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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