Heat 6 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 1. Doug Gjertsen | United States | 1:48.58 | | 5 | 23 | - | 1. | 2. Anders Holmertz | Sweden | 1:49.39 | +0.81s | 4 | 22 | - | 2. | 3. Veniamin Tayanovich | Soviet Union | 1:49.40 | +0.82s | 3 | 23 | - | 3. | 4. Turlough O'Hare | Canada | 1:50.00 | +1.42s | 2 | 21 | - | 8. | 5. Peter Sitt | Germany | 1:50.50 | +1.92s | 6 | 21 | - | 12. | 6. Richard Granneman | Netherlands | 1:50.91 | +2.33s | 7 | _ | - | 13. | 7. John Steel | New Zealand | 1:52.38 | +3.80s | 8 | 18 | - | 19. | 8. Gustavo Franca Borges | Brazil | 1:53.85 | +5.27s | 1 | 18 | - | 28. |
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Heat 5 | | time | gap | L | Y | pts | Rk | 1. Giorgio Lamberti | Italy | 1:49.43 | +0.85s | 4 | 21 | - | 4. | 2. Troy Dalbey | United States | 1:49.95 | +1.37s | 5 | 22 | - | 7. | 3. Martin Roberts | Australia | 1:50.32 | +1.74s | 3 | 24 | - | 9. | 4. Christophe Marchand | France | 1:51.30 | +2.72s | 8 | 20 | - | 14. | 5. Yury Bashkatov | Soviet Union | 1:51.37 | +2.79s | 6 | 22 | - | 15. | 6. Christer Wallin | Sweden | 1:51.92 | +3.34s | 7 | 21 | - | 17. | 7. Jarl Inge Melberg | Norway | 1:52.10 | +3.52s | 2 | 20 | - | 18. | 8. Jure Bucar | Yugoslavia | 1:52.55 | +3.97s | 1 | 25 | - | 21. |
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