| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 1:52.78 | 1. | | 2. Steve Genter | USA | 1:53.73 | 2. | | 3. Werner Lampe | FRG | 1:53.99 | 4. | | 4. Mike Wenden | AUS | 1:54.40 | 7. | | 5. Fred Tyler | USA | 1:54.96 | 5. | | 6. Klaus Steinbach | FRG | 1:55.65 | 3. | | 7. Vladimir Bure | URS | 1:57.24 | 6. | | 8. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 1:57.56 | 8. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Wenden | AUS | 1:56.66 | 7. | | 2. Robert Nay | AUS | 1:57.69 | 14. | | 3. Viktor Mazanov | URS | 1:57.92 | 15. | | 4. Hans Ljungberg | SWE | 1:59.42 | 20. | | 5. Alfredo Carlos Machado | BRA | 2:00.14 | 22. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Vladimir Bure | URS | 1:56.15 | 6. | | 2. Georgijs Kuļikovs | URS | 1:57.04 | 11. | | 3. Pierre Caland | FRA | 2:00.75 | 28. | | 4. Michael Bailey | GBR | 2:00.79 | 29. | | 5. Zbigniew Pacelt | POL | 2:01.28 | 33. | | 6. Arnaldo Cinquetti | ITA | 2:01.78 | 35. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Werner Lampe | FRG | 1:55.97 | 4. | | 2. Graham White | AUS | 1:58.60 | 17. | | 3. John Mills | GBR | 2:00.17 | 23. | | 4. Fritz Warncke | NOR | 2:00.98 | 31. | | 5. Kamal Kenavi Ali Moustafa | EGY | 2:05.30 | 39. | | 6. Luis Ayesa | PHI | 2:05.97 | 41. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Klaus Steinbach | FRG | 1:55.80 | 3. | | 2. Wilfried Hartung | GDR | 1:56.95 | 9. | | 3. Gerardo Vera | VEN | 1:57.33 | 13. | | 4. Olaf, Baron von Schilling | FRG | 2:00.27 | 25. | | 5. Bernt Zarnowiecki | SWE | 2:01.34 | 34. | | 6. Riccardo Targhetti | ITA | 2:02.58 | 36. | | 7. Fawzi Irhama | KUW | 2:33.75 | 46. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Fred Tyler | USA | 1:56.04 | 5. | | 2. Peter Bruch | GDR | 1:58.49 | 16. | | 3. Bruce Robertson | CAN | 1:59.02 | 19. | | 4. Marian Slavic | ROU | 2:00.23 | 24. | | 5. Colin Herring | NZL | 2:00.29 | 26. | | 6. Ian MacKenzie | CAN | 2:01.22 | 32. | | 7. Hanspeter Würmli | SUI | 2:03.14 | 37. | | 8. Roberto Strauss | MEX | 2:03.57 | 38. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Steve Genter | USA | 1:55.42 | 2. | | 2. Brian Brinkley | GBR | 1:56.99 | 10. | | 3. Peter Prijdekker | NED | 1:58.78 | 18. | | 4. Rui Oliveira | BRA | 2:00.48 | 27. | | 5. Roberto Pangaro | ITA | 2:00.97 | 30. | | 6. Sandro Rudan | YUG | 2:05.88 | 40. | | 7. Tomás Rengifo | ESA | 2:08.67 | 42. | | 8. Finnur Garðarsson | ISL | 2:08.88 | 43. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Spitz | USA | 1:55.29 | 1. | | 2. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 1:56.84 | 8. | | 3. Udo Poser | GDR | 1:57.23 | 12. | | 4. Rolf Pettersson | SWE | 2:00.02 | 21. | | 5. Mark Crocker | HKG | 2:12.85 | 44. | | 6. Samnang Prak | CAM | 2:13.34 | 45. |
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