| Date | 19 September 1988 | |
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| Location | Mi-sa-ri Jo-jeong-gyeong-gi-jang, Hanam | |
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to semi-finals. | |
| Time | 12:05 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Thomas Lange |  GDR | 7:03.25 | 1:37.98 (1) | 3:25.37 (2) | 5:12.32 (1) | 1:47.39 (2) | 1:46.95 (1) | 1:50.93 (1) | ||
| 2 | 3 | Andy Sudduth |  USA | 7:05.61 | 1:39.77 (3) | 3:24.46 (1) | 5:13.35 (2) | 1:44.69 (1) | 1:48.89 (3) | 1:52.26 (2) | ||
| 3 | 2 | Peter-Michael Kolbe |  FRG | 7:12.35 | 1:38.54 (2) | 3:26.17 (3) | 5:16.95 (3) | 1:47.63 (3) | 1:50.78 (4) | 1:55.40 (4) | ||
| 4 | 6 | Kajetan Broniewski |  POL | 7:13.77 | 1:40.47 (4) | 3:30.11 (4) | 5:18.77 (4) | 1:49.64 (4) | 1:48.66 (2) | 1:55.00 (3) | ||
| 5 | 1 | Henk Jan Zwolle |  NED | 7:29.68 | 1:44.42 (5) | 3:38.01 (6) | 5:31.29 (5) | 1:53.59 (6) | 1:53.28 (5) | 1:58.39 (5) | ||
| 6 | 4 | Juan Félix |  PUR | 7:55.46 | 1:44.73 (6) | 3:36.56 (5) | 5:41.51 (6) | 1:51.83 (5) | 2:04.95 (6) | 2:13.95 (6) |
| Time | 12:15 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Hamish McGlashan |  AUS | 7:25.26 | 1:46.30 (1) | 3:38.16 (1) | 5:31.73 (1) | 1:51.86 (1) | 1:53.57 (1) | 1:53.53 (1) | ||
| 2 | 1 | Jesús Posse |  URU | 7:37.92 | 1:48.43 (4) | 3:45.38 (3) | 5:43.83 (3) | 1:56.95 (3) | 1:58.45 (2) | 1:54.09 (2) | ||
| 3 | 5 | Jüri Jaanson |  URS | 7:41.28 | 1:46.59 (2) | 3:39.99 (2) | 5:40.63 (2) | 1:53.40 (2) | 2:00.64 (3) | 2:00.65 (=4) | ||
| 4 | 2 | Masahiro Sakata |  JPN | 7:43.67 | 1:48.98 (5) | 3:47.42 (4) | 5:48.10 (4) | 1:58.44 (4) | 2:00.68 (4) | 1:55.57 (3) | ||
| 5 | 4 | Gord Henry |  CAN | 7:51.83 | 1:47.89 (3) | 3:48.71 (5) | 5:51.18 (5) | 2:00.82 (5) | 2:02.47 (5) | 2:00.65 (=4) | ||
| 6 | 3 | Edgardo Maerina |  PHI | 8:54.90 | 2:04.52 (6) | 4:20.37 (6) | 6:39.52 (6) | 2:15.85 (6) | 2:19.15 (6) | 2:15.38 (6) |
| Time | 12:24 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Eric Verdonk |  NZL | 7:18.69 | 1:43.86 (1) | 3:34.66 (1) | 5:25.34 (1) | 1:50.80 (2) | 1:50.68 (1) | 1:53.35 (1) | ||
| 2 | 1 | Pascal Body |  FRA | 7:26.12 | 1:46.90 (4) | 3:37.67 (3) | 5:28.65 (2) | 1:50.77 (1) | 1:50.98 (2) | 1:57.47 (2) | ||
| 3 | 3 | Dirk Crois |  BEL | 7:34.74 | 1:46.57 (3) | 3:39.09 (4) | 5:33.90 (4) | 1:52.52 (4) | 1:54.81 (4) | 2:00.84 (3) | ||
| 4 | 2 | Giovanni Calabrese |  ITA | 7:45.02 | 1:45.35 (2) | 3:37.00 (2) | 5:31.37 (3) | 1:51.65 (3) | 1:54.37 (3) | 2:13.65 (5) | ||
| 5 | 5 | Dênis Marinho |  BRA | 7:48.33 | 1:51.10 (5) | 3:47.09 (5) | 5:45.07 (5) | 1:55.99 (5) | 1:57.98 (5) | 2:03.26 (4) |
| Time | 12:35 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 500-1,000 m | 1,000-1,500 m | 1,500-2,000 m | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Fredrik Hultén |  SWE | 7:12.98 | 1:44.41 (2) | 3:31.69 (2) | 5:20.00 (1) | 1:47.28 (1) | 1:48.31 (1) | 1:52.98 (1) | ||
| 2 | 2 | Pertti Karppinen |  FIN | 7:24.72 | 1:42.54 (1) | 3:30.68 (1) | 5:21.04 (2) | 1:48.14 (2) | 1:50.36 (2) | 2:03.68 (4) | ||
| 3 | 1 | Arnold Jonke |  AUT | 7:30.45 | 1:46.58 (4) | 3:37.69 (3) | 5:29.96 (3) | 1:51.11 (3) | 1:52.27 (3) | 2:00.49 (3) | ||
| 4 | 3 | Im Gyeong-Seok |  KOR | 7:39.94 | 1:45.57 (3) | 3:44.14 (4) | 5:45.19 (4) | 1:58.57 (4) | 2:01.05 (4) | 1:54.75 (2) | ||
| 5 | 5 | Waleed Al-Mohamed Abdulmuhsin |  KUW | 8:05.35 | 1:52.27 (5) | 3:54.99 (5) | 6:01.21 (5) | 2:02.72 (5) | 2:06.22 (5) | 2:04.14 (5) |
