Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. George DiCarlo | USA | 3:53.44 | 3. | 2. Franck Iacono | FRA | 3:55.07 | 8. | 3. Stefano Grandi | ITA | 3:56.23 | 14. | 4. Arne Borgstrøm | NOR | 3:57.88 | 16. | 5. Paul Howe | GBR | 4:04.07 | 25. | 6. Keisuke Okuno | JPN | 4:06.31 | 27. | 7. Evert Kroon | NAT | 4:11.97 | 31. | 8. Lin Chun-Hong | TPE | 4:20.65 | 35. |
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Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. John Mykkanen | USA | 3:53.43 | 2. | 2. Darjan Petrič | YUG | 3:54.39 | 5. | 3. Ron McKeon | AUS | 3:55.06 | 7. | 4. Mike Davidson | NZL | 3:57.88 | 16. | 5. Jean-Marie François | VEN | 4:03.08 | 24. | 6. Attaroğlu Gökhan | TUR | 4:07.07 | 29. | 7. Julian Bolling | SLA | 4:23.42 | 36. |
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