| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Charlie Hickcox | USA | 4:48.4 | 1. | | 2. Gary Hall | USA | 4:48.7 | 2. | | 3. Mike Holthaus | FRG | 4:51.4 | 6. | | 4. Greg Buckingham | USA | 4:51.4 | 3. | | 5. John Gilchrist | CAN | 4:56.7 | 4. | | 6. Reinhard Merkel | FRG | 4:59.8 | 5. | | 7. Andrey Dunayev | URS | 5:00.3 | 8. | | 8. Rafael Hernández | MEX | 5:04.3 | 7. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrey Dunayev | URS | 5:01.9 | 8. | | 2. Martyn Woodroffe | GBR | 5:03.9 | 9. | | 3. Eduardo Alanís | MEX | 5:14.9 | 21. | | 4. Jacek Krawczyk | POL | 5:15.1 | 22. | | -. José Martínez | CUB | | 35. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Greg Buckingham | USA | 4:57.3 | 3. | | 2. Rafael Hernández | MEX | 5:01.1 | 7. | | 3. Hans Ljungberg | SWE | 5:06.1 | 11. | | 4. Vladimir Kravchenko | URS | 5:08.7 | 14. | | 5. Tomas Becerra | COL | 5:09.7 | 15. | | 6. Miguel Torres | ESP | 5:12.7 | 19. | | 7. Gudmunður Gíslason | ISL | 5:20.2 | 29. | | 8. Raúl Villagómez | MEX | 5:24.7 | 31. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Charlie Hickcox | USA | 4:56.2 | 1. | | 2. Reinhard Merkel | FRG | 5:00.6 | 5. | | 3. Bernhard Mock | FRG | 5:07.1 | 13. | | 4. Péter Lázár | HUN | 5:10.6 | 16. | | 5. Angel Chakarov | BUL | 5:10.9 | 17. | | 6. Ken Campbell | CAN | 5:19.6 | 28. | | 7. Gershon Shefa | ISR | 5:22.6 | 30. | | 8. Lee Tong-Shing | TWN | 5:50.0 | 34. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Holthaus | FRG | 5:00.8 | 6. | | 2. George Smith | CAN | 5:04.4 | 10. | | 3. Yulyan Rusev | BUL | 5:07.0 | 12. | | 4. Lars Kraus Jensen | DEN | 5:12.7 | 19. | | 5. Zbigniew Pacelt | POL | 5:18.6 | 25. | | 6. Raymond Terrell | GBR | 5:19.5 | 27. | | 7. Francisco Ramis | PUR | 5:30.9 | 32. | | 8. Antonio Cruz | GUA | 5:31.1 | 33. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gary Hall | USA | 4:56.2 | 2. | | 2. John Gilchrist | CAN | 4:57.5 | 4. | | 3. Karl Byrom | AUS | 5:11.9 | 18. | | 4. Michele D'Oppido | ITA | 5:16.4 | 23. | | 5. Jacques Henrard | BEL | 5:17.0 | 24. | | 6. Olle Ferm | SWE | 5:18.9 | 26. |
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