Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Alex Baumann | CAN | 4:22.46 | 1. | 2. Jeff Kostoff | USA | 4:22.55 | 2. | 3. Rob Woodhouse | AUS | 4:24.85 | 7. | 4. Stephen Poulter | GBR | 4:25.38 | 8. | 5. Yoram Kochavy | ISR | 4:35.70 | 16. | 6. Henry Wozniak | BBS | 4:53.87 | 19. | 7. Wu Ming-Hsun | TPE | 5:02.94 | 22. |
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Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | 1. Ricardo Prado | BRA | 4:23.31 | 4. | 2. Jesse Vassallo | USA | 4:23.82 | 6. | 3. Ralf Diegel | FRG | 4:28.10 | 9. | 4. Arne Borgstrøm | NOR | 4:28.37 | 10. | 5. Andrew Phillips | JAM | 4:29.43 | 11. | 6. Anders Peterson | SWE | 4:32.93 | 15. | 7. Jairulla Jaitulla | PHI | 4:51.24 | 18. | 8. Julian Bolling | SLA | 5:02.88 | 21. |
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