| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Bruner | USA | 1:59.23 | 3. | | 2. Steve Gregg | USA | 1:59.54 | 1. | | 3. Bill Forrester | USA | 1:59.96 | 7. | | 4. Roger Pyttel | GDR | 2:00.02 | 2. | | 5. Michael Kraus | FRG | 2:00.46 | 5. | | 6. Brian Brinkley | GBR | 2:01.49 | 6. | | 7. Jorge Delgado, Jr. | ECU | 2:01.95 | 4. | | 8. Aleksandr Manachinsky | URS | 2:04.61 | 8. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roger Pyttel | GDR | 2:00.28 | 2. | | 2. Aleksandr Manachinsky | URS | 2:02.91 | 8. | | 3. Arvidsson Pär | SWE | 2:03.79 | 11. | | 4. Peter Broscienski | FRG | 2:04.17 | 12. | | 5. John Coutts | NZL | 2:05.05 | 16. | | 6. Ronald Woutering | NED | 2:07.31 | 25. | | 7. Edwin Borja | PHI | 2:10.61 | 32. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Bruner | USA | 2:01.35 | 3. | | 2. Jorge Delgado, Jr. | ECU | 2:01.70 | 4. | | 3. Mikhail Gorelik | URS | 2:02.96 | 9. | | 4. Bruce Rogers | CAN | 2:04.51 | 14. | | 5. Miguel Lang-Lenton | ESP | 2:08.51 | 28. | | 6. Anatoly Smirnov | URS | 2:10.50 | 31. | | 7. François Deley | BEL | 2:12.99 | 34. | | 8. Julio Abreu | PAR | 2:13.54 | 35. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Bill Forrester | USA | 2:01.95 | 7. | | 2. George Nagy | CAN | 2:03.33 | 10. | | 3. Hartmut Flöckner | GDR | 2:05.71 | 18. | | 4. Ricardo Marmolejo | MEX | 2:08.88 | 29. | | 5. Paulo Frischknecht | POR | 2:20.51 | 37. | | -. Ross Seymour | AUS | | |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Steve Gregg | USA | 2:00.24 | 1. | | 2. Brian Brinkley | GBR | 2:01.93 | 6. | | 3. Hideaki Hara | JPN | 2:04.68 | 15. | | 4. Anders Bellbring | SWE | 2:07.03 | 23. | | 5. John Daly | PUR | 2:07.13 | 24. | | 6. Carlos González | PAN | 2:20.92 | 38. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Michael Kraus | FRG | 2:01.91 | 5. | | 2. Jorge Jaramillo | COL | 2:04.30 | 13. | | 3. Jeff Van de Graaf | AUS | 2:05.58 | 17. | | 4. Doug Martin | CAN | 2:06.81 | 22. | | 5. Adi Prag | ISR | 2:09.91 | 30. | | 6. Steven Newkirk | USV | 2:17.84 | 36. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Sean Maher | GBR | 2:05.95 | 19. | | 2. András Hargitay | HUN | 2:06.20 | 20. | | 3. Csaba Sós | HUN | 2:06.71 | 21. | | 4. Shinsuke Kayama | JPN | 2:07.46 | 26. | | 5. Gordon Hewitt | GBR | 2:07.60 | 27. | | 6. Hugo Cuenca | VEN | 2:11.06 | 33. | | -. Lawrence Kwoh | HKG | Heat 1 |
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