| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Alex Baumann | CAN | 4:17.41 | 1. | | 2. Ricardo Prado | BRA | 4:18.45 | 4. | | 3. Rob Woodhouse | AUS | 4:20.50 | 7. | | 4. Jesse Vassallo | USA | 4:21.46 | 6. | | 5. Maurizio Divano | ITA | 4:22.76 | 5. | | 6. Jeff Kostoff | USA | 4:23.28 | 2. | | 7. Stephen Poulter | GBR | 4:25.80 | 8. | | 8. Giovanni Franceschi | ITA | 4:26.05 | 3. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Anders Peterson | SWE | 4:27.95 | 15. | | 10.Andrew Phillips | JAM | 4:27.98 | 11. | | 11.Arne Borgstrøm | NOR | 4:28.20 | 10. | | 12.Ralf Diegel | FRG | 4:28.94 | 9. | | 13.Shinji Ito | JPN | 4:29.76 | 13. | | 14.Peter Dobson | CAN | 4:30.09 | 12. | | 15.Stuart Willmott | GBR | 4:31.10 | 14. | | 16.Yoram Kochavy | ISR | 4:40.00 | 16. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Alex Baumann | CAN | 4:22.46 | 1. | | 2. Jeff Kostoff | USA | 4:22.55 | 2. | | 3. Rob Woodhouse | AUS | 4:24.85 | 7. | | 4. Stephen Poulter | GBR | 4:25.38 | 8. | | 5. Yoram Kochavy | ISR | 4:35.70 | 16. | | 6. Henry Wozniak | BBS | 4:53.87 | 19. | | 7. Wu Ming-Hsun | TPE | 5:02.94 | 22. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ricardo Prado | BRA | 4:23.31 | 4. | | 2. Jesse Vassallo | USA | 4:23.82 | 6. | | 3. Ralf Diegel | FRG | 4:28.10 | 9. | | 4. Arne Borgstrøm | NOR | 4:28.37 | 10. | | 5. Andrew Phillips | JAM | 4:29.43 | 11. | | 6. Anders Peterson | SWE | 4:32.93 | 15. | | 7. Jairulla Jaitulla | PHI | 4:51.24 | 18. | | 8. Julian Bolling | SLA | 5:02.88 | 21. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Giovanni Franceschi | ITA | 4:23.03 | 3. | | 2. Maurizio Divano | ITA | 4:23.61 | 5. | | 3. Peter Dobson | CAN | 4:29.61 | 12. | | 4. Shinji Ito | JPN | 4:30.52 | 13. | | 5. Stuart Willmott | GBR | 4:32.90 | 14. | | 6. Scott Newkirk | USV | 4:48.15 | 17. | | 7. Ng Wing Hon | HKG | 4:58.98 | 20. | | 8. Juan José Piro | HON | 5:15.68 | 23. |
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