| Final 16:20 | time | | | 1. Sydney Wooderson |  Great Britain | 3:53.6 | CR | | 2. Joseph Mostert |  Belgium | 3:54.5 | | | 3. Luigi Beccali |  Italy | 3:55.2 | | | 4. Niilo Hartikka |  Finland | 3:56.5 | | | 5. Toivo Sarkama | Finland | 3:56.7 | | | 6. Jan Staniszewski |  Poland | 3:58.4 | | | 7. Jim Alford | Great Britain | 4:03.0 | | | 8. Ingvar Haglund |  Sweden | 4:08.2 | | | 9. Robert Goix |  France | 4:10.0 | | | -. Pierre Leichtnam | France | DNF | |
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| | First 4 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Joseph Mostert | Belgium | 3:57.7 | Q | | 2. Toivo Sarkama | Finland | 3:57.8 | Q | | 3. Sydney Wooderson | Great Britain | 3:58.1 | Q | | 4. Ingvar Haglund | Sweden | 3:59.5 | Q | | 5. Robert Goix | France | 4:09.0 | Q | | 6. Renzo Zipoli | Italy | 4:11.0 | | | 7. Frits de Ruyter |  Netherlands | Nt | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Luigi Beccali | Italy | 4:02.0 | Q | | 2. Niilo Hartikka | Finland | 4:02.3 | Q | | 3. Jim Alford | Great Britain | 4:02.5 | Q | | 4. Pierre Leichtnam | France | 4:03.1 | Q | | 5. Jan Staniszewski | Poland | 4:03.6 | Q | | 6. Jean Deloge |  Luxembourg | 4:12.1 | | | 7. Jansson Åke | Sweden | DNF | |
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| Participants | | 1. Sydney Wooderson | GBR | 1. | | 2. Niilo Hartikka | FIN | 4. | | 3. Toivo Sarkama | FIN | 5. | | 4. Josson | SWE | -?? | | 5. Luigi Beccali | ITA | 3. | | 6. James Alford | GBR | 7. | | 7. Joseph Mostert | BEL | 2. | | 8. Jan Staniszewski | POL | 6. | | 9. Pierre Leichtman | FRA | 10. | | 10.Robert Goix | FRA | 9. | | 11.Melhose | GER | -?? | | 12.Schaumburg | GER | -?? | | 13.Zipoli | ITA | H 6. | | 14.De Ruyter | NED | H 7. | | 15.Krastins | LAT | -?? | | 16.Minder | SUI -? | | 17.Deloge | LUX | H 6. | | -.?Ingvar Haglund | SWE | 8. |
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