| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yevgeny Sadovy |  URS | 1:46.70 | 1. | | 2. Anders Holmertz |  SWE | 1:46.86 | 2. | | 3. Antti Kasvio |  FIN | 1:47.63 | 5. | | 4. Artur Wojdat |  POL | 1:48.24 | 7. | | 5. Vladimir Pyshnenko | URS | 1:48.32 | 3. | | 6. Joe Hudepohl |  USA | 1:48.36 | 6. | | 7. Steffen Zesner |  GER | 1:48.84 | 4. | | 8. Doug Gjertsen | USA | 1:50.57 | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Paul Palmer |  GBR | 1:48.92 | 10. | | 10.Kieren Perkins |  AUS | 1:49.75 | 11. | | 11.Ian Brown | AUS | 1:49.77 | 12. | | 12.Massimo Trevisan |  ITA | 1:49.85 | 13. | | 13.Paul Howe | GBR | 1:50.15 | 14. | | 14.Christian Keller | GER | 1:50.46 | 16. | | 15.Turlough O'Hare |  CAN | 1:51.01 | 17. | | 16.John Steel |  NZL | 1:51.12 | 18. |
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| Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Antti Kasvio | FIN | 1:48.31 | 5. | | 2. Joe Hudepohl | USA | 1:48.52 | 6. | | 3. Artur Wojdat | POL | 1:48.60 | 7. | | 4. Doug Gjertsen | USA | 1:48.65 | 8. | | 5. Paul Palmer | GBR | 1:49.21 | 10. | | 6. Ian Brown | AUS | 1:49.32 | 12. | | 7. Turlough O'Hare | CAN | 1:50.42 | 17. | | 8. Jarl Inge Melberg |  NOR | 1:50.70 | 19. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Vladimir Pyshnenko | URS | 1:47.94 | 3. | | 2. Roberto Gleria | ITA | 1:49.19 | 9. | | 3. Kieren Perkins | AUS | 1:49.26 | 11. | | 4. Massimo Trevisan | ITA | 1:49.80 | 13. | | 5. Paul Howe | GBR | 1:49.86 | 14. | | 6. Christian Keller | GER | 1:50.07 | 16. | | 7. Darren Ward | CAN | 1:51.62 | 23. | | 8. Stefaan Maene |  BEL | 1:51.85 | 24. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yevgeny Sadovy | URS | 1:46.74 | 1. | | 2. Anders Holmertz | SWE | 1:46.76 | 2. | | 3. Steffen Zesner | GER | 1:48.12 | 4. | | 4. Tommy Werner | SWE | 1:50.01 | 15. | | 5. Mehmet Taner |  TUR | 1:50.95 | 20. | | 6. Cristiano Michelena |  BRA | 1:51.04 | 21. | | 7. Gustavo Borges | BRA | 1:51.42 | 22. | | 8. Szabados Béla |  HUN | 1:52.50 | 27. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Robert Pinter |  ROU | 1:52.24 | 25. | | 2. Trent Bray | NZL | 1:52.49 | 26. | | 3. Jure Bučar |  SLO | 1:53.19 | 29. | | 4. Shigeo Ogata |  JPN | 1:53.42 | 30. | | 5. Toshiaki Kurasawa | JPN | 1:53.75 | 31. | | 6. Xie Jun |  CHN | 1:55.51 | 37. | | -. Zoltán Szilágyi | HUN | | 55. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Steel | NZL | 1:50.56 | 18. | | 2. Vesa Hanski | FIN | 1:53.17 | 28. | | 3. Franz Mortensen |  DEN | 1:53.86 | 32. | | 4. Yves Clausse |  LUX | 1:54.45 | 34. | | 5. Nace Majcen | SLO | 1:54.57 | 35. | | 6. Ivor Le Roux |  ZIM | 1:56.17 | 38. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Li Kai Yien |  HKG | 1:54.35 | 33. | | 2. Kuan Seng Ong |  MAS | 1:55.37 | 36. | | 3. Kenneth Yeo |  SIN | 1:57.80 | 39. | | 4. Gustavo Bucaro |  GUA | 1:58.13 | 40. | | 5. Li Kai Wai | HKG | 1:59.40 | 41. | | 6. Benoît Fleurot |  MRI | 1:59.73 | 42. | | 7. Luis Medina |  BOL | 2:00.87 | 46. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Plutarco Castellanos |  HON | 1:59.91 | 43. | | 2. Helder Torres | GUA | 2:00.04 | 44. | | 3. Frank Flores |  GUM | 2:00.48 | 45. | | 4. Julian Bolling |  SLA | 2:02.01 | 49. | | 5. Laurent Alfred |  USV | 2:04.59 | 51. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lahoud Émile |  LEB | 2:01.06 | 47. | | 2. Hussein Al-Sadiq |  KSA | 2:01.31 | 48. | | 3. Carl Probert |  FIJ | 2:04.52 | 50. | | 4. Daniele Casadei |  SMR | 2:06.14 | 52. | | 5. Ahmad Faraj |  UAE | 2:07.61 | 53. | | 6. Jean-Paul Adam |  SEY | 2:09.99 | 54. |
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