 51.05s | 23. | 2. Indrek Sei | EST | 51.47s | 32. | 3. Krzysztof Cwalina | POL | 51.70s | 35. | 4. Nick Sanders | NZL | 51.77s | 36. | 5. Giovanni Linscheer | SUR | 51.82s | 37. | 6. Michael Wright | HKG | 51.88s | 39. | 7. Xie Jun | CHN | 51.94s | 40. | 8. Darren Ward | CAN | 52.05s | 41. |
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Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Janne Blomqvist | FIN | 51.86s | 38. | 2. Li Kai Yien | HKG | 52.22s | 42. | 3. Allan Murray | BAH | 52.43s | 43. | 4. Stavros Mikhailidis | CYP | 52.54s | 44. | 5. Ivor Le Roux | ZIM | 52.92s | 46. | 6. Marc Verbeeck | BEL | 52.97s | 48. | 7. Sebastián Lasave | ARG | 53.07s | 49. | 8. Patrick Sagisi | GUM | 53.90s | 55. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Shigeo Ogata | JPN | 52.74s | 45. | 2. Enrico Linscheer | SUR | 52.94s | 47. | 3. Geri Mewitt | BER | 53.14s | 50. | 4. Mohamed El-Azoul | EGY | 53.31s | 52. | 5. Nikos Paleokrassas | GRE | 53.47s | 53. | 6. Kenneth Yeo | SIN | 54.44s | 56. | 7. Frank Leskaj | ALB | 55.50s | 62. |
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Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Ian Raynor | BER | 53.16s | 51. | 2. Rhoderick McGown | ZIM | 53.65s | 54. | 3. Plutarco Castellanos | HON | 54.66s | 57. | 4. Gustavo Bucaro | GUA | 54.74s | 58. | 5. Laurent Alfred | USV | 54.89s | 60. | 6. Helder Torres | GUA | 55.38s | 61. | 7. Jarrah Al-Asmawi | KUW | 56.72s | 69. |
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Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Adrian Romero | GUM | 54.77s | 59. | 2. Lahoud Émile | LEB | 55.51s | 63. | 3. Hussein Al-Sadiq | KSA | 55.96s | 65. | 4. Ahmad Faraj | UAE | 56.05s | 66. | 5. Ivan Roberts | SEY | 56.15s | 67. | 6. Mohamed Bin Abid | UAE | 56.82s | 70. | 7. Carl Probert | FIJ | 57.25s | 71. |
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Heat 1. | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Mladen Kapor | YUG | 51.44s | 30. | 2. Mouhamedou Diop | SEN | 55.82s | 64. | 3. Bruno N'Diaye | SEN | 56.39s | 68. | 4. Kenny Roberts | SEY | 58.86s | 72. | 5. Foy Gordon Chung | FIJ | 1:03.96 | 73. | 6. Ahmed Imthiyaz | MLD | 1:04.96 | 74. | 7. Mohamed Rasheed | MLD | 1:08.12 | 75. |
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