| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 2:00.70 | 1. | | 2. Gary Hall | USA | 2:02.86 | 3. | | 3. Robin Backhaus | USA | 2:03.23 | 2. | | 4. Jorge Delgado, Jr. | ECU | 2:04.60 | 7. | | 5. Hans Faßnacht | FRG | 2:04.69 | 5. | | 6. András Hargitay | HUN | 2:04.69 | 4. | | 7. Hartmut Flöckner | GDR | 2:05.34 | 6. | | 8. Folkert Meeuw | FRG | 2:05.57 | 8. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gary Hall | USA | 2:03.70 | 3. | | 2. András Hargitay | HUN | 2:05.05 | 4. | | 3. Roger Pyttel | GDR | 2:08.72 | 13. | | 4. Sean Maher | GBR | 2:09.39 | 16. | | 5. Jorge Jaramillo | COL | 2:10.24 | 19. | | 6. Walter Mack | FRG | 2:11.03 | 21. | | 7. Vasil Dobrev | BUL | 2:11.28 | 22. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Robin Backhaus | USA | 2:03.11 | 2. | | 2. Folkert Meeuw | FRG | 2:06.13 | 8. | | 3. Yasuhiro Komazaki | JPN | 2:08.72 | 14. | | 4. Hugo Valencia | MEX | 2:09.56 | 17. | | 5. Andrzej Chudziński | POL | 2:12.62 | 25. | | 6. Geoffrey Ferreira | TRT | 2:19.76 | 27. | | -. Angelo Tozzi | ITA | 2:10.82 | |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Hans Faßnacht | FRG | 2:05.39 | 5. | | 2. Jorge Delgado, Jr. | ECU | 2:05.61 | 7. | | 3. Viktor Sharygin | URS | 2:06.76 | 10. | | 4. James Findlay | AUS | 2:08.36 | 12. | | 5. Ron Jacks | CAN | 2:09.04 | 15. | | 6. Ricardo Marmolejo | MEX | 2:10.00 | 18. | | 7. Jacques Leloup | BEL | 2:10.79 | 20. | | 8. Roy Chan | SIN | 2:20.30 | 28. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 2:02.11 | 1. | | 2. Hartmut Flöckner | GDR | 2:05.54 | 6. | | 3. John Mills | GBR | 2:06.58 | 9. | | 4. Brian Brinkley | GBR | 2:06.82 | 11. | | 5. Byron MacDonald | CAN | 2:12.12 | 23. | | 6. Gaetano Carboni | ITA | 2:12.16 | 24. | | 7. Hsu Tung-Hsiung | TPE | 2:16.35 | 26. | | 8. Carlos Singson | PHI | 2:23.70 | 29. |
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