| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 1:04.94 | 3. 1. | | 2. Tom Bruce | USA | 1:05.43 | 6. 5. | | 3. John Hencken | USA | 1:05.61 | 2. 2. | | 4. Mark Chatfield | USA | 1:06.01 | 1. 6. | | 5. Walter Kusch | FRG | 1:06.23 | 7. 3. | | 6. José Sylvio Fiolo | BRA | 1:06.24 | 4. 4. | | 7. Nikolay Pankin | URS | 1:06.36 | 9. 6. | | 8. David Wilkie | GBR | 1:06.52 | 5. 8. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Hencken | USA | 1:05.68 | 2. | | 2. José Sylvio Fiolo | BRA | 1:05.99 | 4. | | 3. Tom Bruce | USA | 1:06.05 | 5. | | 4. Klaus Katzur | GDR | 1:06.82 | 10. | | 5. Bill Mahony | CAN | 1:07.06 | 11. | | 6. Bernard Combet | FRA | 1:07.76 | 14. | | 7. Robert Stoddart | CAN | 1:08.61 | 15. | | 8. Rainer Hradetzky | GDR | 1:09.49 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 1:05.13 | 1. | | 2. Walter Kusch | FRG | 1:05.78 | 3. | | 3. Nikolay Pankin | URS | 1:06.08 | 6. | | 4. Mark Chatfield | USA | 1:06.08 | 6. | | 5. David Wilkie | GBR | 1:06.25 | 8. | | 6. Viktor Stulikov | URS | 1:06.66 | 9. | | 7. Vladimir Kosinsky | URS | 1:07.08 | 12. | | 8. Roger-Philippe Menu | FRA | 1:07.75 | 13. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mark Chatfield | USA | 1:05.89 | 1. | | 2. Bill Mahony | CAN | 1:07.14 | 8. | | 3. Bernard Combet | FRA | 1:08.08 | 12. | | 4. Paul Jarvie | AUS | 1:09.26 | 20. | | 5. Sokhon Yi | CAM | 1:11.00 | 34. | | 6. Edmondo Mingione | ITA | 1:11.75 | 39. | | 7. Morkal Faruk | TUR | 1:13.86 | 42. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nikolay Pankin | URS | 1:07.31 | 9. | | 2. Robert Stoddart | CAN | 1:08.44 | 14. | | 3. Malcolm O'Connell | GBR | 1:09.33 | 22. | | 4. Szabó Sándor | HUN | 1:09.68 | 25. | | 5. Gustavo Salcedo | MEX | 1:10.17 | 30. | | 6. Jean-Pierre Dubey | SUI | 1:10.31 | 31. | | 7. Cezary Śmiglak | POL | 1:10.53 | 33. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. David Wilkie | GBR | 1:06.35 | 5. | | 2. Tom Bruce | USA | 1:06.45 | 6. | | 3. Klaus Katzur | GDR | 1:07.36 | 10. | | 4. Vladimir Kosinsky | URS | 1:07.39 | 11. | | 5. Amman Jalmaani | PHI | 1:09.28 | 21. | | 6. Steffen Kriechbaum | AUT | 1:09.87 | 27. | | 7. Bruno Bassoul | LEB | 1:19.94 | 44. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Nobutaka Taguchi | JPN | 1:06.07 | 3. | | 2. José Sylvio Fiolo | BRA | 1:06.23 | 4. | | 3. Rainer Hradetzky | GDR | 1:08.67 | 16. | | 4. Liam Ball | IRE | 1:09.68 | 26. | | 5. Andreas Hellmann | FRG | 1:10.13 | 29. | | 6. Karl Christian Koch | DEN | 1:11.27 | 37. | | 7. Piero Ferracuti | ESA | 1:16.74 | 43. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Hencken | USA | 1:05.96 | 2. | | 2. Roger-Philippe Menu | FRA | 1:08.63 | 15. | | 3. Michael Whitaker | CAN | 1:08.86 | 17. | | 4. Felipe Muñoz | MEX | 1:08.95 | 19. | | 5. Pedro Balcells | ESP | 1:09.37 | 23. | | 6. Alfredo Hunger | PER | 1:11.44 | 38. | | 7. Theodoros Koutoumanis | GRE | 1:12.05 | 40. | | 8. Rudi Vingerhoets | BEL | 1:12.59 | 41. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Walter Kusch | FRG | 1:06.95 | 7. | | 2. Viktor Stulikov | URS | 1:08.18 | 13. | | 3. Michael Günther | FRG | 1:08.93 | 18. | | 4. Osvaldo Boretto | ARG | 1:09.64 | 24. | | 5. János Tóth | HUN | 1:10.02 | 28. | | 6. Angel Chakarov | BUL | 1:10.34 | 32. | | 7. Paul Naisby | GBR | 1:11.05 | 35. | | 8. Guðjón Guðmundsson | ISL | 1:11.11 | 36. |
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