| | Final | time | | gap | pts | L | _________ | | 1. |  United States | 7:33.221 | | | 835 | 1 | | | Kurt Krumpholz 1:53.34, Robin Backhaus 3:46.61, R. Klatt 5:39.69, Jim Montgomery | | 2. |  Australia | 7:43.659 | | +10.43s | 780 | 4 | | | John Kulasalu 1:57.49, Stephen Badger 3:53.46, Brad Cooper 5:47.75, Mike Wenden | | 3. |  West Germany | 7:43.684 | | +10.46s | 779 | 3 | | | Klaus Steinbach 1:54.78, Werner Lampe 3:50.15, Peter Nocke 5:46.44, Folkert Meeuw | | 4. |  East Germany | 7:44.444 | | +11.22s | 776 | 8 | | | Roger Pyttel 1:54.02, P. Bruch 3:51.5, W. Hartung 5:46.53, L. Unger | | 5. |  Sweden | 7:45.585 | | +12.36s | 770 | 6 | | | Bernt Zarnowiecki 1:58.79, Bengt Gingsjoe 3:53.23, Anders Bellbring 5:49.83, Gunnar Larsson | | 6. |  Soviet Union | 7:47.794 | | +14.57s | 759 | 2 | | | V. Aboimov 1:58.59, V. Krivstov 3:54.50, A. Samsonov 5:50.54, Vladimir Bure | | 7. |  Great Britain | 7:54.305 | | +21.08s | 728 | 7 | | | B. Brinckley 1:56.69, R. Terrell 3:54.59, C. Cunnigham 5:54.40, G. Downie | | 8. |  France | 8:04.452 | | +31.23s | 683 | 5 | | | P. Moreau 1:58.43, P. Amardelih 3:59.72, O. Middleton 6:00.93, M. Lazzaro |
| | Heats | time | Heat | ______________ | | 1. | Australia | 7:48.432 | Heat 2. | | | | | 2. | France | 7:51.455 | Heat 1. | | | | | 3. | West Germany | 7:52.244 | Heat 2. | | | | | 4. | Sweden | 7:52.298 | Heat 1. | | | | | 5. | Soviet Union | 7:52.975 | Heat 2. | | | | | 6. | Great Britain | 7:54.267 | Heat 2. | | | | | 7. | United States | 7:54.404 | Heat 1. | | | Mel Nash 1:58.77, Tim Shaw 1:56.42, Bill Miller 1:58.07, Rex Favero 2:01.23 | | 8. |  Canada | 7:58.432 | Heat 1. | | | | | 9. |  Italy | 7:58.515 | Heat 1. | | | | | 10. $$.BRA Brazil | 8:12.076 | Heat 2. | | | | | 11. $$.PUR Puerto Rico | 8:23.574 | Heat 1. | | | |
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