| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. George DiCarlo | USA | 3:51.23 | 3. | | 2. John Mykkanen | USA | 3:51.49 | 2. | | 3. Justin Lemberg | AUS | 3:51.79 | 4. | | 4. Stefan Pfeiffer | FRG | 3:52.91 | 1. | | 5. Franck Iacono | FRA | 3:54.58 | 8. | | 6. Darjan Petrič | YUG | 3:54.88 | 5. | | 7. Marco Dell'Uomo | ITA | 3:55.44 | 6. | | 8. Ron McKeon | AUS | 3:55.48 | 7. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Thomas Fahrner | FRG | 3:50.91 | 9. | | 10.Juan Escalas | ESP | 3:55.25 | 12. | | 11.Peter Szmidt | CAN | 3:56.99 | 10. | | 12.Stefano Grandi | ITA | 3:57.17 | 14. | | 13.Arne Borgstrøm | NOR | 3:57.46 | 16. | | 14.Andrew Astbury | GBR | 3:58.14 | 18. | | 15.Marcelo Jucá | BRA | 3:58.23 | 15. | | 16.Mike Davidson | NZL | 3:58.24 | 16. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. George DiCarlo | USA | 3:53.44 | 3. | | 2. Franck Iacono | FRA | 3:55.07 | 8. | | 3. Stefano Grandi | ITA | 3:56.23 | 14. | | 4. Arne Borgstrøm | NOR | 3:57.88 | 16. | | 5. Paul Howe | GBR | 4:04.07 | 25. | | 6. Keisuke Okuno | JPN | 4:06.31 | 27. | | 7. Evert Kroon | NAT | 4:11.97 | 31. | | 8. Lin Chun-Hong | TPE | 4:20.65 | 35. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Mykkanen | USA | 3:53.43 | 2. | | 2. Darjan Petrič | YUG | 3:54.39 | 5. | | 3. Ron McKeon | AUS | 3:55.06 | 7. | | 4. Mike Davidson | NZL | 3:57.88 | 16. | | 5. Jean-Marie François | VEN | 4:03.08 | 24. | | 6. Attaroğlu Gökhan | TUR | 4:07.07 | 29. | | 7. Julian Bolling | SLA | 4:23.42 | 36. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Thomas Fahrner | FRG | 3:55.26 | 9. | | 2. Peter Szmidt | CAN | 3:55.65 | 10. | | 3. Carlos Scanavino | URU | 3:55.92 | 11. | | 4. Andrew Astbury | GBR | 3:58.41 | 18. | | 5. Anders Grillhammar | SWE | 4:00.26 | 21. | | 6. Alejandro Lecot | ARG | 4:05.74 | 26. | | 7. William Wilson | PHI | 4:06.86 | 28. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Justin Lemberg | AUS | 3:53.89 | 4. | | 2. Borut Petrič | YUG | 3:56.07 | 13. | | 3. Marcelo Jucá | BRA | 3:57.43 | 15. | | 4. Dave Shemilt | CAN | 3:58.43 | 19. | | 5. Marc Van De Weghe | BEL | 4:00.01 | 20. | | 6. Shigeo Ogata | JPN | 4:02.97 | 22. | | 7. Ahmed Nakkaş | TUR | 4:16.49 | 34. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Stefan Pfeiffer | FRG | 3:53.41 | 1. | | 2. Marco Dell'Uomo | ITA | 3:55.00 | 6. | | 3. Juan Escalas | ESP | 3:55.93 | 12. | | 4. Anders Holmertz | SWE | 4:03.07 | 23. | | 5. Franz Mortensen | DEN | 4:09.80 | 30. | | 6. Scott Newkirk | USV | 4:12.60 | 32. | | 7. Wu Ming-Hsun | TPE | 4:13.11 | 33. |
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