The favorites were the 1987 World Champions, Chen Longcan and Wei Qinguang of China. They won the gold medal without losing a match, and lost only three games. In the final, they faced the Yugoslav team of Ilija Lupulesku and Zoran Primorać. This was a replay of the final of the 1987 World Championships and Chen/Wei won both matches in three games.
| Match #1 | Chen Longcan / Qingguang Wei |  CHN | 2 – 0 21-14, 21-11 | Mourad Sta / Sofiane Ben Letaief |  TUN |
| Match #2 | Erik Lindh / Jörgen Persson |  SWE | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-12 | Chan Chi Ming / Liu Fuk Man |  HKG |
| Match #3 | Seiji Ono / Yoshihito Miyazaki |  JPN | 2 – 0 21-15, 21-19 | Sujay Ghorpade / Kamlesh Mehta |  IND |
| Match #4 | Alan Cooke / Carl Prean |  GBR | 2 – 0 22-20, 24-22 | Zsolt Kriston / Tibor Klampár |  HUN |
| Match #5 | Tibor Klampár / Zsolt Kriston | HUN | 2 – 1 9-21, 21-7, 21-18 | Mourad Sta / Sofiane Ben Letaief | TUN |
| Match #6 | Alan Cooke / Carl Prean | GBR | 2 – 0 21-19, 21-14 | Sujay Ghorpade / Kamlesh Mehta | IND |
| Match #7 | Seiji Ono / Yoshihito Miyazaki | JPN | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-5 | Chan Chi Ming / Liu Fuk Man | HKG |
| Match #8 | Chen Longcan / Qingguang Wei | CHN | 2 – 0 21-17, 21-18 | Jörgen Persson / Erik Lindh | SWE |
| Match #9 | Erik Lindh / Jörgen Persson | SWE | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-13 | Sofiane Ben Letaief / Mourad Sta | TUN |
| Match #10 | Chen Longcan / Qingguang Wei | CHN | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-16 | Yoshihito Miyazaki / Seiji Ono | JPN |
| Match #11 | Alan Cooke / Carl Prean | GBR | 2 – 0 21-17, 21-16 | Chan Chi Ming / Liu Fuk Man | HKG |
| Match #12 | Tibor Klampár / Zsolt Kriston | HUN | 2 – 1 21-19, 16-21, 21-11 | Kamlesh Mehta / Sujay Ghorpade | IND |
| Match #13 | Kamlesh Mehta / Sujay Ghorpade | IND | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-13 | Mourad Sta / Sofiane Ben Letaief | TUN |
| Match #14 | Tibor Klampár / Zsolt Kriston | HUN | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-16 | Liu Fuk Man / Chan Chi Ming | HKG |
| Match #15 | Chen Longcan / Qingguang Wei | CHN | 2 – 0 21-10, 21-12 | Carl Prean / Alan Cooke | GBR |
| Match #16 | Erik Lindh / Jörgen Persson | SWE | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-13 | Seiji Ono / Yoshihito Miyazaki | JPN |
| Match #17 | Seiji Ono / Yoshihito Miyazaki | JPN | 2 – 0 21-10, 21-9 | Sofiane Ben Letaief / Mourad Sta | TUN |
| Match #18 | Erik Lindh / Jörgen Persson | SWE | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-17 | Alan Cooke / Carl Prean | GBR |
| Match #19 | Chen Longcan / Qingguang Wei | CHN | 2 – 1 21-15, 9-21, 21-17 | Tibor Klampár / Zsolt Kriston | HUN |
| Match #20 | Kamlesh Mehta / Sujay Ghorpade | IND | 2 – 0 21-19, 21-10 | Liu Fuk Man / Chan Chi Ming | HKG |
| Match #21 | Chan Chi Ming / Liu Fuk Man | HKG | 2 – 1 21-12, 17-21, 21-17 | Sofiane Ben Letaief / Mourad Sta | TUN |
| Match #22 | Chen Longcan / Qingguang Wei | CHN | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-9 | Kamlesh Mehta / Sujay Ghorpade | IND |
| Match #23 | Erik Lindh / Jörgen Persson | SWE | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-15 | Zsolt Kriston / Tibor Klampár | HUN |
| Match #24 | Seiji Ono / Yoshihito Miyazaki | JPN | 2 – 0 21-14, 21-18 | Alan Cooke / Carl Prean | GBR |
| Match #25 | Alan Cooke / Carl Prean | GBR | 2 – 1 20-22, 21-12, 21-12 | Sofiane Ben Letaief / Mourad Sta | TUN |
| Match #26 | Tibor Klampár / Zsolt Kriston | HUN | 2 – 1 17-21, 22-20, 21-19 | Yoshihito Miyazaki / Seiji Ono | JPN |
| Match #27 | Erik Lindh / Jörgen Persson | SWE | 2 – 0 21-12, 25-23 | Sujay Ghorpade / Kamlesh Mehta | IND |
| Match #28 | Chen Longcan / Qingguang Wei | CHN | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-10 | Liu Fuk Man / Chan Chi Ming | HKG |
| Match #1 | Jan-Ove Waldner / Mikael Appelgren | SWE | 2 – 0 21-19, 22-20 | Barry Griffiths / Peter Jackson |  NZL |
| Match #2 | Kim Gi-Taek / Kim Wan |  KOR | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-4 | Mario Álvarez / Raymundo Fermín |  DOM |
| Match #3 | Desmond Douglas / Sky Andrew | GBR | 2 – 1 18-21, 21-17, 21-16 | Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel |  FRG |
| Match #4 | Chih Chin-Long / Chih Chin-Shui |  TPE | 2 – 0 21-18, 21-16 | Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär |  AUT |
| Match #5 | Barry Griffiths / Peter Jackson | NZL | 2 – 0 23-21, 22-20 | Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär | AUT |
| Match #6 | Chih Chin-Long / Chih Chin-Shui | TPE | 2 – 1 13-21, 21-16, 21-12 | Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel | FRG |
| Match #7 | Desmond Douglas / Sky Andrew | GBR | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-12 | Mario Álvarez / Raymundo Fermín | DOM |
| Match #8 | Jan-Ove Waldner / Mikael Appelgren | SWE | 2 – 1 21-11, 22-24, 21-19 | Kim Gi-Taek / Kim Wan | KOR |
| Match #9 | Kim Gi-Taek / Kim Wan | KOR | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-16 | Barry Griffiths / Peter Jackson | NZL |
| Match #10 | Desmond Douglas / Sky Andrew | GBR | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-19 | Jan-Ove Waldner / Mikael Appelgren | SWE |
| Match #11 | Chih Chin-Long / Chih Chin-Shui | TPE | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-11 | Mario Álvarez / Raymundo Fermín | DOM |
| Match #12 | Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär | AUT | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-15 | Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel | FRG |
| Match #13 | Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel | FRG | 2 – 0 21-7, 21-11 | Barry Griffiths / Peter Jackson | NZL |
| Match #14 | Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär | AUT | 2 – 1 21-12, 20-22, 21-19 | Mario Álvarez / Raymundo Fermín | DOM |
| Match #15 | Jan-Ove Waldner / Mikael Appelgren | SWE | 2 – 0 21-15, 21-16 | Chih Chin-Long / Chih Chin-Shui | TPE |
| Match #16 | Kim Gi-Taek / Kim Wan | KOR | 2 – 0 21-15, 21-16 | Desmond Douglas / Sky Andrew | GBR |
| Match #17 | Desmond Douglas / Sky Andrew | GBR | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-10 | Barry Griffiths / Peter Jackson | NZL |
| Match #18 | Kim Gi-Taek / Kim Wan | KOR | 2 – 0 21-11, 23-21 | Chih Chin-Long / Chih Chin-Shui | TPE |
| Match #19 | Jan-Ove Waldner / Mikael Appelgren | SWE | 2 – 1 21-10, 14-21, 21-18 | Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär | AUT |
| Match #20 | Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel | FRG | 2 – 0 21-18, 21-13 | Mario Álvarez / Raymundo Fermín | DOM |
| Match #21 | Mario Álvarez / Raymundo Fermín | DOM | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-12 | Barry Griffiths / Peter Jackson | NZL |
| Match #22 | Jan-Ove Waldner / Mikael Appelgren | SWE | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-12 | Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel | FRG |
| Match #23 | Kim Gi-Taek / Kim Wan | KOR | 2 – 0 21-15, 21-14 | Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär | AUT |
| Match #24 | Desmond Douglas / Sky Andrew | GBR | 2 – 1 13-21, 21-14, 21-19 | Chih Chin-Long / Chih Chin-Shui | TPE |
| Match #25 | Chih Chin-Long / Chih Chin-Shui | TPE | 2 – 0 21-14, 23-21 | Barry Griffiths / Peter Jackson | NZL |
| Match #26 | Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär | AUT | 2 – 1 19-21, 21-16, 21-19 | Desmond Douglas / Sky Andrew | GBR |
| Match #27 | Kim Gi-Taek / Kim Wan | KOR | 2 – 1 9-21, 21-15, 21-13 | Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel | FRG |
| Match #28 | Jan-Ove Waldner / Mikael Appelgren | SWE | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-13 | Mario Álvarez / Raymundo Fermín | DOM |
| Match #1 | Jiang Jialiang / Xu Zengcai | CHN | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-15 | Alain Choo Choy / Gilany Hosnani |  MRI |
| Match #2 | Ilija Lupulesku / Zoran Primorac |  YUG | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-12 | Boris Rozenberg / Andrey Mazunov |  URS |
| Match #3 | Huang Huei-Chieh / Wu Wen-Chia | TPE | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-13 | Titus Omotara / Atanda Musa |  NGR |
| Match #4 | Joe Ng / Horatio Pintea |  CAN | 2 – 0 21-15, 22-20 | Patrick Birocheau / Jean-Philippe Gatien |  FRA |
| Match #5 | Jean-Philippe Gatien / Patrick Birocheau | FRA | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-13 | Alain Choo Choy / Gilany Hosnani | MRI |
| Match #6 | Joe Ng / Horatio Pintea | CAN | 2 – 0 21-19, 21-15 | Titus Omotara / Atanda Musa | NGR |
| Match #7 | Huang Huei-Chieh / Wu Wen-Chia | TPE | 2 – 0 21-14, 22-20 | Boris Rozenberg / Andrey Mazunov | URS |
| Match #8 | Jiang Jialiang / Xu Zengcai | CHN | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-15 | Zoran Primorac / Ilija Lupulesku | YUG |
| Match #9 | Ilija Lupulesku / Zoran Primorac | YUG | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-9 | Gilany Hosnani / Alain Choo Choy | MRI |
| Match #10 | Jiang Jialiang / Xu Zengcai | CHN | 2 – 1 23-21, 17-21, 21-13 | Wu Wen-Chia / Huang Huei-Chieh | TPE |
| Match #11 | Joe Ng / Horatio Pintea | CAN | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-18 | Boris Rozenberg / Andrey Mazunov | URS |
| Match #12 | Jean-Philippe Gatien / Patrick Birocheau | FRA | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-15 | Atanda Musa / Titus Omotara | NGR |
| Match #13 | Atanda Musa / Titus Omotara | NGR | 2 – 0 21-15, 22-20 | Alain Choo Choy / Gilany Hosnani | MRI |
| Match #14 | Jean-Philippe Gatien / Patrick Birocheau | FRA | 2 – 1 22-20, 19-21, 21-17 | Andrey Mazunov / Boris Rozenberg | URS |
| Match #15 | Jiang Jialiang / Xu Zengcai | CHN | 2 – 0 21-14, 21-16 | Horatio Pintea / Joe Ng | CAN |
| Match #16 | Ilija Lupulesku / Zoran Primorac | YUG | 2 – 1 21-16, 15-21, 21-18 | Huang Huei-Chieh / Wu Wen-Chia | TPE |
| Match #17 | Huang Huei-Chieh / Wu Wen-Chia | TPE | 2 – 0 21-3, 21-6 | Gilany Hosnani / Alain Choo Choy | MRI |
| Match #18 | Ilija Lupulesku / Zoran Primorac | YUG | 2 – 0 21-15, 21-19 | Joe Ng / Horatio Pintea | CAN |
| Match #19 | Jiang Jialiang / Xu Zengcai | CHN | 2 – 1 19-21, 21-13, 21-14 | Jean-Philippe Gatien / Patrick Birocheau | FRA |
| Match #20 | Atanda Musa / Titus Omotara | NGR | 2 – 0 21-17, 21-19 | Andrey Mazunov / Boris Rozenberg | URS |
| Match #21 | Andrey Mazunov / Boris Rozenberg | URS | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-12 | Alain Choo Choy / Gilany Hosnani | MRI |
| Match #22 | Jiang Jialiang / Xu Zengcai | CHN | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-15 | Atanda Musa / Titus Omotara | NGR |
| Match #23 | Ilija Lupulesku / Zoran Primorac | YUG | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-19 | Patrick Birocheau / Jean-Philippe Gatien | FRA |
| Match #24 | Huang Huei-Chieh / Wu Wen-Chia | TPE | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-13 | Joe Ng / Horatio Pintea | CAN |
| Match #25 | Joe Ng / Horatio Pintea | CAN | 2 – 0 21-14, 21-11 | Gilany Hosnani / Alain Choo Choy | MRI |
| Match #26 | Jean-Philippe Gatien / Patrick Birocheau | FRA | 2 – 1 15-21, 21-12, 22-20 | Wu Wen-Chia / Huang Huei-Chieh | TPE |
| Match #27 | Ilija Lupulesku / Zoran Primorac | YUG | 2 – 1 21-15, 16-21, 21-13 | Titus Omotara / Atanda Musa | NGR |
| Match #28 | Jiang Jialiang / Xu Zengcai | CHN | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-19 | Andrey Mazunov / Boris Rozenberg | URS |
| Match #1 | An Jae-Hyeong / Yu Nam-Gyu | KOR | 2 – 0 21-8, 21-11 | Yomi Bankole / Fatai Adeyemo | NGR |
| Match #2 | Andrzej Grubba / Leszek Kucharski |  POL | 2 – 0 21-8, 21-16 | Jorge Gambra / Marcos Núñez |  CHI |
| Match #3 | Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner | FRG | 2 – 1 22-20, 19-21, 21-13 | Lo Chuen Tsung / Vong Lu Veng | HKG |
| Match #4 | Kiyoshi Saito / Takehiro Watanabe | JPN | 2 – 1 23-21, 12-21, 22-20 | Cláudio Kano / Carlos Kawai |  BRA |
| Match #5 | Fatai Adeyemo / Yomi Bankole | NGR | 2 – 1 21-11, 13-21, 21-14 | Cláudio Kano / Carlos Kawai | BRA |
| Match #6 | Kiyoshi Saito / Takehiro Watanabe | JPN | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-15 | Lo Chuen Tsung / Vong Lu Veng | HKG |
| Match #7 | Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner | FRG | 2 – 0 23-21, 21-16 | Jorge Gambra / Marcos Núñez | CHI |
| Match #8 | An Jae-Hyeong / Yu Nam-Gyu | KOR | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-13 | Leszek Kucharski / Andrzej Grubba | POL |
| Match #9 | Andrzej Grubba / Leszek Kucharski | POL | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-16 | Fatai Adeyemo / Yomi Bankole | NGR |
| Match #10 | An Jae-Hyeong / Yu Nam-Gyu | KOR | 2 – 1 21-6, 18-21, 21-10 | Steffen Fetzner / Jörg Roßkopf | FRG |
| Match #11 | Kiyoshi Saito / Takehiro Watanabe | JPN | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-16 | Jorge Gambra / Marcos Núñez | CHI |
| Match #12 | Carlos Kawai / Cláudio Kano | BRA | 2 – 0 22-20, 21-18 | Vong Lu Veng / Lo Chuen Tsung | HKG |
| Match #13 | Lo Chuen Tsung / Vong Lu Veng | HKG | 2 – 0 21-16, 21-16 | Fatai Adeyemo / Yomi Bankole | NGR |
| Match #14 | Carlos Kawai / Cláudio Kano | BRA | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-11 | Marcos Núñez / Jorge Gambra | CHI |
| Match #15 | An Jae-Hyeong / Yu Nam-Gyu | KOR | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-16 | Takehiro Watanabe / Kiyoshi Saito | JPN |
| Match #16 | Andrzej Grubba / Leszek Kucharski | POL | 2 – 0 21-17, 21-17 | Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner | FRG |
| Match #17 | Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner | FRG | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-16 | Fatai Adeyemo / Yomi Bankole | NGR |
| Match #18 | Andrzej Grubba / Leszek Kucharski | POL | 2 – 0 21-15, 21-18 | Kiyoshi Saito / Takehiro Watanabe | JPN |
| Match #19 | An Jae-Hyeong / Yu Nam-Gyu | KOR | 2 – 0 21-11, 21-19 | Carlos Kawai / Cláudio Kano | BRA |
| Match #20 | Lo Chuen Tsung / Vong Lu Veng | HKG | 2 – 0 21-18, 21-17 | Jorge Gambra / Marcos Núñez | CHI |
| Match #21 | Jorge Gambra / Marcos Núñez | CHI | 2 – 1 20-22, 21-9, 22-20 | Fatai Adeyemo / Yomi Bankole | NGR |
| Match #22 | An Jae-Hyeong / Yu Nam-Gyu | KOR | 2 – 0 21-15, 21-18 | Vong Lu Veng / Lo Chuen Tsung | HKG |
| Match #23 | Andrzej Grubba / Leszek Kucharski | POL | 2 – 1 22-20, 18-21, 21-13 | Cláudio Kano / Carlos Kawai | BRA |
| Match #24 | Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner | FRG | 2 – 0 21-6, 21-12 | Kiyoshi Saito / Takehiro Watanabe | JPN |
| Match #25 | Kiyoshi Saito / Takehiro Watanabe | JPN | 2 – 0 23-21, 21-16 | Fatai Adeyemo / Yomi Bankole | NGR |
| Match #26 | Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner | FRG | 2 – 1 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 | Cláudio Kano / Carlos Kawai | BRA |
| Match #27 | Andrzej Grubba / Leszek Kucharski | POL | 2 – 0 21-12, 21-17 | Lo Chuen Tsung / Vong Lu Veng | HKG |
| Match #28 | An Jae-Hyeong / Yu Nam-Gyu | KOR | 2 – 0 21-13, 21-9 | Marcos Núñez / Jorge Gambra | CHI |