| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike O'Brien | USA | 15:05.20 | 1. | | 2. George DiCarlo | USA | 15:10.59 | 4. | | 3. Stefan Pfeiffer | FRG | 15:12.11 | 2. | | 4. Rainer Henkel | FRG | 15:20.03 | 5. | | 5. Franck Iacono | FRA | 15:26.96 | 8. | | 6. Stefano Grandi | ITA | 15:28.58 | 3. | | 7. Dave Shemilt | CAN | 15:31.28 | 6. | | 8. Wayne Shillington | AUS | 15:38.18 | 7. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. George DiCarlo | USA | 15:22.88 | 4. | | 2. Rainer Henkel | FRG | 15:23.60 | 5. | | 3. Dave Shemilt | CAN | 15:24.78 | 6. | | 4. David Stacey | GBR | 15:30.10 | 12. | | 5. Juan Escalas | ESP | 15:44.85 | 18. | | 6. Marc Van De Weghe | BEL | 15:45.50 | 19. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike O'Brien | USA | 15:21.04 | 1. | | 2. Stefano Grandi | ITA | 15:22.49 | 3. | | 3. Wayne Shillington | AUS | 15:25.67 | 7. | | 4. Darjan Petrič | YUG | 15:39.79 | 16. | | 5. Stuart Willmott | GBR | 15:57.79 | 21. | | 6. Anders Holmertz | SWE | 16:11.38 | 22. | | 7. Wu Ming-Hsun | TPE | 16:14.40 | 23. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Stefan Pfeiffer | FRG | 15:21.95 | 2. | | 2. Franck Iacono | FRA | 15:27.27 | 8. | | 3. Carlos Scanavino | URU | 15:29.78 | 10. | | 4. Borut Petrič | YUG | 15:36.44 | 15. | | 5. Alejandro Lecot | ARG | 15:49.94 | 20. | | 6. William Wilson | PHI | 16:24.81 | 24. | | 7. Scott Newkirk | USV | 16:50.55 | 26. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Justin Lemberg | AUS | 15:29.74 | 9. | | 2. Rafael Escalas | ESP | 15:30.09 | 11. | | 3. Bernard Volz | CAN | 15:31.38 | 13. | | 4. Mike Davidson | NZL | 15:35.43 | 14. | | 5. Marcelo Jucá | BRA | 15:43.80 | 17. | | 6. Lin Chun-Hong | TPE | 16:44.94 | 25. | | 7. Julian Bolling | SLA | 17:16.92 | 27. |
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