| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rod Strachan | USA | 4:23.68 | 1. | | 2. Tim McKee | USA | 4:24.62 | 4. | | 3. Andrey Smirnov | URS | 4:26.90 | 5. | | 4. András Hargitay | HUN | 4:27.13 | 3. | | 5. Graham Smith | CAN | 4:28.64 | 6. | | 6. Steve Furniss | USA | 4:29.23 | 2. | | 7. Andy Ritchie | CAN | 4:29.87 | 7. | | 8. Hans-Joachim Geisler | FRG | 4:34.95 | 8. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Andrey Smirnov | URS | 4:29.92 | 5. | | 2. Anatoly Smirnov | URS | 4:33.88 | 11. | | 3. Mark Treffers | NZL | 4:40.92 | 18. | | 4. Jim Carter | GBR | 4:41.25 | 20. | | 5. Julio Abreu | PAR | 4:46.69 | 25. | | 6. Zoltán Verrasztó | HUN | 4:48.51 | 28. | | 7. Guillermo Zavala | MEX | 4:49.55 | 29. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. András Hargitay | HUN | 4:28.96 | 3. | | 2. Hans-Joachim Geisler | FRG | 4:31.37 | 8. | | 3. Peter Dawson | AUS | 4:33.01 | 10. | | 4. Csaba Sós | HUN | 4:34.72 | 13. | | 5. Ricardo Marmolejo | MEX | 4:45.30 | 24. | | 6. Dov Nisman | ISR | 4:47.13 | 27. | | 7. Edwin Borja | PHI | 4:52.21 | 30. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rod Strachan | USA | 4:27.15 | 1. | | 2. Graham Smith | CAN | 4:31.29 | 6. | | 3. Milošlav Roľko | TCH | 4:35.21 | 14. | | 4. Jeff Van de Graaf | AUS | 4:35.83 | 15. | | 5. Duncan Cleworth | GBR | 4:42.25 | 22. | | 6. François Deley | BEL | 4:43.09 | 23. | | 7. António de Melo | POR | 5:11.48 | 31. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tim McKee | USA | 4:29.14 | 4. | | 2. Andy Ritchie | CAN | 4:31.34 | 7. | | 3. Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | JPN | 4:39.27 | 16. | | 4. José-Ricardo de Jesús | PUR | 4:42.07 | 21. | | 5. Ronald Woutering | NED | 4:46.76 | 26. | | -. Mikhail Gorelik | URS | | |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Steve Furniss | USA | 4:27.76 | 2. | | 2. Bill Sawchuk | CAN | 4:32.65 | 9. | | 3. Alan McClatchey | GBR | 4:34.31 | 12. | | 4. John McConnochie | NZL | 4:40.84 | 17. | | 5. Gunnar Gundersen | NOR | 4:41.05 | 19. | | -. Patrick Novaretti | MON | | |
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