| Final | time | | gap | L | ____________ | 1. | Soviet Union | 3:39.68 | ER | | 4 | | Vladimir Selkov, Dmitri Volkov, Vyacheslav Kulikov, Alexander Popov | 2. | France | 3:42.15 | | +2.47s | 2 | | Franck Schott, Penicaud Cédric, Bruno Gutzeit, Christophe Kalfayan | 3. | Hungary | 3:42.35 | | +2.67s | 5 | | Tamas Deutsch, Norbert Rozsa, Peter Horvath, Bela Szabados | 4. | Great Britain | 3:43.67 | | +3.99s | 6 | | Harris, Moorhouse, Leishman, Fibbens | 5. | Spain | 3:45.52 | | +5.84s | 7 | | Martin Lopez-Zubero, Lopez, Fernadez, Ventasa | -. | Germany | DQ | 2. | | 1 | | Dirk Richter, Faerber, Rudolph, Guenzel | -. | Italy | DQ | | | 3 | | Mensi, Minervini, Michelotti, Lamberti | -. | Finland | DQ | | | 8 | | Sievinen, Suominen, Vermasheina, Kasvio |
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Heats - Sunday, 25th August |
| Ranking | time | | ____________ | 1. | Soviet Union | 3:43.61 | | | |
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