| Final A | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Tamás Darnyi |  HUN | 2:00.76 | 2.  |  | 2. Greg Burgess |  USA | 2:00.97 | 3.  |  | 3. Attila Czene |  HUN | 2:01.00 | 5.  |  | 4. Jani Sievinen |  FIN | 2:01.28 | 1.  |  | 5. Christian Geßner |  GER | 2:01.97 | 6.  |  | 6. Ron Karnaugh |  USA | 2:02.18 | 4.  |  | 7. Matt Dunn |  AUS | 2:02.79 | 8.  |  | 8. Gary Anderson |  CAN | 2:04.30 | 7.  |   
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. |  | 9. Martín López-Zubero |  ESP | 2:03.34 | 9.  |  | 10.Serghei Mariniuc |  URS | 2:03.72 | 14.  |  | 11.Lars Sørensen |  DEN | 2:03.81 | 15.  |  | 12.Frédéric Lefèvre |  FRA | 2:04.05 | 13.  |  | 13.Tatsuya Kinugasa |  JPN | 2:04.29 | 10.  |  | 14.Darren Ward |  CAN | 2:05.09 | 12.  |  | 15.Takahiro Fujimoto |  JPN | 2:07.74 | 16.  |   
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| Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Tamás Darnyi |  HUN | 2:01.29 | 2. |  | 2. Greg Burgess |  USA | 2:01.35 | 3. |  | 3. Matt Dunn |  AUS | 2:02.75 | 8. |  | 4. Tatsuya Kinugasa |  JPN | 2:03.32 | 10. |  | 5. Darren Ward |  CAN | 2:03.71 | 12. |  | 6. Lars Sørensen |  DEN | 2:04.65 | 15. |  | 7. John Davey |  GBR | 2:05.07 | 18. |  | -. Martin Roberts |  AUS |   |   |   
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Jani Sievinen |  FIN | 2:01.18 | 1. |  | 2. Ron Karnaugh |  USA | 2:01.64 | 4. |  | 3. Christian Geßner |  GER | 2:02.43 | 6. |  | 4. Frédéric Lefèvre |  FRA | 2:03.82 | 13. |  | 5. Serghei Mariniuc |  URS | 2:04.23 | 14. |  | 6. Manuel Guzmán |  PUR | 2:04.95 | 17. |  | 7. Josef Hladky |  GER | 2:07.18 | 32. |  | -. Jan Bidrman |  SWE |   |   |   
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Attila Czene |  HUN | 2:02.05 | 5. |  | 2. Gary Anderson |  CAN | 2:02.63 | 7. |  | 3. Martín López-Zubero |  ESP | 2:03.07 | 9. |  | 4. Luca Sacchi |  ITA | 2:03.54 | 11. |  | 5. Takahiro Fujimoto |  JPN | 2:04.89 | 16. |  | 6. Marcel Wouda |  NED | 2:05.95 | 22. |  | 7. Joaquín Fernández |  ESP | 2:06.09 | 23. |   
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Aleksandr Savitsky |  URS | 2:05.09 | 19. |  | 2. Petteri Lehtinen |  FIN | 2:05.65 | 21. |  | 3. Stefaan Maene |  BEL | 2:06.16 | 24. |  | 4. Simon Percy |  NZL | 2:06.76 | 28. |  | 5. Gary O'Toole |  IRL | 2:07.67 | 34. |  | 6. Renato Ramalho |  BRA | 2:07.78 | 35. |  | -. Rodrigo González |  MEX |   |   |   
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Marcin MLIński |  POL | 2:05.32 | 20. |  | 2. Marian Satnoianu |  ROU | 2:06.45 | 25. |  | 3. Denislav Kalchev |  BUL | 2:06.51 | 26. |  | 4. José Carlos Souza Filho |  BRA | 2:07.09 | 30. |  | 5. Desmond Koh |  SIN | 2:07.16 | 31. |  | 6. Joseph Buhain |  PHI | 2:09.33 | 38. |  | 7. Sultan Al-Otaibi |  KUW | 2:13.68 | 44. |   
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Igor Łuczak |  POL | 2:07.08 | 29. |  | 2. Diogo Madeira |  POR | 2:07.38 | 33. |  | 3. Andy Rolley |  GBR | 2:09.22 | 36. |  | 4. Li Kai Yien |  HKG | 2:09.32 | 37. |  | 5. Gary Tan |  SIN | 2:11.14 | 40. |  | 6. Ricardo Torres |  PAN | 2:12.01 | 41. |   
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Ratapong Sirasanont |  THA | 2:11.02 | 39. |  | 2. Duncan Todd |  HKG | 2:12.29 | 42. |  | 3. Christophe Verdino |  MON | 2:12.46 | 43. |  | 4. Alejandro Alvisuri |  PER | 2:15.10 | 45. |  | 5. Plutarco Castellanos |  HON | 2:15.50 | 46. |  | 6. Lahoud Émile |  LEB | 2:22.08 | 47. |  | -. Roberto Bonilla |  GUA |   |   |   
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. |  | 1. Clifford Lyne |  RSA | 2:06.62 | 27. |  | 2. Carl Probert |  FIJ | 2:22.09 | 48. |  | 3. Mohamed Bin Abid |  UAE | 2:22.95 | 49. |  | 4. Mouhamedou Diop |  SEN | 2:23.92 | 50. |  | 5. Kenny Roberts |  SEY | 2:30.35 | 51. |  | 6. Jean-Paul Adam |  SEY | 2:35.35 | 52. |   
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