| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Johnny Weissmuller |  USA | 5:04.2 | 1. 1. | | 2. Arne Borg |  SWE | 5:05.6 | 8. 2. | | 3. Andrew Charlton |  AUS | 5:06.6 | 4. 5. | | 4. Borg Åke | SWE | 5:26.0 | 3. 3. | | 5. John Hatfield |  GBR | 5:32.0 | 6. 4. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Johnny Weissmuller | USA | 5:13.6 | 1. | | 2. Andrew Charlton | AUS | 5:32.6 | 5. | | 3. George Vernot |  CAN | 5:38.0 | 6. | | 4. Antoš Václav |  TCH | 5:53.2 | 8. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Arne Borg | SWE | 5:21.4 | 2. | | 2. Borg Åke | SWE | 5:25.0 | 3. | | 3. John Hatfield | GBR | 5:30.4 | 4. | | 4. Harold Annison | GBR | 5:39.4 | 7. | | 5. Frank Beaurepaire | AUS | | |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ralph Breyer | USA | 5:22.4 | 2. | | 2. John Hatfield | GBR | 5:32.6 | 6. | | 3. Atilije Venturini |  YUG | 6:28.0 | 21. | | 4. Maurice Christie | AUS | 6:39.2 | 22. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Borg Åke | SWE | 5:28.2 | 3. | | 2. Antoš Václav | TCH | 5:34.8 | 9. | | 3. Dionysios Vasilopoulos |  GRE | 6:21.4 | 19. | | 4. Senđerđi Đuro | YUG | 6:41.4 | 23. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Johnny Weissmuller | USA | 5:22.2 | 1. | | 2. Andrew Charlton | AUS | 5:30.2 | 4. | | 3. Percy Peter | GBR | 5:38.6 | 12. | | 4. Salvator Pellegry |  FRA | 5:56.2 | 16. | | 5. Sjaak Köhler |  NED | 6:20.4 | 18. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Arne Borg | SWE | 5:32.8 | 8. | | 2. Frank Beaurepaire | AUS | 5:38.0 | 11. | | 3. Kazuo Noda |  JPN | 5:43.8 | 13. | | 4. Alberto Zorrilla |  ARG | 5:49.4 | 14. | | 5. Stanislav Bičák | TCH | 5:52.4 | 15. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Lester Smith | USA | 5:32.4 | 5. | | 2. Harold Annison | GBR | 5:32.6 | 6. | | 3. George Vernot | CAN | 5:35.2 | 10. | | 4. Édouard van Zeveren | FRA | 5:59.8 | 17. | | 5. Pedro Méndez |  ESP | 6:26.6 | 20. |
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