| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Tewksbury |  CAN | 53.98s | 2. | | 2. Jeff Rouse |  USA | 54.04s | 1. | | 3. David Berkoff | USA | 54.78s | 3. | | 4. Martín López-Zubero |  ESP | 54.96s | 4. | | 5. Vladimir Selkov |  URS | 55.49s | 5. | | 6. Franck Schott |  FRA | 55.72s | 6. | | 7. Rodolfo Falcón |  CUB | 55.76s | 7. | | 8. Dirk Richter |  GER | 56.26s | 8. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Yasuhiro Vandewalle |  BEL | 56.36s | 10. | | 10.Stefaan Maene | BEL | 56.47s | 12. | | 11.Tino Weber | GER | 56.49s | 11. | | 12.Hajime Itoi |  JPN | 56.64s | 9. | | 13.Tamás Deutsch |  HUN | 56.70s | 13. | | 14.Carlos Ventosa | ESP | 56.78s | 15. | | 15.Georgi Mikhalev |  BUL | 56.85s | 14. | | 16.Emanuele Merisi |  ITA | 57.71s | 16. |
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| Heat 7 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jeff Rouse | USA | 54.63s | 1. | | 2. Franck Schott | FRA | 55.84s | 6. | | 3. Rodolfo Falcón | CUB | 55.99s | 7. | | 4. Stefaan Maene | BEL | 56.34s | 12. | | 5. Tamás Deutsch | HUN | 56.47s | 13. | | 6. Raymond Brown | CAN | 56.98s | 18. | | 7. Ilmar Ojase |  EST | 57.08s | 20. | | 8. Stefano Battistelli | ITA | 57.40s | 23. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Tewksbury | CAN | 54.75s | 2. | | 2. David Berkoff | USA | 54.84s | 3. | | 3. Tino Weber | GER | 56.27s | 11. | | 4. Tom Stachewicz |  AUS | 57.03s | 19. | | 5. Derya Büyükuncu |  TUR | 57.38s | 22. | | 6. Martin Harris |  GBR | 57.57s | 25. | | 7. Lin Laijiu |  CHN | 57.85s | 31. | | 8. Simon Percy |  NZL | 57.96s | 33. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Martín López-Zubero | ESP | 55.37s | 4. | | 2. Vladimir Selkov | URS | 55.72s | 5. | | 3. Dirk Richter | GER | 56.03s | 8. | | 4. Hajime Itoi | JPN | 56.18s | 9. | | 5. Yasuhiro Vandewalle | BEL | 56.20s | 10. | | 6. Carlos Ventosa | ESP | 56.62s | 15. | | 7. Manuel Guzmán |  PUR | 56.93s | 17. | | 8. Eran Groumi |  ISR | 57.67s | 28. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Emanuele Merisi | ITA | 56.80s | 16. | | 2. Rogério Romero |  BRA | 57.28s | 21. | | 3. Rastislav Bizub |  TCH | 57.57s | 24. | | 4. Keita Soraoka | JPN | 57.64s | 27. | | 5. Adam Ruckwood | GBR | 57.75s | 30. | | 6. Seddon Keyter |  RSA | 57.94s | 32. | | 7. Thomas Sopp |  NOR | 58.45s | 39. | | 8. Toby Haenen | AUS | 1:00.08 | 45. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Georgi Mikhalev | BUL | 56.59s | 14. | | 2. Marcel Blažo | TCH | 57.61s | 26. | | 3. Dragomir Markov | BUL | 58.17s | 34. | | 4. Sebastián Lasave |  ARG | 58.22s | 35. | | 5. David Holderbach | FRA | 58.25s | 36. | | 6. Rudi Dollmayer |  SWE | 58.26s | 37. | | 7. Ricardo Busquets | PUR | 58.42s | 38. | | 8. Ji Sang-Jun |  KOR | 58.62s | 40. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Alejandro Alvisuri |  PER | 57.72s | 29. | | 2. Olivér Ágh | HUN | 59.02s | 41. | | 3. Miguel Arrobas |  POR | 59.37s | 42. | | 4. Raymond Papa |  PHI | 59.58s | 43. | | 5. Leo Najera | PHI | 59.92s | 44. | | 6. Patrick Sagisi |  GUM | 1:01.84 | 46. | | 7. Timothy Eneas |  BAH | 1:03.10 | 48. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Marcos Prono |  PAR | 1:02.72 | 47. | | 2. Salvador Jiménez |  HON | 1:04.60 | 49. | | 3. Carl Probert |  FIJ | 1:04.92 | 50. | | 4. Jarrah Al-Asmawi |  KUW | 1:05.53 | 51. | | 5. Abdullah Sultan |  UAE | 1:08.22 | 52. |
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