| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrew Charlton |  AUS | 20:06.6 | 2. 1. | | 2. Arne Borg |  SWE | 20:41.4 | 1. 4. | | 3. Frank Beaurepaire | AUS | 21:48.4 | 3. 2. | | 4. John Hatfield |  GBR | 21:55.6 | 4. 5. | | 5. Katsuo Takaishi |  JPN | 22:10.4 | 6. 3. |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrew Charlton | AUS | 21:28.4 | 1. | | 2. Arne Borg | SWE | 21:50.8 | 4. | | 3. John Hatfield | GBR | 21:53.4 | 5. | | 4. Adam Smith |  USA | 22:39.8 | 7. | | 5. George Vernot |  CAN | 23:02.4 | 8. | | 6. John P. Taylor | GBR | 23:13.8 | 10. |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Frank Beaurepaire | AUS | 21:41.6 | 2. | | 2. Katsuo Takaishi | JPN | 21:48.6 | 3. | | 3. Borg Åke | SWE | 21:59.4 | 6. | | 4. Harold Annison | GBR | 23:11.8 | 9. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Harold Annison | GBR | 22:38.4 | 5. | | 2. Adam Smith | USA | 22:48.8 | 8. | | 3. Maurice Christie | AUS | 22:49.4 | 9. | | -. Gustave Klein |  FRA | | | | -. Kazuo Onoda | JPN | | |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Borg Åke | SWE | 22:55.2 | 10. | | 2. John P. Taylor | GBR | 23:16.6 | 13. | | 3. Kazuo Noda | JPN | 23:44.2 | 14. | | 4. Jean Rebeyrol | FRA | 24:46.4 | 17. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrew Charlton | AUS | 21:20.4 | 2. | | 2. John Hatfield | GBR | 22:26.8 | 4. | | 3. Richard Howell | USA | 22:48.2 | 7. | | 4. Dionysios Vasilopoulos |  GRE | 26:17.4 | 18. | | -. Antun Roje |  YUG | | |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Arne Borg | SWE | 21:11.4 | 1. | | 2. Katsuo Takaishi | JPN | 22:43.2 | 6. | | 3. Renato Bacigalupo |  ITA | 23:04.4 | 11. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Frank Beaurepaire | AUS | 22:17.6 | 3. | | 2. George Vernot | CAN | 23:11.4 | 12. | | 3. Salvator Pellegry | FRA | 24:07.6 | 15. | | 4. Antoš Václav |  TCH | 24:44.0 | 16. | | 5. Pedro Méndez |  ESP | 26:23.5 | 19. |
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