| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Felipe Muñoz | MEX | 2:28.7 | 1. | | 2. Vladimir Kosinsky | URS | 2:29.2 | 3. | | 3. Brian Job | USA | 2:29.9 | 2. | | 4. Nikolay Pankin | URS | 2:30.3 | 6. | | 5. Yevgeny Mikhaylov | URS | 2:32.8 | 4. | | 6. Egon Henninger | GDR | 2:33.2 | 8. | | 7. Philip Long | USA | 2:33.6 | 5. | | 8. Osamu Tsurumine | JPN | 2:34.9 | 7. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Bill Mahony | CAN | 2:36.4 | 11. | | 2. Ian O'Brien | AUS | 2:36.8 | 13. | | 3. Theo Bolkart | FRG | 2:36.8 | 13. | | 4. Thomas Aretz | FRG | 2:39.0 | 18. | | 5. José Sylvio Fiolo | BRA | 2:42.1 | 26. | | 6. Nicolas Gilliard | SUI | 2:44.0 | 30. | | 7. Rafael Hernández | MEX | 2:44.8 | 32. | | 8. Eduardo Moreno | MEX | 2:46.7 | 34. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Philip Long | USA | 2:33.1 | 5. | | 2. Egon Henninger | GDR | 2:34.2 | 8. | | 3. Michael Günther | FRG | 2:40.7 | 23. | | 4. Alberto Forelli | ARG | 2:41.7 | 25. | | 5. Roger Roberts | GBR | 2:42.2 | 27. | | 6. Leiknir Jónsson | ISL | 2:48.8 | 35. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Vladimir Kosinsky | URS | 2:31.9 | 3. | | 2. Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 2:35.5 | 9. | | 3. Kenneth Merten | USA | 2:37.0 | 15. | | 4. Liam Ball | IRE | 2:39.8 | 20. | | 5. José Durán | ESP | 2:40.3 | 22. | | 6. Klukowski Józef | POL | 2:41.6 | 24. | | 7. Gershon Shefa | ISR | 2:42.6 | 28. | | 8. Abel Muñoz | ESA | 3:02.8 | 36. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brian Job | USA | 2:31.5 | 2. | | 2. Nikolay Pankin | URS | 2:33.1 | 5. | | 3. Osamu Tsurumine | JPN | 2:33.9 | 7. | | 4. Ladislau Koszta | ROU | 2:36.4 | 11. | | 5. Osvaldo Boretto | ARG | 2:38.8 | 17. | | 6. Stuart Roberts | GBR | 2:39.1 | 19. | | 7. Slavko Kurbanović | YUG | 2:39.9 | 21. | | 8. Yohan Kende | ISR | 2:44.3 | 31. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Felipe Muñoz | MEX | 2:31.1 | 1. | | 2. Yevgeny Mikhaylov | URS | 2:32.8 | 4. | | 3. Klaus Katzur | GDR | 2:36.2 | 10. | | 4. Thomas Jonsson | SWE | 2:38.0 | 16. | | 5. Amman Jalmaani | PHI | 2:42.6 | 28. | | 6. Ivan Gomina | COL | 2:45.0 | 33. |
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