| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 2:02.82 | 1. | | 2. Mike Stamm | USA | 2:04.09 | 2. | | 3. Mitch Ivey | USA | 2:04.33 | 6. | | 4. Brad Cooper | AUS | 2:06.59 | 3. | | 5. Tim McKee | USA | 2:07.29 | 4. | | 6. Lothar Noack | GDR | 2:08.67 | 5. | | 7. Zoltán Verrasztó | HUN | 2:10.09 | 7. | | 8. Jean-Paul Berjeau | FRA | 2:11.77 | 8. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Zoltán Verrasztó | HUN | 2:09.89 | 7. | | 2. Colin Cunningham | GBR | 2:11.06 | 10. | | 3. Bill Kennedy | CAN | 2:12.55 | 15. | | 4. Rafael Rocha | MEX | 2:15.81 | 25. | | 5. Ian MacKenzie | CAN | 2:16.36 | 27. | | 6. Sergio Hasbún | ESA | 2:27.93 | 35. | | 7. Mark Crocker | HKG | 2:33.64 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Stamm | USA | 2:07.51 | 2. | | 2. Neil Martin | AUS | 2:12.09 | 13. | | 3. Nenad Miloš | YUG | 2:12.99 | 17. | | 4. Lutz Wanja | GDR | 2:13.46 | 18. | | 5. Sarun Van | CAM | 2:24.42 | 33. | | 6. Chiang Jin Choon | MAS | 2:26.51 | 34. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brad Cooper | AUS | 2:07.90 | 3. | | 2. Tim McKee | USA | 2:08.19 | 4. | | 3. Massimo Nistri | ITA | 2:12.85 | 16. | | 4. José Urueta | MEX | 2:13.85 | 21. | | 5. Lars Børgesen | DEN | 2:14.50 | 22. | | 6. Arantes Filho Rômulo | BRA | 2:18.15 | 28. | | 7. Gerardo Rosario | PHI | 2:23.53 | 32. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mitch Ivey | USA | 2:09.32 | 6. | | 2. Jean-Paul Berjeau | FRA | 2:09.93 | 8. | | 3. Bob Schoutsen | NED | 2:10.56 | 9. | | 4. Tadashi Honda | JPN | 2:11.11 | 11. | | 5. Rudolf Róbert | HUN | 2:13.64 | 20. | | 6. John Hawes | CAN | 2:15.34 | 24. | | 7. Norbert Verweyen | FRG | 2:15.94 | 26. | | 8. Predrag Miloš | YUG | 2:18.43 | 29. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 2:06.62 | 1. | | 2. Lothar Noack | GDR | 2:08.80 | 5. | | 3. Anders Sandberg | SWE | 2:11.36 | 12. | | 4. Ejvind Pedersen | DEN | 2:12.30 | 14. | | 5. Helmut Podolan | AUT | 2:13.63 | 19. | | 6. Pierre Baehr | FRA | 2:14.65 | 23. | | 7. Bruce Featherston | AUS | 2:18.63 | 30. | | 8. Gustavo González | ARG | 2:19.74 | 31. |
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