Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Michael Phelps | USA | 1:57.36 | 2. | 2. Paweł Korzeniowski | POL | 1:57.45 | 3. | 3. Justin Norris | AUS | 1:58.05 | 6. | 4. Ioan Ştefan Gherghel | ROU | 1:58.12 | 7. | 5. Moss Burmester | NZL | 1:58.13 | 10. | 6. Juan José Veloz | MEX | 1:58.32 | 13. | 7. Helge Meeuw | GER | 1:58.96 | 18. | 8. Kaio Márcio de Almeida | BRA | 1:59.23 | 19. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Takashi Yamamoto | JPN | 1:57.36 | 1. | 2. Anatoly Polyakov | RUS | 1:58.12 | 7. | 2. Franck Esposito | FRA | 1:58.12 | 7. | 4. Takeshi Matsuda | JPN | 1:58.23 | 12. | 5. Travis Nederpelt | AUS | 1:58.93 | 17. | 6. Ioannis Drymonakos | GRE | 1:59.42 | 21. | 7. Dávid Kolozár | HUN | 2:01.89 | 25. | 8. Juan Pablo Valdivieso | PER | 2:02.79 | 28. |
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