| Date | 28 July 1976 — 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Location | Bassin olympique, Île Notre Dame, Montréal, Québec |
| Pos | Lane | Pair | NOC | Time | 250 m | 250-500 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | József Deme / János Rátkai |  HUN | 1:42.51 | 50.01 (1) | 52.50 (1) | |||
| 2 | 1 | Bruno Bicocchi / Antoine Cipriani |  FRA | 1:44.98 | 50.36 (2) | 54.62 (2) | |||
| 3 | 2 | Rudolf Blaß / Erich Pasch |  FRG | 1:46.12 | 50.69 (3) | 55.43 (3) | |||
| 4 | 3 | Declan Burns / Brendan O'Connell |  IRL | 1:47.56 | 51.60 (4) | 55.96 (4) |
