| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tamás Darnyi |  HUN | 4:14.23 | 2. | | 2. Eric Namesnik |  USA | 4:15.57 | 1. | | 3. Luca Sacchi |  ITA | 4:16.34 | 5. | | 4. Dave Wharton | USA | 4:17.26 | 8. | | 5. Christian Geßner |  GER | 4:17.88 | 6. | | 6. Patrick Kühl | GER | 4:19.66 | 3. | | 7. Serghei Mariniuc |  URS | 4:22.93 | 4. | | 8. Takahiro Fujimoto |  JPN | 4:23.86 | 7. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Attila Czene | HUN | 4:21.28 | 16. | | 10.Curtis Myden |  CAN | 4:21.91 | 12. | | 11.Jorge Pérez |  ESP | 4:22.06 | 9. | | 12.Petteri Lehtinen |  FIN | 4:22.10 | 11. | | 13.Philip Bryant |  AUS | 4:22.36 | 10. | | 14.Marcin Maliński |  POL | 4:22.59 | 15. | | 15.Jan Bidrman |  SWE | 4:23.52 | 13. | | 16.Robert Baird | CAN | 4:25.06 | 14. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tamás Darnyi | HUN | 4:18.34 | 2. | | 2. Dave Wharton | USA | 4:20.73 | 8. | | 3. Jorge Pérez | ESP | 4:21.33 | 9. | | 4. Petteri Lehtinen | FIN | 4:22.10 | 11. | | 5. Curtis Myden | CAN | 4:22.41 | 12. | | 6. Jan Bidrman | SWE | 4:22.96 | 13. | | 7. Marcel Wouda |  NED | 4:28.51 | 19. | | 8. Andy Rolley |  GBR | 4:32.82 | 25. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Eric Namesnik | USA | 4:17.75 | 1. | | 2. Patrick Kühl | GER | 4:18.68 | 3. | | 3. Serghei Mariniuc | URS | 4:19.05 | 4. | | 4. Takahiro Fujimoto | JPN | 4:20.07 | 7. | | 5. Marcin Maliński | POL | 4:24.72 | 15. | | 6. Marian Satnoianu |  ROU | 4:26.33 | 17. | | 7. Matt Dunn | AUS | 4:27.65 | 18. | | 8. Denislav Kalchev |  BUL | 4:31.49 | 23. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Luca Sacchi | ITA | 4:19.42 | 5. | | 2. Christian Geßner | GER | 4:19.92 | 6. | | 3. Philip Bryant | AUS | 4:21.45 | 10. | | 4. Robert Baird | CAN | 4:24.31 | 14. | | 5. Attila Czene | HUN | 4:26.31 | 16. | | 6. Andrés Minelli |  ARG | 4:33.41 | 26. | | 7. David Monasterio |  PUR | 4:36.39 | 28. | | -. Toshiaki Kurasawa | JPN | | 32. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Igor Łuczak | POL | 4:28.60 | 20. | | 2. Renato Ramalho |  BRA | 4:29.28 | 22. | | 3. Clifford Lyne |  RSA | 4:32.64 | 24. | | 4. Alejandro Bermúdez |  COL | 4:33.87 | 27. | | 5. Ratapong Sirasanont |  THA | 4:37.95 | 29. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Desmond Koh |  SIN | 4:28.95 | 21. | | 2. Duncan Todd |  HKG | 4:41.84 | 30. | | 3. Roberto Bonilla |  GUA | 4:43.54 | 31. |
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