Final 16:20 | time | | 1. Sydney Wooderson | Great Britain | 3:53.6 | CR | 2. Joseph Mostert | Belgium | 3:54.5 | | 3. Luigi Beccali | Italy | 3:55.2 | | 4. Niilo Hartikka | Finland | 3:56.5 | | 5. Toivo Sarkama | Finland | 3:56.7 | | 6. Jan Staniszewski | Poland | 3:58.4 | | 7. Jim Alford | Great Britain | 4:03.0 | | 8. Ingvar Haglund | Sweden | 4:08.2 | | 9. Robert Goix | France | 4:10.0 | | -. Pierre Leichtnam | France | DNF | |
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Heat 1 | time | | 1. Joseph Mostert | Belgium | 3:57.7 | Q | 2. Toivo Sarkama | Finland | 3:57.8 | Q | 3. Sydney Wooderson | Great Britain | 3:58.1 | Q | 4. Ingvar Haglund | Sweden | 3:59.5 | Q | 5. Robert Goix | France | 4:09.0 | Q | 6. Renzo Zipoli | Italy | 4:11.0 | | 7. Frits de Ruyter | Netherlands | Nt | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Luigi Beccali | Italy | 4:02.0 | Q | 2. Niilo Hartikka | Finland | 4:02.3 | Q | 3. Jim Alford | Great Britain | 4:02.5 | Q | 4. Pierre Leichtnam | France | 4:03.1 | Q | 5. Jan Staniszewski | Poland | 4:03.6 | Q | 6. Jean Deloge | Luxembourg | 4:12.1 | | 7. Jansson Åke | Sweden | DNF | |
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Participants | 1. Sydney Wooderson | GBR | 1. | 2. Niilo Hartikka | FIN | 4. | 3. Toivo Sarkama | FIN | 5. | 4. Josson | SWE | -?? | 5. Luigi Beccali | ITA | 3. | 6. James Alford | GBR | 7. | 7. Joseph Mostert | BEL | 2. | 8. Jan Staniszewski | POL | 6. | 9. Pierre Leichtman | FRA | 10. | 10.Robert Goix | FRA | 9. | 11.Melhose | GER | -?? | 12.Schaumburg | GER | -?? | 13.Zipoli | ITA | H 6. | 14.De Ruyter | NED | H 7. | 15.Krastins | LAT | -?? | 16.Minder | SUI -? | 17.Deloge | LUX | H 6. | -.?Ingvar Haglund | SWE | 8. |
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