| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ford Konno | USA | 18:30.3 | 2. | | 2. Shiro Hashizume | JPN | 18:41.4 | 1. | | 3. Tetsuo Okamoto | BRA | 18:51.3 | 4. | | 4. Jimmy McLane | USA | 18:51.5 | 7. | | 5. Jo Bernardo | FRA | 18:59.1 | 5. | | 6. Yasuo Kitamura | JPN | 19:00.4 | 8. | | 7. Peter Duncan | SAF | 19:12.1 | 3. | | 8. John Marshall | AUS | 19:53.4 | 6. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Shiro Hashizume | JPN | 18:34.0 | 1. | | 2. Godfryd Gremlowski | POL | 19:17.5 | 10. | | 3. Tonatiuh Gutiérrez | MEX | 19:18.9 | 12. | | 4. Silvio dos Santos | BRA | 19:26.8 | 15. | | 5. Murray Johnston | SAF | 19:27.1 | 17. | | 6. Gerry McNamee | CAN | 20:02.5 | 23. | | 7. Sambiao Basanung | PHI | 20:58.6 | 29. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jimmy McLane | USA | 19:09.3 | 7. | | 2. Heinz-Günther Lehmann | GER | 19:17.9 | 11. | | 3. Ernesto Fierro | MEX | 19:55.8 | 21. | | 4. Garrick Agnew | AUS | 20:03.8 | 24. | | 5. Walter Schneider | SUI | 21:36.2 | 34. | | 6. Muhammad Ramzan | PAK | 23:44.3 | 37. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tetsuo Okamoto | BRA | 19:05.6 | 4. | | 2. György Csordás | HUN | 19:26.2 | 14. | | 3. Yukiyoshi Aoki | JPN | 19:27.0 | 16. | | 4. Endel Press | URS | 20:11.7 | 27. | | 5. Walter Bardgett | BER | 21:42.4 | 35. | | 6. Francisco Monteiro | HKG | 22:26.7 | 36. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Jean Boiteux | FRA | 19:12.3 | 9. | | 2. Bill Woolsey | USA | 19:24.6 | 13. | | 3. Borja César | MEX | 19:43.3 | 19. | | 4. Robert Sreenan | GBR | 19:59.2 | 22. | | 5. Vladimir Lavrinenko | URS | 20:07.8 | 25. | | 6. Cheung Kin Man | HKG | 20:50.2 | 28. | | 7. Eduardo Priggione | URU | 21:11.9 | 32. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ford Konno | USA | 18:53.7 | 2. | | 2. Jo Bernardo | FRA | 19:06.5 | 5. | | 3. Dennis Ford | SAF | 19:27.6 | 18. | | 4. Allen Gilchrist | CAN | 20:08.3 | 26. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Peter Duncan | SAF | 19:03.5 | 3. | | 2. John Marshall | AUS | 19:09.2 | 6. | | 3. Yasuo Kitamura | JPN | 19:10.3 | 8. | | 4. Enrique Granados | ESP | 19:45.9 | 20. | | 5. Geoffrey Marks | SLA | 20:59.4 | 30. | | 6. Robert Cook | BER | 20:59.6 | 31. | | 7. Roar Woldum | NOR | 21:19.5 | 33. |
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