| Final | time | | gap | ______________ | | 1. |  Sweden | 8:18.4 | ER | | | | Per-Ola Lindberg, Hans Rosendahl, Lars Bengtsson, Mats Svensson | | 2. |  France | 8:20.4 | NR | +2.0s | | | Gerard Gropalz, Alain Gottvalles, Jean Courtillet, Robert Christophe | | 3. |  East Germany | 8:24.5 | NR | +6.1s | | | Jochen Herbst, Martin Klink, Frank Wiegand, Volker Frischke | | 4. |  Soviet Union | 8:27.7 | | +9.3s | | | Luykovski, V. Konoplev, Paramonov, Bogatchev | | 5. |  Netherlands | 8:33.6 | | +15.2s | | | Johan Bontekoe, Bert Sitters, Gerrit Korteweg, Ron Kroon | | 6. |  Finland | 8:34.4 | | +16.0s | | | Haavisto, Havelainen, Kasvio, Vaahtolanta | | 7. |  Italy | 8:42.3 | | +23.9s | | | Giovanni Orlando, De Gregorio, Spangaro, Antonello Rastrelli | | 8. |  Hungary | 8:50.1 | | +31.7s | | | Szianoka, Ulrich, Katona, Dobay |
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| World Record: United States (George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy, Jeff Farrell) 8:10.2 1960 |
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