| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Michael Groß | FRG | 53.08s | 2. | | 2. Pedro Pablo Morales | USA | 53.23s | 1. | | 3. Glenn Buchanan | AUS | 53.85s | 6. | | 4. Rafael Vidal | VEN | 54.27s | 3. | | 5. Andy Jameson | GBR | 54.28s | 4. | | 6. Anthony Mosse | NZL | 54.93s | 7. | | 7. Andreas Behrend | FRG | 54.95s | 8. | | 8. Bengt Baron | SWE | 55.14s | 5. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Tom Ponting | CAN | 55.31s | 9. | | 10.Théophile David | SUI | 55.40s | 18. | | 11.Dano Halsall | SUI | 55.51s | 10. | | 12.David López-Zubero | ESP | 55.61s | 14. | | 13.Kristofer Stivenson | GRE | 55.61s | 12. | | 14.Cees Vervoorn | NED | 55.75s | 13. | | 15.Søren Østberg | DEN | 56.04s | 17. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Pedro Pablo Morales | USA | 53.78s | 1. | | 2. Anthony Mosse | NZL | 55.19s | 7. | | 3. Mark Stockwell | AUS | 55.70s | 15. | | 4. Dave Churchill | CAN | 55.84s | 19. | | 5. Luis Juncos | ARG | 56.86s | 31. | | 6. Carlos Scanavino | URU | 57.46s | 32. | | 7. Ingi Jónsson | ISL | 1:00.68 | 43. | | 8. Trevor Ncala | SWA | 1:06.94 | 51. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Michael Groß | FRG | 54.02s | 2. | | 2. Søren Østberg | DEN | 55.73s | 17. | | 3. Théophile David | SUI | 55.81s | 18. | | 4. Ian Collins | GBR | 56.41s | 23. | | 5. Zheng Jian | CHN | 56.58s | 27. | | 6. Carlos Romo | MEX | 57.61s | 33. | | 7. Roberto Granados | GUA | 1:02.32 | 45. | | 8. Esa Fadel | BRN | 1:13.27 | 53. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Bengt Baron | SWE | 54.67s | 5. | | 2. Matt Gribble | USA | 55.39s | 11. | | 3. Cees Vervoorn | NED | 55.46s | 13. | | 4. Shudo Kawawa | JPN | 56.52s | 24. | | 5. Ahmed Said | EGY | 57.71s | 35. | | 6. Kemal Sadri Özün | TUR | 57.75s | 36. | | 7. Juan Miranda | ESA | 1:04.33 | 46. | | 8. Warren Sorby | FIJ | 1:05.53 | 49. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andy Jameson | GBR | 54.59s | 4. | | 2. Tom Ponting | CAN | 55.23s | 9. | | 3. Taihei Saka | JPN | 56.40s | 22. | | 4. Ang Peng Siong | SIN | 56.61s | 28. | | 5. Allan Marsh | JAM | 57.69s | 34. | | 6. João Santos | POR | 58.17s | 37. | | 7. Ibrahim El-Baba | LEB | 1:04.48 | 47. | | 8. Salvador Corelo | HON | 1:05.91 | 50. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andreas Behrend | FRG | 55.22s | 8. | | 2. Kristofer Stivenson | GRE | 55.46s | 12. | | 3. Anthony Nesty | SUR | 56.15s | 21. | | 4. Gérard de Kort | NED | 56.55s | 25. | | 5. Filiberto Colon | PUR | 56.66s | 29. | | 6. Bang Jun-Yeong | KOR | 58.91s | 40. | | 7. Faisal Marzouk | KUW | 1:02.00 | 44. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rafael Vidal | VEN | 54.33s | 3. | | 2. Fabrizio Rampazzo | ITA | 55.70s | 15. | | 3. Harri Garmendia | ESP | 55.97s | 20. | | 4. Hrvoje Barić | YUG | 56.70s | 30. | | 5. Sean Nottage | BAH | 58.73s | 39. | | 6. Ahmed Eid | EGY | 58.95s | 41. | | 7. Samuela Tupou | FIJ | 1:07.75 | 52. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Glenn Buchanan | AUS | 54.86s | 6. | | 2. Dano Halsall | SUI | 55.35s | 10. | | 3. David López-Zubero | ESP | 55.66s | 14. | | 4. Sabri Özün İhsan | TUR | 56.55s | 25. | | 5. Tsang Yi Ming | HKG | 58.25s | 38. | | 6. Deryck Marks | JAM | 1:00.57 | 42. | | 7. Adel Al-Ghaith | KUW | 1:04.62 | 48. |
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