| Final 19:10 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Michael Johnson | USA | 20.01s | 3 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.34s | 4 | | 3. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20.49s | 5 | | 4. Robson Caetano Da Silva | BRA | 20.49s | 1 | | 5. Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 20.51s | 2 | | 6. Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20.58s | 7 | | 7. Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 20.59s | 6 | | 8. Aleksandr Sokolov | URS | 20.78s | 8 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20.40s | 4 | | 2. Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 20.43s | 5 | | 3. Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20.48s | 6 | | 4. Aleksandr Sokolov | URS | 20.48s | 3 | | 5. Floyd Heard | USA | 20.61s | 2 | | 6. Linford Christie | GBR | 20.62s | 1 | | 7. Daniel Effiong | NGR | 20.85s | 7 | | 8. Joseph Gikonyo | KEN | 21.01s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Michael Johnson | USA | 20.06s | 6 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.27s | 2 | | 3. Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 20.47s | 3 | | 4. Robson Caetano Da Silva | BRA | 20.47s | 5 | | 5. John Regis | GBR | 20.52s | 4 | | 6. Michael Rosswess | GBR | 20.82s | 7 | | 7. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 20.91s | 8 | | 8. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 21.04s | 1 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20.17s | 7 | | 2. Robson Caetano Da Silva | BRA | 20.18s | 4 | | 3. Floyd Heard | USA | 20.56s | 6 | | 4. Daniel Effiong | NGR | 20.59s | 3 | | 5. Hermann Lomba | FRA | 20.69s | 5 | | 6. Jaroslaw Kaniecki | POL | 20.82s | 8 | | 7. Thomas Renner | AUT | 21.11s | 1 | | 8. Enrique Talavera | ESP | 21.12s | 2 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.41s | 3 | | 2. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 20.58s | 4 | | 3. Michael Rosswess | GBR | 20.61s | 6 | | 4. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 20.85s | 7 | | 5. Dmitriy Bartenyev | URS | 20.90s | 2 | | 6. Kennedy Ondiek | KEN | 21.07s | 5 | | 7. Felix Stevens | CUB | 21.09s | 1 | | -. Innocent Asonze | NGR | DQ | 8 |
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| Heat 3 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Michael Johnson | USA | 20.05s | 5 | | 2. Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 20.20s | 6 | | 3. Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 20.30s | 4 | | 4. John Regis | GBR | 20.38s | 3 | | 5. Dean Capobianco | AUS | 20.77s | 1 | | 6. Daniel Cojocaru | ROM | 20.80s | 8 | | 7. Stefano Tilli | ITA | 20.92s | 2 | | 8. Cyprian Enweani | CAN | 21.09s | 7 |
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| Heat 4 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Aleksandr Sokolov | URS | 20.36s | 5 | | 2. Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20.40s | 4 | | 3. Linford Christie | GBR | 20.54s | 2 | | 4. Joseph Gikonyo | KEN | 20.63s | 6 | | 5. Yoshiyuki Okuyama | JPN | 21.00s | 1 | | 6. Leroy Burrell | USA | 21.21s | 3 | | 7. Pascal Thurnherr | SUI | 21.23s | 7 | | 8. Cameron Taylor | NZL | 21.40s | 8 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.70s | 6 | | 2. Innocent Asonze | NGR | 20.88s | 4 | | 3. Jaroslaw Kaniecki | POL | 21.00s | 1 | | 4. Anninos Markoullides | CYP | 21.07s | 7 | | 5. Attila Kovacs | HUN | 21.55s | 3 | | 6. Christian Mandengue | CMR | 22.31s | 2 | | 7. Ahmed Shageef | MLD | 22.80s | 5 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Michael Johnson | USA | 20.52s | 2 | | 2. Yoshiyuki Okuyama | JPN | 20.80s | 7 | | 3. Stefano Tilli | ITA | 20.89s | 4 | | 4. Enrique Talavera | ESP | 20.98s | 6 | | 5. Peter Ogilvie | CAN | 21.09s | 3 | | 6. Trevor Davis | ANG | 21.87s | 1 | | -. Mohamed Abderrehin | LBA | DNS | 5 |
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| Heat 3 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Robson Caetano Da Silva | BRA | 20.51s | 3 | | 2. Michael Rosswess | GBR | 20.58s | 6 | | 3. Daniel Effiong | NGR | 20.68s | 5 | | 4. Kennedy Ondiek | KEN | 20.73s | 4 | | 5. Dmitriy Bartenyev | URS | 20.78s | 8 | | 6. Edmund Estaphane | STL | 21.48s | 7 | | 7. Eric Haynes | STK | 21.58s | 1 | | 8. Fortune Ogouchi | BEN | 22.36s | 2 |
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| Heat 4 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 20.28s | 1 | | 2. Leroy Burrell | USA | 20.38s | 6 | | 3. Joseph Gikonyo | KEN | 20.43s | 8 | | 4. Cyprian Enweani | CAN | 20.95s | 3 | | 5. Pascal Thurnherr | SUI | 20.97s | 7 | | 6. Dudley Den Dulk | AHO | 21.65s | 4 | | 7. Rodney Cox | TKS | 21.91s | 2 | | -. Karim Abdul | AFG | DNS | 5 |
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| Heat 5 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 20.63s | 5 | | 2. Hermann Lomba | FRA | 20.78s | 2 | | 3. Linford Christie | GBR | 21.19s | 7 | | 4. Khalid Juma | BHR | 21.31s | 1 | | 5. Joseph Styles | BAH | 21.43s | 6 | | 6. Joseph Dias | SEN | 21.60s | 8 | | 7. Mark Sherwin | CKI | 22.68s | 3 | | -. Golam Ambia | BAN | DQ | 4 |
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| Heat 6 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20.75s | 8 | | 2. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20.83s | 5 | | 3. Dean Capobianco | AUS | 20.93s | 6 | | 4. Daniel Cojocaru | ROM | 20.94s | 3 | | 5. Menelik Lawson | TOG | 21.09s | 4 | | 6. Sandro Floris | ITA | 21.10s | 1 | | 7. Ousmane Diarra | MLI | 21.85s | 2 | | 8. Jerome Jeremiah | VAN | 21.91s | 7 |
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| Heat 7 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 20.50s | 6 | | 2. John Regis | GBR | 20.62s | 2 | | 3. Aleksandr Sokolov | URS | 20.67s | 4 | | 4. Thomas Renner | AUT | 20.85s | 3 | | 5. Botlhoko Shebe | LES | 21.84s | 5 | | -. Franck Zio | BKF | DNS | 1 | | -. Troy Douglas | BER | DQ | 7 |
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| Heat 8 | Team | Time | L | | 1. Floyd Heard | USA | 20.67s | 8 | | 2. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 20.90s | 7 | | 3. Cameron Taylor | NZL | 21.06s | 6 | | 3. Felix Stevens | CUB | 21.06s | 4 | | 5. Miguel Angel Gomez | ESP | 21.08s | 2 | | 6. Neville Hodge | ISV | 21.36s | 3 | | 7. Eswort Coombs | STV | 22.29s | 1 | | 8. Manuel Alves Fonseca | STP | 23.44s | 5 |
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