| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 2:09.6 | 2. | | 2. Mitch Ivey | USA | 2:10.6 | 1. | | 3. Jack Horsley | USA | 2:10.9 | 3. | | 4. Gary Hall | USA | 2:12.6 | 7. | | 5. Santiago Esteva | ESP | 2:12.9 | 4. | | 6. Leonid Dobroskokin | URS | 2:15.4 | 6. | | 7. Joachim Röther | GDR | 2:15.8 | 5. | | 8. Franco Del Campo | ITA | 2:16.5 | 8. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mitch Ivey | USA | 2:11.3 | 1. | | 2. Franco Del Campo | ITA | 2:16.3 | 8. | | 3. Franco Chino | ITA | 2:19.5 | 13. | | 4. José Joaquín Santibáñez | MEX | 2:20.7 | 15. | | 5. Jim Shaw | CAN | 2:21.0 | 18. | | 6. Hans Ljungberg | SWE | 2:22.3 | 20. | | 7. Tony Asamali | PHI | 2:30.0 | 26. | | 8. Antonio Cruz | GUA | 2:36.3 | 28. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jack Horsley | USA | 2:13.7 | 3. | | 2. Reinhard Blechert | FRG | 2:16.5 | 9. | | 3. Jaime Monzo | ESP | 2:20.1 | 14. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 2:13.6 | 2. | | 2. Santiago Esteva | ESP | 2:15.8 | 4. | | 3. Joachim Röther | GDR | 2:16.1 | 5. | | 4. Ejvind Pedersen | DEN | 2:16.6 | 10. | | 5. Karl Byrom | AUS | 2:20.7 | 16. | | 6. Eliseo Vidal | CUB | 2:21.3 | 20. | | 7. Leonardo Baremboin | ARG | 2:25.2 | 25. | | 8. Francisco Ramis | PUR | 2:30.4 | 27. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Leonid Dobroskokin | URS | 2:16.1 | 6. | | 2. Bob Schoutsen | NED | 2:18.2 | 12. | | 3. Jaime Rivera | MEX | 2:20.7 | 16. | | 4. Lars Kraus Jensen | DEN | 2:22.5 | 22. | | 5. Gerald Evard | SUI | 2:24.7 | 24. | | 6. Chan King-Ming | TWN | 2:46.9 | 30. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gary Hall | USA | 2:16.2 | 7. | | 2. Borlói Mátyás | HUN | 2:17.9 | 11. | | 3. Rinus van Beek | NED | 2:21.2 | 19. | | 4. Luis Angel Acosta | MEX | 2:24.0 | 23. | | 5. Wong Man Chiu | HKG | 2:38.6 | 29. |
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