| Date | 22 September 1988 | |
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| Location | Mi-sa-ri Jo-jeong-gyeong-gi-jang, Hanam | |
| Format | Top 3 finishers in each heat advanced to the final round. | |
| Time | 10:32 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | 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 | 3 | Vasily Yakusha / Oleksandr Marchenko |  URS | 6:21.78 | 1:27.77 (1) | 3:03.61 (1) | 4:42.90 (1) | 1:35.84 (2) | 1:39.29 (2) | 1:38.88 (3) | ||
| 2 | 2 | Christian Händle / Ralf Thienel |  FRG | 6:23.55 | 1:31.75 (4) | 3:09.84 (4) | 4:48.49 (4) | 1:38.09 (4) | 1:38.65 (1) | 1:35.06 (1) | ||
| 3 | 4 | Bjarne Eltang / Per Rasmussen |  DEN | 6:24.60 | 1:31.08 (3) | 3:06.04 (2) | 4:45.56 (2) | 1:34.96 (1) | 1:39.52 (4) | 1:39.04 (4) | ||
| 4 | 1 | Per Sætersdal / Kjell Voll |  NOR | 6:24.87 | 1:30.45 (2) | 3:07.40 (3) | 4:46.75 (3) | 1:36.95 (3) | 1:39.35 (3) | 1:38.12 (2) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Bruce Ford / Pat Walter |  CAN | 6:37.95 | 1:33.56 (6) | 3:13.68 (6) | 4:56.58 (5) | 1:40.12 (6) | 1:42.90 (5) | 1:41.37 (5) | ||
| 6 | 5 | Reima Karppinen / Jorma Lehtelä |  FIN | 6:43.31 | 1:33.13 (5) | 3:12.37 (5) | 4:57.65 (6) | 1:39.24 (5) | 1:45.28 (6) | 1:45.66 (6) |
| Time | 10:44 |
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| Pos | Lane | Pair | 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 | Uwe Heppner / Uwe Mund |  GDR | 6:17.89 | 1:28.23 (2) | 3:04.40 (1) | 4:41.80 (1) | 1:36.17 (1) | 1:37.40 (2) | 1:36.09 (2) | ||
| 2 | 3 | Ronald Florijn / Nico Rienks |  NED | 6:19.57 | 1:29.46 (4) | 3:06.35 (3) | 4:43.14 (2) | 1:36.89 (2) | 1:36.79 (1) | 1:36.43 (4) | ||
| 3 | 2 | Ueli Bodenmann / Beat Schwerzmann |  SUI | 6:19.99 | 1:29.16 (3) | 3:08.31 (5) | 4:46.17 (4) | 1:39.15 (5) | 1:37.86 (3) | 1:33.82 (1) | ||
| 4 | 5 | Vasil Radev / Danail Yordanov |  BUL | 6:20.33 | 1:27.92 (1) | 3:05.25 (2) | 4:43.99 (3) | 1:37.33 (3) | 1:38.74 (4) | 1:36.34 (3) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Roberto Fusaro / Mauro Jagodnich |  ITA | 6:27.60 | 1:29.94 (5) | 3:07.87 (4) | 4:46.90 (5) | 1:37.93 (4) | 1:39.03 (5) | 1:40.70 (5) | ||
| 6 | 1 | José Manuel Bermúdez / Manuel Vera |  ESP | 6:31.03 | 1:31.07 (6) | 3:10.53 (6) | 4:49.76 (6) | 1:39.46 (6) | 1:39.23 (6) | 1:41.27 (6) |
