Bieg 3 Poz.PaństwoZawodnicyRezultatUwagi1Andrew Mowatt, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Brian Morrison39,41Q2Christopher Faulknor, Greg Meghoo, John Mair, Clive Wright39,53Q3Kaoru Matsubara, Shinji Aoto, Koji Kurihara, Takahiko Kasahara39,70Q4Elkana Nyangau, Kennedy Ondiek, Simeon Kipkemboi, Peter Wekesa40,30q5Supas Tiprod, Visut Watanasin, Anuwat Sermsiri, Chainarong Wangganon40,576St. Clair Soleyne, Alfred Browne, Howard Lindsay, Larry Miller41,187Francis Keita, Horace Dove-Edwin, Benjamin Grant, Felix Sandy41,19–Florencio Gascón, Enrique Talavera, Valentín Rocandio, José Javier Arqués
Bieg 4 Poz.PaństwoZawodnicyRezultatUwagi1György Bakos, László Karaffa, István Tatár, Attila Kovács39,12Q2Elliot Bunney, John Regis, Mike McFarlane, Clarence Callender39,17Q3Arnaldo Abrantes, Pedro Curvelo, Pedro Agostinho, Luís Barroso39,61Q4Herman Adam, Eduardo Nava, Antonio Ruíz, Miguel Elizondo40,315Fortune Ogouchi, Patrice Mahoulikponto, Dossou Vignissy, Issa Alassane-Ousséni41,526Mohamed Shah Alam, Shahanuddin Choudhury, Mohamed Hossain Milzer, Mohamed Shah Jalal41,78–Dennis Mitchell, Albert Robinson, Calvin Smith, Lee McNeill
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