| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Burton | USA | 4:09.0 | 4. | | 2. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 4:11.7 | 8. | | 3. Alain Mosconi | FRA | 4:13.3 | 3. | | 4. Greg Brough | AUS | 4:15.9 | 5. | | 5. Graham White | AUS | 4:16.7 | 1. | | 6. John Nelson | USA | 4:17.2 | 2. | | 7. Hans Faßnacht | FRG | 4:18.1 | 7. | | 8. Brent Berk | USA | 4:26.0 | 6. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Nelson | USA | 4:18.7 | 2. | | 2. Francis Luyce | FRA | 4:30.3 | 17. | | 3. Wojtakajtis Władysław | POL | 4:31.1 | 19. | | 4. Borlói Mátyás | HUN | 4:35.4 | 27. | | 5. Gregorio Fiallo | CUB | 4:41.5 | 29. | | 6. Michael Goodner | PUR | 5:00.2 | 33. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Graham White | AUS | 4:17.0 | 1. | | 2. Semyon Belits-Heiman | URS | 4:22.7 | 9. | | 3. Guillermo Echevarría | MEX | 4:24.0 | 11. | | 4. Julio Arango | COL | 4:25.8 | 13. | | 5. Alfred Müller | GDR | 4:26.4 | 14. | | 6. Csaba Csatlós | HUN | 4:47.6 | 30. | | 7. Robert Loh | HKG | 5:10.1 | 37. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Burton | USA | 4:19.3 | 4. | | 2. Greg Brough | AUS | 4:19.6 | 5. | | 3. Jean-François Ravelinghien | FRA | 4:30.7 | 18. | | 4. Werner Krammel | FRG | 4:34.0 | 22. | | 5. Jorge Urreta | MEX | 4:34.3 | 23. | | 6. Wong Man Chiu | HKG | 5:05.7 | 35. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Alain Mosconi | FRA | 4:19.0 | 3. | | 2. Greg Rogers | AUS | 4:22.7 | 9. | | 3. Akhmed Anarbayev | URS | 4:35.1 | 25. | | 4. Fernando González | ECU | 4:35.3 | 26. | | 5. Friedrich Jokisch | ESA | 5:09.2 | 36. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 4:21.0 | 8. | | 2. Gunnar Larsson | SWE | 4:25.0 | 12. | | 3. Pano Capéronis | SUI | 4:31.4 | 20. | | 4. Madsen Ørjan | NOR | 4:31.8 | 21. | | 5. Sven von Holst | SWE | 4:35.0 | 24. | | 6. Tony Asamali | PHI | 4:47.6 | 31. | | 7. Andrew Loh | HKG | 5:03.6 | 34. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brent Berk | USA | 4:20.2 | 6. | | 2. Hans Faßnacht | FRG | 4:20.7 | 7. | | 3. Juan Alanís | MEX | 4:27.4 | 15. | | 4. Ron Jacks | CAN | 4:29.4 | 16. | | 5. Jorge González | PUR | 4:38.1 | 28. | | 6. Rubén Guerrero | ESA | 4:50.8 | 32. |
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