| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Melvin Stewart |  USA | 1:56.26 | 1. | | 2. Danyon Loader |  NZL | 1:57.93 | 2. | | 3. Franck Esposito |  FRA | 1:58.51 | 3. | | 4. Rafał Szukała |  POL | 1:58.89 | 6. | | 5. Keiichi Kawanaka |  JPN | 1:58.97 | 8. | | 6. Denis Pankratov |  URS | 1:58.98 | 5. | | 7. Robert Pinter |  ROU | 1:59.34 | 7. | | 8. Martin Roberts |  AUS | 1:59.64 | 4. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Chris-Carol Bremer |  GER | 1:59.93 | 10. | | 10.Dave Wharton | USA | 2:01.08 | 12. | | 11.Martin Herrmann | GER | 2:01.14 | 9. | | 12.Can Ergenekan |  TUR | 2:01.21 | 11. | | 13.Tom Ponting |  CAN | 2:01.60 | 16. | | 14.Simon McKillop-Davies | AUS | 2:01.86 | 13. | | 15.Eduardo Beca |  BRA | 2:01.87 | 15. | | 16.Marco Braida |  ITA | 2:02.24 | 14. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Melvin Stewart | USA | 1:56.99 | 1. | | 2. Denis Pankratov | URS | 1:59.00 | 5. | | 3. Rafał Szukała | POL | 1:59.51 | 6. | | 4. Can Ergenekan | TUR | 2:00.82 | 11. | | 5. Konrad Gałka | POL | 2:01.33 | 18. | | 6. André Luiz Teixeira | BRA | 2:01.39 | 19. | | 7. Eddie Parenti | CAN | 2:02.00 | 26. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Martin Roberts | AUS | 1:58.91 | 4. | | 2. Martin Herrmann | GER | 2:00.47 | 9. | | 3. Chris-Carol Bremer | GER | 2:00.49 | 10. | | 4. Dave Wharton | USA | 2:00.84 | 12. | | 5. Simon McKillop-Davies | AUS | 2:00.92 | 13. | | 6. Tom Ponting | CAN | 2:01.20 | 16. | | 7. Mehmet Taner | TUR | 2:01.61 | 23. | | 8. Christophe Bordeau | FRA | 2:01.99 | 25. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Danyon Loader | NZL | 1:58.15 | 2. | | 2. Franck Esposito | FRA | 1:58.75 | 3. | | 3. Robert Pinter | ROU | 1:59.59 | 7. | | 4. Keiichi Kawanaka | JPN | 1:59.96 | 8. | | 5. Marco Braida | ITA | 2:01.18 | 14. | | 6. Tomohiro Miyoshi | JPN | 2:01.27 | 17. | | 7. Jorge Pérez |  ESP | 2:01.63 | 24. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Matjaž Kozelj |  SLO | 2:01.39 | 19. | | 2. José Luis Ballester | ESP | 2:01.41 | 21. | | 3. Simon Wainwright |  GBR | 2:01.53 | 22. | | 4. Guy Callaghan | NZL | 2:02.12 | 27. | | 5. David Monasterio |  PUR | 2:02.32 | 30. | | 6. Miguel Cabrita |  POR | 2:04.28 | 34. | | 7. Kire Filipovski |  YUG | 2:08.71 | 39. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Craig Jackson |  RSA | 2:02.17 | 28. | | 2. Diogo Madeira | POR | 2:02.22 | 29. | | 3. Vesa Hanski |  FIN | 2:02.75 | 31. | | 4. Alexander Brandl |  AUT | 2:02.88 | 32. | | 5. Denislav Kalchev |  BUL | 2:03.73 | 33. | | 6. Khristian Minkovski | BUL | 2:05.18 | 35. | | 7. Kai Johansson | FIN | 2:05.71 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Eduardo Beca | BRA | 2:01.20 | 15. | | 2. Gary Tan |  SIN | 2:06.41 | 37. | | 3. Duncan Todd |  HKG | 2:08.20 | 38. | | 4. Benoît Fleurot |  MRI | 2:13.09 | 43. | | 5. Julian Bolling |  SLA | 2:17.47 | 44. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kristan Singleton |  USV | 2:08.71 | 39. | | 2. Janko Gojković |  BIH | 2:09.08 | 41. | | 3. Alan Espínola |  PAR | 2:11.88 | 42. | | 4. Ziyad Kashmiri |  KSA | 2:21.59 | 45. | | 5. Mohamed Khamis |  UAE | 2:29.73 | 46. |
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