| Final A | Time | | 1. Norway | 7:13.20 | | 2. Great Britain | 7:15.26 | | 3. East Germany | 7:17.45 | | 4. Soviet Union | 7:18.87 | | 5. West Germany | 7:22.15 | | 6. France | 7:50.18 |
| Final B | Time | | 7. Italy | 7:15.21 | | 8. United States | 7:16.59 | | 9. Yugoslavia | 7:21.69 | | 10.Czeckoslovakia | 7:23.49 | | 11.Sweden | 7:25.57 | | 12.Belgium | 7:25.82 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. Norway | 6:12.48 | | 2. Great Britain | 6:18.38 | | 3. West Germany | 6:21.64 | | 4. Czeckoslovakia | 6:25.02 | | 5. Italy | 6:34.34 | | 6. Yugoslavia | 6:39.91 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. East Germany | 6:24.90 | | 2. Soviet Union | 6:26.87 | | 3. France | 6:30.83 | | 4. United States | 6:33.88 | | 5. Sweden | 6:35.51 | | 6. Belgium | 6:42.32 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. United States | 6:34.81 | | 2. Italy | 6:38.48 | | 3. Belgium | 6:39.48 | | 4. Brazil | 6:48.95 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. Norway | 6:29.77 | | 2. Soviet Union | 6:38.63 | | 3. Great Britain | 6:40.86 | | 4. Italy | 6:47.97 | | 5. Brazil | 7:02.18 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. East Germany | 6:39.71 | | 2. West Germany | 6:41.16 | | 3. France | 6:44.04 | | 4. United States | 6:46.33 |
| Heat 3 | Time | | 1. Czeckoslovakia | 6:40.55 | | 2. Sweden | 6:44.10 | | 3. Yugoslavia | 6:49.68 | | 4. Belgium | 6:52.09 |
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