| Final 15:20 | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta |  Japan | 2:48.8 | OR | 3 | 24 | | 2. Erich Rademacher |  Germany | 2:50.6 | +1.8s | 4 | 27 | | 3. Teófilo Yldefonso |  Philippines | 2:56.4 | +7.6s | 1 | 25 | | 4. Erwin Sietas | Germany | 2:56.6 | +7.8s | 2 | 18 | | 5. Eric Harling |  Sweden | 2:56.8 | +8.0s | 5 | 18 | | 6. Walter Spence |  Canada | 2:57.2 | +8.4s | 6 | 27 |
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| Semi 1 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | Japan | 2:49.2 | 1. | | 24 | | 2. Walter Spence |  Canada | 2:53.0 | 2. | | 27 | | 3. Teófilo Yldefonso | Philippines | 2:53.2 | 3. | | 25 | | 4. Robert Wyss |  Switzerland | | | | 27 | | 5. Thomas Blankenburg |  United States | | | | 18 |
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| Semi 2 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Erich Rademacher | Germany | 2:56.6 | 4. | | 27 | | 2. Eric Harling | Sweden | 2:57.2 | 5. | | 18 | | 3. Erwin Sietas | Germany | 2:57.8 | 6. | | 18 | | 4. Karl Schäfer |  Austria | | | | 19 |
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Heats - Monday, 6th August 11:15 |
| Heat 1 11:15 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Walter Spence | Canada | 2:56.6 | 4. | 2 | 27 | | 2. Erwin Sietas | Germany | 2:57.4 | 6. | 1 | 18 | | 3. Louis Van Parijs |  Belgium | 3:00.0 | 10. | 5 | | | 4. William Rozier |  France | | | 6 | | | 5. Hugh Smith |  Great Britain | | | 3 | |
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| Heat 2 11:25 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Eric Harling | Sweden | 2:56.4 | 3. | 1 | 18 | | 2. Karl Schäfer | Austria | 2:56.6 | 4. | 6 | 19 | | 3. Teófilo Yldefonso | Philippines | 2:57.4 | 6. | 5 | 25 | | 4. Ernst Budig | Germany | 2:58.6 | 8. | 3 | 20 | | 5. Yuki Mawatari | Japan | 2:58.6 | 8. | 2 | | | -. Ottone Andreacich |  Italy | DNS | | 4 | |
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| Heat 3 11:35 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Erich Rademacher | Germany | 2:52.0 | 2. | 1 | 27 | | 2. Thomas Blankenburg | United States | 3:04.2 | 13. | 3 | 18 | | 3. Léon Tallon | France | 3:05.0 | 14. | 4 | | | 4. Jack Aubin | Canada | | | 6 | 21 | | -. Joseph De Combe | Belgium | DNF | | 5 | 27 | | -. Jerzy Jurkowszky |  Poland | DNS | | 2 | |
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| Heat 4 11:45 | Team | time | Rk. | L | Y | | 1. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | Japan | 2:50.0 | 1. | 1 | 24 | | 2. Robert Wyss | Switzerland | 3:02.6 | 11. | 5 | 27 | | 3. Leen Korpershoek |  Netherlands | 3:04.0 | 12. | 2 | 24 | | 4. Reginald Flint | Great Britain | | | 3 | 25 | | 5. José Francesch |  Spain | | | 4 | 19 | | 6. Tage Wissnell | Sweden | | | 6 | 23 |
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