| Date | 30 July 1976 — 17:30 |
|---|---|
| Location | Bassin olympique, Île Notre Dame, Montréal, Québec |
| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Bernd Olbricht / Joachim Mattern |  GDR | 1:35.87 | 48.05 (=4) | 47.82 (1) | |||
| 2 | 4 | Vladimir Romanovsky / Sergey Nagorny |  URS | 1:36.81 | 48.05 (=4) | 48.76 (2) | |||
| 3 | 2 | Larion Serghei / Policarp Malîhin |  ROU | 1:37.43 | 47.37 (2) | 50.06 (4) | |||
| 4 | 8 | José Seguín / Guillermo del Riego |  ESP | 1:38.50 | 46.71 (1) | 51.79 (7) | |||
| 5 | 3 | József Deme / János Rátkai |  HUN | 1:38.81 | 48.82 (8) | 49.99 (3) | |||
| 6 | 9 | Hannu Kojo / Kari Markkanen |  FIN | 1:39.59 | 49.19 (9) | 50.40 (5) | |||
| 7 | 6 | Anders Andersson / Lars Andersson |  SWE | 1:39.63 | 48.43 (=6) | 51.20 (6) | |||
| 8 | 1 | John Southwood / John Sumegi |  AUS | 1:39.77 | 47.71 (3) | 52.06 (9) | |||
| 9 | 7 | Jean-Pierre Burny / Paul Hoekstra |  BEL | 1:40.48 | 48.43 (=6) | 52.05 (8) |
