| Final A | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yevgeny Sadovy |  URS | 3:45.00 | 2. | | 2. Kieren Perkins |  AUS | 3:45.16 | 1. | | 3. Anders Holmertz |  SWE | 3:46.77 | 3. | | 4. Artur Wojdat |  POL | 3:48.10 | 8. | | 5. Ian Brown | AUS | 3:48.79 | 6. | | 6. Sebastian Wiese |  GER | 3:49.06 | 7. | | 7. Stefan Pfeiffer | GER | 3:49.75 | 4. | | 8. Danyon Loader |  NZL | 3:49.97 | 5. |
| Final B | Team | time | Rk. | | 9. Antti Kasvio |  FIN | 3:50.06 | 9. | | 10.Paul Palmer |  GBR | 3:51.60 | 10. | | 11.Sean Killion |  USA | 3:52.76 | 13. | | 12.Piermaria Siciliano |  ITA | 3:53.05 | 12. | | 13.Christophe Marchand |  FRA | 3:53.24 | 15. | | 14.Yann de Fabrique | FRA | 3:54.37 | 17. | | 15.Mariusz Podkościelny | POL | 3:54.56 | 11. | | 16.Jure Bučar |  SLO | 3:56.93 | 16. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Kieren Perkins | AUS | 3:49.24 | 1. | | 2. Sebastian Wiese | GER | 3:50.73 | 7. | | 3. Mariusz Podkościelny | POL | 3:52.07 | 11. | | 4. Piermaria Siciliano | ITA | 3:52.32 | 12. | | 5. Dan Jorgensen | USA | 3:53.20 | 14. | | 6. Massimo Trevisan | ITA | 3:56.35 | 19. | | 7. Mehmet Taner |  TUR | 3:57.64 | 23. | | 8. Stephen Akers | GBR | 3:58.99 | 28. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yevgeny Sadovy | URS | 3:49.37 | 2. | | 2. Anders Holmertz | SWE | 3:49.95 | 3. | | 3. Stefan Pfeiffer | GER | 3:49.99 | 4. | | 4. Danyon Loader | NZL | 3:50.05 | 5. | | 5. Ian Brown | AUS | 3:50.12 | 6. | | 6. Zoltán Szilágyi |  HUN | 3:56.68 | 20. | | 7. Turlough O'Hare |  CAN | 3:56.70 | 21. | | 8. Richard Tapper | NZL | 3:59.71 | 29. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Artur Wojdat | POL | 3:51.66 | 8. | | 2. Antti Kasvio | FIN | 3:51.74 | 9. | | 3. Paul Palmer | GBR | 3:51.93 | 10. | | 4. Sean Killion | USA | 3:52.42 | 13. | | 5. Christophe Marchand | FRA | 3:54.59 | 15. | | 6. Jure Bučar | SLO | 3:55.28 | 16. | | 7. Jorge Herrera |  PUR | 4:00.11 | 30. | | 8. Nace Majcen | SLO | 4:00.42 | 31. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Yann de Fabrique | FRA | 3:55.66 | 17. | | 2. Shigeo Ogata |  JPN | 3:57.91 | 24. | | 3. Can Ergenekan | TUR | 3:58.43 | 25. | | 4. Eddie Parenti | CAN | 3:58.96 | 27. | | 5. Bang Seung-Hun |  KOR | 4:00.43 | 32. | | 6. Alejandro Bermúdez |  COL | 4:01.66 | 34. | | 7. Christer Wallin | SWE | 4:02.14 | 35. | | 8. Kuan Seng Ong |  MAS | 4:02.28 | 36. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Marcel Wouda |  NED | 3:55.70 | 18. | | 2. Aleksey Kudryavtsev | URS | 3:57.07 | 22. | | 3. Artur Costa |  POR | 3:58.80 | 26. | | 4. Masashi Kato | JPN | 4:00.66 | 33. | | 5. Jarl Inge Melberg |  NOR | 4:03.49 | 37. | | 6. Ratapong Sirasanont |  THA | 4:07.95 | 38. | | 7. Benoît Fleurot |  MRI | 4:12.05 | 41. | | 8. Kenneth Yeo |  SIN | 4:13.45 | 42. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 2. Gustavo Bucaro |  GUA | 4:11.48 | 39. | | 3. Luis Medina |  BOL | 4:11.77 | 40. | | 4. Helder Torres | GUA | 4:20.38 | 43. | | 5. Hussein Al-Sadiq |  KSA | 4:21.64 | 44. | | 6. Jean-Paul Adam |  SEY | 4:40.93 | 45. |
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