| Final A | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Denys Sylantyev | UKR | 1:56.61 |  | 2. Frank Esposito | FRA | 1:56.77 |  | 3. Tom Malchow | USA | 1:57.26 |  | 4. Takashi Yamamoto | JPN | 1:57.50 |  | 5. James Hickman | GBR | 1:58.76 |  | 6. Stephen Parry | GBR | 1:59.57 |  | 7. Kyu Chul Han | KOR | 2:00.26 |  | -. Scott Goodman | AUS | DQ |   
| Final B | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Ugur Taner | USA | 1:59.13 |  | 2. Stefan Aartsen | NED | 1:59.98 |  | 3. Anatoli Poliakov | RUS | 1:59.98 |  | 4. Vesa Hanski | FIN | 2:00.30 |  | 5. Chris-Carol Bremer | GER | 2:00.37 |  | 6. Peter Horvath | HUN | 2:00.73 |  | 7. Massimiliano Eroli | ITA | 2:00.79 |  | 8. Xufeng Xie | CHN | 2:03.24 |   
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| Heat 7. | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Tom Malchow | USA | 1:58.20 | 4. |  | 2. Scott Goodman | AUS | 1:58.87 | 5. |  | 3. Kyu Chul Han | KOR | 1:59.14 | 7. |  | 4. Chris-Carol Bremer | GER | 1:59.85 | 10. |  | 5. Stefan Aartsen | NED | 1:59.89 | 11. |  | 6. Massimiliano Eroli | ITA | 2:00.85 | 15. |  | 7. Jorge Perez | ESP | 2:01.62 | 19. |  | 8. Konstantin Andrushin | KGZ | 2:03.46 | 28. |   
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| Heat 6. | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Frank Esposito | FRA | 1:56.32 | 1. |  | 2. Takashi Yamamoto | JPN | 1:56.99 | 2. |  | 3. Denys Sylantyev | UKR | 1:57.62 | 3. |  | 4. Anatoli Poliakov | RUS | 2:00.45 | 14. |  | 5. Xufeng Xie | CHN | 2:01.24 | 16. |  | 6. Zane King | AUS | 2:01.50 | 17. |  | 7. Aleksandar Malenko | MKD | 2:02.18 | 22. |  | 8. Marcin Kaczmarek | POL | 2:02.40 | 24. |   
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| Heat 5. | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. James Hickman | GBR | 1:59.13 | 6. |  | 2. Stephen Parry | GBR | 1:59.37 | 8. |  | 3. Ugur Taner | USA | 1:59.63 | 9. |  | 4. Vesa Hanski | FIN | 2:00.23 | 13. |  | 5. Alexandre Gorguraki | RUS | 2:01.75 | 21. |  | 6. Vladan Markovic | YUG | 2:02.30 | 23. |  | 7. Thomas Rupprath | GER | 2:02.60 | 25. |  | 8. Xin Huang | CHN | 2:04.67 | 33. |   
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| Heat 4. | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Peter Horvath | HUN | 1:59.91 | 12. |  | 2. Pedro Barbosa Do Rego | BRA | 2:01.61 | 18. |  | 3. Tero VÄlimaa | FIN | 2:01.64 | 20. |  | 4. Theo Verster | RSA | 2:03.32 | 27. |  | 5. Adrian Andermatt | SUI | 2:03.76 | 29. |  | 6. Bang Hyun Kim | KOR | 2:03.90 | 30. |  | 7. George Popotas | GRE | 2:04.17 | 31. |  | 8. Johan Garcia | CUB | 2:06.67 | 39. |   
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| Heat 3. | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Colin Lowth | IRL | 2:03.25 | 26. |  | 2. Mark Kwok | HKG | 2:04.42 | 32. |  | 3. Aleksandar Miladinovski | MKD | 2:04.83 | 34. |  | 4. Alexis Perdomo | VEN | 2:04.90 | 35. |  | 5. Simao Morgado | POR | 2:05.82 | 36. |  | 6. Oleg Pukhnaty | UZB | 2:06.32 | 38. |  | 7. Chien Chih Hung | TPE | 2:06.84 | 40. |  | 8. Javier Golovchenko | URU | 2:08.85 | 42. |   
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| Heat 2. | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Cheng Hua Tseng | TPE | 2:06.18 | 37. |  | 2. Sergey Erilin | UZB | 2:07.11 | 41. |  | 3. Luc Decker | LUX | 2:09.81 | 43. |  | 4. Jean-Paul Adam | SEY | 2:12.27 | 44. |  | 5. My Tran | VIE | 2:14.32 | 45. |  | 6. Fabrice Lincoln | MRI | 2:15.05 | 46. |  | 7. Ghefari Dulapandan | SRI | 2:15.81 | 47. |   
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| Heat 1. | Team | Time | pl. |  | 1. Pirouz Eftekhar Manavi | IRI | 2:17.93 | 48. |  | 2. Waleed Al-Qahtani | KUW | 2:23.64 | 49. |  | -. Shaderska Perez | DOM | DNS |   |   
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