| Final A | Time | | 1. Bulgaria | 4:01.22 | | 2. East Germany | 4:01.64 | | 3. West Germany | 4:02.35 | | 4. Soviet Union | 4:03.27 | | 5. Canada | 4:08.09 | | 6. Romania | 4:15.44 |
| Final B | Time | | 7. United States | 4:02.91 | | 8. Poland | 4:03.26 | | 9. Czeckoslovakia | 4:05.10 | | 10.Great Britain | 4:07.99 | | 11.Hungary | 4:11.93 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. Bulgaria | 3:48.73 | | 2. East Germany | 3:54.58 | | 3. Czeckoslovakia | 4:01.18 | | 4. Great Britain | 4:02.54 | | 5. Hungary | 4:06.81 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. Soviet Union | 3:52.59 | | 2. Romania | 3:53.93 | | 3. United States | 3:58.41 | | 4. Poland | 4:02.20 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. West Germany | 3:31.01 | | 2. Bulgaria | 3:33.24 | | 3. Soviet Union | 3:33.91 | | 4. East West Germany | 3:36.26 | | 5. Poland | 3:41.05 | | 6. Great Britain | 3:42.53 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. Canada | 3:37.53 | | 2. Romania | 3:42.18 | | 3. Czeckoslovakia | 3:46.65 | | 4. United States | 3:46.76 | | 5. Hungary | 3:57.17 |
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