| Final 19:43 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | 50m | 150m | 150m |  | 1. Norbert Rozsa |   Hungary | 2:12.81 |   | 3 | 22 | - | 874 |  | 2. Eric Wunderlich |   United States | 2:12.87 | +0.06s | 8 | 24 | - | 873 |  | 3. Károly Guttler |   Hungary | 2:14.12 | +1.31s | 6 | 26 | - | 849 |  | 4. Nick Gillingham |   Great Britain | 2:14.25 | +1.44s | 2 | 27 | - | 846 |  | 5. Akira Hayashi |   Japan | 2:14.36 | +1.55s | 4 | 19 | - | 844 |  | 6. Joaquin Fernandez |   Spain | 2:14.83 | +2.02s | 1 | 23 | - | 835 |  | 7. Andrey Ivanov |   Russia | 2:15.34 | +2.53s | 5 | 18 | - | 826 |  | 8. Seth Van Neerden |   United States | 2:15.43 | +2.62s | 7 |   | - | 824 |   
| Final B 19:52 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 50m | 150m | 150m |  | 9. Phil Rogers |   Australia | 2:14.97 |   | 3 | 23 | - | 833 | 1. |  | 10.Vadim Alexeev |   Israel | 2:15.47 | +0.50s | 4 | 24 | - | 824 | 2. |  | 11.Sergio Lopez |   Spain | 2:16.87 | +1.90s | 5 | 26 | - | 799 | 3. |  | 12.Jon Cleveland |   Canada | 2:16.95 | +1.98s | 6 | 23 | - | 797 | 4. |  | 13.Fabio Farabegoli |   Italy | 2:17.26 | +2.29s | 1 |   | - | 792 | 5. |  | 14.Fred Deburghgraeve |   Belgium | 2:17.47 | +2.50s | 8 | 21 | - | 788 | 7. |  | 15.Dariusz Jarzyna |   Poland | 2:17.74 | +2.77s | 7 | 24 | - | 784 | 8. |   
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 Heats - Friday, 9th September 10:55 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 6 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 3. Norbert Rozsa |   Hungary | 2:15.45 | +1.51s | 6 | 22 | - | 824 | 3. |  | 5. Nick Gillingham |   Great Britain | 2:15.48 | +1.54s | 6 | 27 | - | 823 | 5. |  | 7. Joaquin Fernandez |   Spain | 2:15.97 | +2.03s | 6 | 23 | - | 815 | 7. |  | 12.Jon Cleveland |   Canada | 2:16.45 | +2.51s | 6 | 23 | - | 806 | 12. |  | 17.Mario Gonzalez |   Cuba | 2:17.07 | +3.13s | 6 | 19 | - | 795 | 17. |  | 19.Cedric Penicaud |   France | 2:17.94 | +4.00s | 6 | 22 | - | 780 | 19. |  | 25.Frederic Van Lancker |   Belgium | 2:19.64 | +5.70s | 6 |   | - | 752 | 25. |  | 29.Gabriel Vazquez |   Mexico | 2:21.05 | +7.11s | 6 |   | - | 730 | 29. |   
| Heat 5 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Akira Hayashi |   Japan | 2:13.94 |   | 5 | 19 | - | 852 | 1. |  | 3. Károly Guttler |   Hungary | 2:15.45 | +1.51s | 5 | 26 | - | 824 | 3. |  | 6. Seth Van Neerden |   United States | 2:15.70 | +1.76s | 5 |   | - | 819 | 6. |  | 8. Eric Wunderlich |   United States | 2:16.02 | +2.08s | 5 | 24 | - | 814 | 8. |  | 9. Vadim Alexeev |   Israel | 2:16.04 | +2.10s | 5 | 24 | - | 813 | 9. |  | 18.Alexandr Tkachev |   Russia | 2:17.67 | +3.73s | 5 | 21 | - | 785 | 18. |  | 22.Marcin Malinski |   Poland | 2:18.31 | +4.37s | 5 | 21 | - | 774 | 22. |  | 30.Andrea Cecchi |   Italy | 2:21.11 | +7.17s | 5 | 26 | - | 729 | 30. |   
| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 2. Andrey Ivanov |   Russia | 2:15.42 | +1.48s | 4 | 18 | - | 825 | 2. |  | 10.Sergio Lopez |   Spain | 2:16.09 | +2.15s | 4 | 26 | - | 812 | 10. |  | 11.Phil Rogers |   Australia | 2:16.20 | +2.26s | 4 | 23 | - | 810 | 11. |  | 13.Yiwu Wang |   China | 2:16.52 | +2.58s | 4 | 19 | - | 805 | 13. |  | 14.Dariusz Jarzyna |   Poland | 2:16.76 | +2.82s | 4 | 24 | - | 801 | 14. |  | 15.Fabio Farabegoli |   Italy | 2:16.99 | +3.05s | 4 |   | - | 796 | 15. |  | 21.Hans-Joachim Lagier |   Germany | 2:18.28 | +4.34s | 4 |   | - | 774 | 21. |  | 23.Curtis Myden |   Canada | 2:19.32 | +5.38s | 4 | 20 | - | 757 | 23. |   
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 16.Fred Deburghgraeve |   Belgium | 2:17.03 | +3.09s | 3 | 21 | - | 796 | 16. |  | 20.Borge Mork |   Norway | 2:18.03 | +4.09s | 3 | 23 | - | 779 | 20. |  | 26.Jens Kruppa |   Germany | 2:19.88 | +5.94s | 3 | 18 | - | 748 | 26. |  | 28.Herman Louw |   South Africa | 2:20.92 | +6.98s | 3 |   | - | 732 | 28. |  | 31.Marco Minonne |   Switzerland | 2:21.26 | +7.32s | 3 |   | - | 726 | 31. |  | 32.Robert Van Der Zant |   Australia | 2:22.85 | +8.91s | 3 | 19 | - | 702 | 32. |  | 34.Alexandre Gukov |   Belarus | 2:24.04 | +10.10s | 3 | 22 | - | 685 | 34. |  | -. Paul Kent |   New Zealand | DNS |   | - | 22 | - | - | -. |   
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 24.Kresimir Cac |   Croatia | 2:19.63 | +5.69s | 2 | 18 | - | 752 | 24. |  | 27.Petteri Lehtinen |   Finland | 2:20.50 | +6.56s | 2 | 20 | - | 738 | 27. |  | 33.Nerijus Beiga |   Lithuania | 2:23.32 | +9.38s | 2 | 22 | - | 695 | 33. |  | 35.Christophe Verdino |   Monaco | 2:24.90 | +10.96s | 2 | 21 | - | 673 | 35. |  | 36.Mao Yi-Jung |   Chinese Taipei | 2:25.56 | +11.62s | 2 |   | - | 664 | 36. |  | 37.Hakan Kiper |   Turkey | 2:26.89 | +12.95s | 2 | 21 | - | 646 | 37. |  | 38.Jorge Arias |   Peru | 2:28.27 | +14.33s | 2 | 21 | - | 628 | 38. |  | 42.Christopher Shaw |   Zimbabwe | 2:34.54 | +20.60s | 2 |   | - | 555 | 42. |   
| Heat 1 10:55 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 39.Danilo Zavoli |   San Marino | 2:29.19 | +15.25s | 1 | 21 | - | 617 | 39. |  | 40.Nikola Savcic |   Yugoslavia | 2:29.31 | +15.37s | 1 | 20 | - | 615 | 40. |  | 41.Chih-Yung Huang |   Chinese Taipei | 2:29.79 | +15.85s | 1 | 15 | - | 609 | 41. |  | 43.Khashaya Hazrait Ashtiani |   Iran | 2:40.28 | +26.34s | 1 |   | - | 497 | 43. |  | 44.Iu Chong Kit |   Macau | 2:45.56 | +31.62s | 1 |   | - | 451 | 44. |  | 45.Ali Al-Asfour |   Kuwait | 2:48.40 | +34.46s | 1 |   | - | 429 | 45. |  | 46.Jasem Al-Asfour |   Kuwait | 2:50.88 | +36.94s | 1 |   | - | 410 | 46. |   
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