| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 54.27s | 1. 1. | | 2. Bruce Robertson | CAN | 55.56s | 1. 4. | | 3. Jerry Heidenreich | USA | 55.74s | 3. 2. | | 4. Roland Matthes | GDR | 55.87s | 4. 3. | | 5. Dave Edgar | USA | 56.11s | 5. 5. | | 6. Byron MacDonald | CAN | 57.27s | 10.7. | | 7. Hartmut Flöckner | GDR | 57.40s | 7. 6. | | 8. Neil Rogers | AUS | 57.90s | 6. 8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 56.51s | 3. | | 2. Bruce Robertson | CAN | 56.86s | 4. | | 3. Byron MacDonald | CAN | 57.06s | 7. | | 4. Neil Rogers | AUS | 57.28s | 8. | | 5. Roger Pyttel | GDR | 57.69s | 11. | | 6. Waismann Sérgio | BRA | 58.07s | 12. | | 7. Lutz Stocklasa | FRG | 58.33s | 15. | | 8. Geoffrey Ferreira | TRT | 58.54s | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 55.98s | 1. | | 2. Jerry Heidenreich | USA | 56.18s | 2. | | 3. Dave Edgar | USA | 56.88s | 5. | | 4. Hartmut Flöckner | GDR | 56.96s | 6. | | 5. Juan Carlos Bello | PER | 57.51s | 9. | | 6. Bob Kasting | CAN | 57.67s | 10. | | 7. John Mills | GBR | 58.13s | 13. | | 8. István Szentirmay | HUN | 58.25s | 14. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Dave Edgar | USA | 57.30s | 5. | | 2. Roger Pyttel | GDR | 57.98s | 12. | | 3. Peter Remmel | FRG | 58.97s | 19. | | 4. Andrzej Chudziński | POL | 1:00.22 | 29. | | 5. Alain Mosconi | FRA | 1:00.23 | 30. | | 6. Salvador Vilanova | ESA | 1:01.25 | 32. | | 7. Martin Edwards | GBR | 1:01.29 | 33. | | 8. Bruno Bassoul | LEB | 1:05.45 | 38. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Bruce Robertson | CAN | 56.45s | 1. | | 2. István Szentirmay | HUN | 58.07s | 13. | | 3. Waismann Sérgio | BRA | 58.37s | 16. | | 4. Yasuhiro Komazaki | JPN | 59.71s | 24. | | 5. Hugo Valencia | MEX | 1:00.14 | 28. | | 6. Feridun Aybars | TUR | 1:04.46 | 36. | | 7. Chhay-Kheng Nhem | CAM | 1:05.12 | 37. | | 8. Wong Man Chiu | HKG | 1:07.50 | 39. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 57.16s | 4. | | 2. Neil Rogers | AUS | 57.40s | 6. | | 3. John Mills | GBR | 58.28s | 15. | | 4. Viktor Sharygin | URS | 58.40s | 17. | | 5. Arturo Lang-Lenton | ESP | 59.22s | 21. | | 6. Georgijs Kuļikovs | URS | 59.28s | 22. | | 7. Dimitrios Karydis | GRE | 1:00.06 | 26. | | 8. Roy Chan | SIN | 1:02.24 | 35. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jerry Heidenreich | USA | 56.86s | 3. | | 2. Lutz Stocklasa | FRG | 57.50s | 8. | | 3. Bob Kasting | CAN | 57.65s | 11. | | 4. Geoffrey Ferreira | TRT | 58.26s | 14. | | 5. Jacques Leloup | BEL | 58.77s | 18. | | 6. Vladimir Krivtsov | URS | 59.83s | 25. | | 7. Carlos Singson | PHI | 1:02.11 | 34. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 56.45s | 1. | | 2. Hartmut Flöckner | GDR | 57.41s | 7. | | 3. Juan Carlos Bello | PER | 57.54s | 9. | | 4. Byron MacDonald | CAN | 57.56s | 10. | | 5. Hans Lampe | FRG | 59.00s | 20. | | 6. Sean Maher | GBR | 59.50s | 23. | | 7. Vasil Dobrev | BUL | 1:00.07 | 27. | | 8. Aleksandar Pavličević | YUG | 1:00.29 | 31. |
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