| Final A | Time | | 1. East Germany | 7:23.31 | | 2. United States | 7:26.73 | | 3. West Germany | 7:30.03 | | 4. Yugoslavia | 7:34.17 | | 5. Bulgaria 7:37.42 | | 6. Czeckoslovakia | 7:51.06 |
| Final B | Time | | 7. Soviet Union | 7:26.27 | | 8. Finland | 7:29.09 | | 9. Canada | 7:30.24 | | 10.Netherlands | 7:31.40 | | 11.Poland | 7:35.53 | | 12.Great Britain | 7:36.12 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. East Germany | 6:33.02 | | 2. Czeckoslovakia | 6:33.14 | | 3. Bulgaria | 6:33.23 | | 4. Finland | 6:35.53 | | 5. Canada | 6:45.05 | | 6. Soviet Union | 6:55.08 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. United States | 6:33.25 | | 2. Yugoslavia | 6:34.18 | | 3. West Germany | 6:35.27 | | 4. Netherlands | 6:36.84 | | 5. Poland | 6:44.64 | | 6. Great Britain | 6:49.58 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. Netherlands | 6:55.37 | | 2. Great Britain | 6:56.12 | | 3. Canada | 6:56.91 | | 4. Australia | 7:06.18 | | 5. Denmark | 7:11.13 | | 6. Brazil | 7:22.32 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. East Germany | 6:49.19 | | 2. United States | 6:52.36 | | 3. Soviet Union | 6:55.57 | | 4. Netherlands | 6:59.99 | | 5. Denmark | 7:46.75 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. Czeckoslovakia | 6:56.50 | | 2. Poland | 6:58.98 | | 3. Finland | 7:02.62 | | 4. Canada | 7:05.10 | | 5. Australia | 7:07.21 |
| Heat 3 | Time | | 1. Yugoslavia | 6:56.06 | | 2. Bulgaria | 6:58.96 | | 3. West Germany | 7:01.52 | | 4. Great Britain | 7:04.83 | | 5. Brazil | 8:00.64 |
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