| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Aleksandr Popov |  URS | 49.02s | 1. | | 2. Gustavo Borges |  BRA | 49.43s | 2. | | 3. Stéphane Caron |  FRA | 49.50s | 5. | | 4. Jon Olsen |  USA | 49.51s | 3. | | 5. Matt Biondi | USA | 49.53s | 4. | | 6. Tommy Werner |  SWE | 49.63s | 8. | | 7. Christian-Alexander Tröger |  GER | 49.84s | 7. | | 8. Hennady Prihoda | URS | 50.25s | 6. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Ricardo Busquets |  PRO | 49.92s | 13. | | 10.Raimundas Mažuolis |  LTU | 50.13s | 9. | | 11.Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 50.49s | 12. | | 12.Nils Rudolph | GER | 50.62s | 11. | | 13.John Steel |  NZL | 50.69s | 14. | | 14.Chris Fydler |  AUS | 50.78s | 10. | | 15.Roberto Gleria |  ITA | 50.81s | 17. | | 16.Andrew Baildon | AUS | 50.93s | 14. |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date |
| | Heats | 10 | 75 | |
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| Heat 10 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Aleksandr Popov | URS | 49.29s | 1. | | 2. Gustavo Borges | BRA | 49.49s | 2. | | 3. Matt Biondi | USA | 49.75s | 4. | | 4. Hennady Prihoda | URS | 50.00s | 6. | | 5. John Steel | NZL | 50.59s | 14. | | 5. Andrew Baildon | AUS | 50.59s | 14. | | 7. Roberto Gleria | ITA | 50.66s | 17. | | 8. Paul Howe |  GBR | 51.12s | 24. |
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| Heat 9 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Stéphane Caron | FRA | 49.82s | 5. | | 2. Christian-Alexander Tröger | GER | 50.05s | 7. | | 3. Raimundas Mažuolis | LTU | 50.17s | 9. | | 4. Nils Rudolph | GER | 50.29s | 11. | | 5. Christophe Kalfayan | FRA | 50.30s | 12. | | 6. Mike Fibbens | GBR | 50.93s | 21. | | 7. Emanuel Fortes | BRA | 51.17s | 25. | | 8. Franz Mortensen |  DEN | 51.29s | 26. |
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| Heat 8 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jon Olsen | USA | 49.63s | 3. | | 2. Tommy Werner | SWE | 50.08s | 8. | | 3. Chris Fydler | AUS | 50.26s | 10. | | 4. Giorgio Lamberti | ITA | 50.65s | 16. | | 5. Karlsson Håkan | SWE | 50.73s | 18. | | 5. Stephen Clarke |  CAN | 50.73s | 18. | | 7. Szabados Béla |  HUN | 50.78s | 20. | | 8. Mehmet Taner |  TUR | 51.34s | 27. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ricardo Busquets |  PUR | 50.31s | 13. | | 2. Rodrigo González |  MEX | 51.04s | 22. | | 3. Jarl Inge Melberg |  NOR | 51.39s | 28. | | 4. Seddon Keyter |  RSA | 51.42s | 29. | | 5. Yoav Bruck |  ISR | 51.46s | 31. | | 6. Yves Clausse |  LUX | 51.47s | 32. | | 7. Tsutomu Nakano |  JPN | 51.63s | 34. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Stéfan Voléry |  SUI | 51.05s | 23. | | 2. Indrek Sei |  EST | 51.47s | 32. | | 3. Krzysztof Cwalina |  POL | 51.70s | 35. | | 4. Nick Sanders | NZL | 51.77s | 36. | | 5. Giovanni Linscheer |  SUR | 51.82s | 37. | | 6. Michael Wright |  HKG | 51.88s | 39. | | 7. Xie Jun |  CHN | 51.94s | 40. | | 8. Darren Ward | CAN | 52.05s | 41. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Janne Blomqvist |  FIN | 51.86s | 38. | | 2. Li Kai Yien | HKG | 52.22s | 42. | | 3. Allan Murray |  BAH | 52.43s | 43. | | 4. Stavros Mikhailidis |  CYP | 52.54s | 44. | | 5. Ivor Le Roux |  ZIM | 52.92s | 46. | | 6. Marc Verbeeck |  BEL | 52.97s | 48. | | 7. Sebastián Lasave |  ARG | 53.07s | 49. | | 8. Patrick Sagisi |  GUM | 53.90s | 55. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Shigeo Ogata | JPN | 52.74s | 45. | | 2. Enrico Linscheer | SUR | 52.94s | 47. | | 3. Geri Mewitt |  BER | 53.14s | 50. | | 4. Mohamed El-Azoul |  EGY | 53.31s | 52. | | 5. Nikos Paleokrassas |  GRE | 53.47s | 53. | | 6. Kenneth Yeo |  SIN | 54.44s | 56. | | 7. Frank Leskaj |  ALB | 55.50s | 62. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ian Raynor | BER | 53.16s | 51. | | 2. Rhoderick McGown | ZIM | 53.65s | 54. | | 3. Plutarco Castellanos |  HON | 54.66s | 57. | | 4. Gustavo Bucaro |  GUA | 54.74s | 58. | | 5. Laurent Alfred |  USV | 54.89s | 60. | | 6. Helder Torres | GUA | 55.38s | 61. | | 7. Jarrah Al-Asmawi |  KUW | 56.72s | 69. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Adrian Romero | GUM | 54.77s | 59. | | 2. Lahoud Émile |  LEB | 55.51s | 63. | | 3. Hussein Al-Sadiq |  KSA | 55.96s | 65. | | 4. Ahmad Faraj |  UAE | 56.05s | 66. | | 5. Ivan Roberts |  SEY | 56.15s | 67. | | 6. Mohamed Bin Abid | UAE | 56.82s | 70. | | 7. Carl Probert |  FIJ | 57.25s | 71. |
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| Heat 1. | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mladen Kapor |  YUG | 51.44s | 30. | | 2. Mouhamedou Diop |  SEN | 55.82s | 64. | | 3. Bruno N'Diaye | SEN | 56.39s | 68. | | 4. Kenny Roberts | SEY | 58.86s | 72. | | 5. Foy Gordon Chung | FIJ | 1:03.96 | 73. | | 6. Ahmed Imthiyaz |  MLD | 1:04.96 | 74. | | 7. Mohamed Rasheed | MLD | 1:08.12 | 75. |
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