| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 56.58s | 4. 2. | | 2. Mike Stamm | USA | 57.70s | 2. 4. | | 3. John Murphy | USA | 58.35s | 3. 3. | | 4. Mitch Ivey | USA | 58.48s | 1. 1. | | 5. Igor Grivennikov | URS | 59.50s | 5. 5. | | 6. Lutz Wanja | GDR | 59.80s | 6. 6. | | 7. Jürgen Krüger | GDR | 59.93s | 7. 7. | | 8. Tadashi Honda | JPN | 1:00.41 | 10.8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 58.44s | 2. | | 2. Mike Stamm | USA | 58.74s | 4. | | 3. Lutz Wanja | GDR | 59.83s | 6. | | 4. Tadashi Honda | JPN | 1:00.43 | 8. | | 5. Bob Schoutsen | NED | 1:00.48 | 9. | | 6. Jean-Paul Berjeau | FRA | 1:00.59 | 11. | | 7. Ian MacKenzie | CAN | 1:00.92 | 13. | | 8. Michael Richards | GBR | 1:01.27 | 15. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mitch Ivey | USA | 57.99s | 1. | | 2. John Murphy | USA | 58.64s | 3. | | 3. Igor Grivennikov | URS | 59.15s | 5. | | 4. Jürgen Krüger | GDR | 1:00.06 | 7. | | 5. Ejvind Pedersen | DEN | 1:00.53 | 10. | | 6. Erik Fish | CAN | 1:00.73 | 12. | | 7. Clive Rushton | GBR | 1:01.25 | 14. | | 8. Nenad Miloš | YUG | 1:01.29 | 16. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Igor Grivennikov | URS | 1:00.05 | 5. | | 2. Zoltán Verrasztó | HUN | 1:01.13 | 17. | | 3. Clay Evans | CAN | 1:01.69 | 24. | | 4. Arantes Filho Rômulo | BRA | 1:03.18 | 30. | | 5. Hsu Tung-Hsiung | TPE | 1:03.31 | 31. | | 6. Sergio Hasbún | ESA | 1:06.53 | 35. | | 7. Sarun Van | CAM | 1:07.26 | 37. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Bob Schoutsen | NED | 1:00.76 | 8. | | 2. Lars Børgesen | DEN | 1:01.23 | 19. | | 3. Cseh, Sr. László | HUN | 1:01.63 | 23. | | 4. José Joaquín Santibáñez | MEX | 1:02.46 | 27. | | 5. Predrag Miloš | YUG | 1:03.02 | 29. | | 6. Gustavo González | ARG | 1:04.16 | 32. | | 7. Gerardo Rosario | PHI | 1:06.85 | 36. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Murphy | USA | 59.93s | 3. | | 2. Ejvind Pedersen | DEN | 1:00.83 | 10. | | 3. Tadashi Honda | JPN | 1:00.89 | 12. | | 4. Ian MacKenzie | CAN | 1:01.11 | 16. | | 5. Helmut Podolan | AUT | 1:01.49 | 22. | | 6. Piotr Dłucik | POL | 1:01.94 | 25. | | 7. Andreas Weber | FRG | 1:02.49 | 28. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Stamm | USA | 58.63s | 2. | | 2. Lutz Wanja | GDR | 1:00.62 | 6. | | 3. Pierre Baehr | FRA | 1:01.13 | 17. | | 4. Colin Cunningham | GBR | 1:01.28 | 20. | | 5. Anders Sandberg | SWE | 1:01.41 | 21. | | 6. Neil Martin | AUS | 1:05.13 | 34. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mitch Ivey | USA | 58.15s | 1. | | 2. Erik Fish | CAN | 1:00.81 | 9. | | 3. Nenad Miloš | YUG | 1:00.94 | 13. | | 4. Clive Rushton | GBR | 1:01.07 | 15. | | 5. Mark Crocker | HKG | 1:11.20 | 39. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roland Matthes | GDR | 1:00.01 | 4. | | 2. Jürgen Krüger | GDR | 1:00.65 | 7. | | 3. Jean-Paul Berjeau | FRA | 1:00.83 | 10. | | 4. Michael Richards | GBR | 1:01.03 | 14. | | 5. Rudolf Róbert | HUN | 1:02.34 | 26. | | 6. Amin Ahmed Adel Youssef | EGY | 1:04.40 | 33. | | 7. Chiang Jin Choon | MAS | 1:07.65 | 38. |
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