| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Aleksandr Popov |  URS | 21.91s | 1. | | 2. Matt Biondi |  USA | 22.09s | 2. | | 3. Tom Jager | USA | 22.30s | 3. | | 4. Christophe Kalfayan |  FRA | 22.50s | 6. | | 4. Peter Williams |  RSA | 22.50s | 5. | | 6. Mark Foster |  GBR | 22.52s | 8. | | 7. Hennady Prihoda | URS | 22.54s | 4. | | 8. Nils Rudolph |  GER | 22.73s | 6. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Darren Lange |  AUS | 22.69s | 13. | | 10.Raimundas Mažuolis |  LTU | 22.71s | 9. | | 11.Lindström Pär |  SWE | 22.88s | 11. | | 11.Mark Pinger | GER | 22.88s | 10. | | 13.Gustavo Borges |  BRA | 23.01s | 15. | | 14.Rene Gusperti |  ITA | 23.04s | 11. | | 15.Angus Waddell | AUS | 23.06s | 15. | | 16.Dano Halsall |  SUI | 23.18s | 17. |
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| Heat 10 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Matt Biondi | USA | 22.32s | 2. | | 2. Hennady Prihoda | URS | 22.57s | 4. | | 3. Mark Foster | GBR | 22.72s | 8. | | 4. Lindström Pär | SWE | 22.92s | 11. | | 4. Rene Gusperti | ITA | 22.92s | 11. | | 6. Angus Waddell | AUS | 23.10s | 15. | | 7. Mike Fibbens | GBR | 23.27s | 19. | | 8. Franz Mortensen |  DEN | 23.61s | 29. |
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| Heat 9 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tom Jager | USA | 22.45s | 3. | | 2. Peter Williams | RSA | 22.65s | 5. | | 3. Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 22.70s | 6. | | 3. Nils Rudolph | GER | 22.70s | 6. | | 5. Mark Pinger | GER | 22.88s | 10. | | 6. Allan Murray |  BAH | 23.35s | 21. | | 7. Darryl Cronje | RSA | 23.39s | 22. |
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| Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Aleksandr Popov | URS | 22.21s | 1. | | 2. Raimundas Mažuolis | LTU | 22.77s | 9. | | 3. Darren Lange | AUS | 23.01s | 13. | | 3. Stéphane Caron | FRA | 23.01s | 13. | | 5. Gustavo Borges | BRA | 23.10s | 15. | | 6. Dano Halsall | SUI | 23.15s | 17. | | 7. Krzysztof Cwalina |  POL | 23.20s | 18. | | 8. Indrek Sei |  EST | 23.68s | 31. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ricardo Busquets |  PUR | 23.44s | 24. | | 2. Stéfan Voléry | SUI | 23.47s | 25. | | 3. Nikos Paleokrassas |  GRE | 23.51s | 26. | | 4. Rodrigo González |  MEX | 23.52s | 27. | | 5. Nikos Steliou | GRE | 23.55s | 28. | | 6. Yoav Bruck |  ISR | 23.72s | 32. | | 7. Nick Sanders |  NZL | 23.79s | 35. | | 8. Paulo Trindade |  POR | 23.81s | 36. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Stavros Mikhailidis |  CYP | 23.34s | 20. | | 2. Enrico Linscheer |  SUR | 23.74s | 33. | | 3. Mark Weldon | NZL | 23.87s | 37. | | 3. Mohamed El-Azoul |  EGY | 23.87s | 37. | | 5. Michael Wright |  HKG | 23.90s | 39. | | 6. Musa Bakare |  NGR | 24.13s | 42. | | 7. Frank Leskaj |  ALB | 24.72s | 50. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Janne Blomqvist |  FIN | 23.63s | 30. | | 2. Stephen Clarke |  CAN | 23.95s | 40. | | 3. Teofilo Ferreira | BRA | 24.13s | 41. | | 4. Pedro Lima |  ANG | 24.14s | 43. | | 5. Geri Mewitt |  BER | 24.20s | 44. | | 6. Ian Raynor | BER | 24.23s | 45. | | 7. Marc Verbeeck |  BEL | 24.85s | 53. | | -. Yves Clausse |  LUX | | |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Todd Torres | PUR | 23.79s | 34. | | 2. Toshiaki Kurasawa |  JPN | 24.61s | 47. | | 3. Laurent Alfred |  USV | 24.66s | 48. | | 4. Rhoderick McGown |  ZIM | 24.75s | 51. | | 5. Patrick Sagisi |  GUM | 24.78s | 52. | | 6. Kenneth Yeo |  SIN | 25.29s | 56. | | -. José Mossiane |  MOZ | | | | -. Tsutomu Nakano | JPN | | |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ivor Le Roux | ZIM | 24.32s | 46. | | 2. Plutarco Castellanos |  HON | 25.27s | 55. | | 3. Wu Tat Cheung | HKG | 25.45s | 59. | | 4. Andrés Sedano |  GUA | 25.53s | 60. | | 5. Lahoud Émile |  LEB | 25.76s | 61. | | 6. Gustavo Bucaro | GUA | 25.84s | 63. | | 7. Ahmad Faraj |  UAE | 25.91s | 64. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Adrian Romero | GUM | 25.12s | 54. | | 2. Ivan Roberts |  SEY | 25.44s | 58. | | 3. Mohamed Bin Abid | UAE | 25.79s | 62. | | 4. Carl Probert |  FIJ | 26.31s | 65. | | 5. Filippo Piva |  SMR | 26.41s | 66. | | 6. Roberto Pellandra | SMR | 26.51s | 67. | | 7. Kenny Roberts | SEY | 26.78s | 68. |
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| Heat 1. | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mladen Kapor |  YUG | 23.42s | 23. | | 2. Mouhamedou Diop |  SEN | 24.69s | 49. | | 3. Bruno N'Diaye | SEN | 25.35s | 57. | | 4. Gilles Coudray |  CGO | 28.11s | 69. | | 5. Foy Gordon Chung | FIJ | 28.75s | 70. | | 6. Ahmed Imthiyaz |  MLD | 29.27s | 71. | | 7. Mohamed Rasheed | MLD | 30.37s | 72. |
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