| Final | time | L | _________________ | | 1. |  West Germany | 3:26.57 | 4 | | | Kalus Steinbach 51.51s, Andreas Schmidt 51.09s, Juergen Koennecker 52.61s, Peter Nocke 50.85s | | 2. |  Italy | 3:28.58 | 5 | | | Roberto Pangaro, Paolo Revelli, Paolo Sinigaglia, Marcello Guarducci | | 3. |  Soviet Union | 3:26.91 | 3 | | | Vladimir Bure, Sergey Labzo, Sergey Koplyakov, Andrey Krilov | | 4. |  East Germany | 3:30.62 | 2 | | | Roger Pyttel, Wolfgang Wachenschwanz, Detlev Grabs, Rene Plaschke | | 5. |  Sweden | 3:31.26 | 6 | | | Dan Larsson, Per-Alvar Magnusson, Per Kersmark, Pelle Holmertz | | 6. |  Great Britain | 3:32.17 | 8 | | | David Dunne, Allan McClatxhey, Gordon Downie, Martin Smith | | 7. |  Norway | 3:33.57 | 1 | | | Bent Brask, ?Henning, Klemp, Arne Boergstroem, Fritz Warncke | | -. |  France | DQ | 7 | |
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Heats - Tuesday, 16th August |
| Heat 1 | time | Rk. | _________________ | | 1. | Sweden | 3:32.-- | 4. | | | 2. | East Germany | 3:32.46 | 5. | | | 3. | France | 3:33.34 | 6. | | | 4. |  Nederlands | 3:34.64 | 9. | | | 5. |  Portugal | 3:39.69 | 10. | |
| eat 2 | time | Rk. | _________________ | | 1. | West Germany | 3:30.23 | 1. | | | 2. | Italy | 3:30.41 | 2. | | | 3. | Soviet Union | 3:30.88 | 3. | | | 4. | Norway | 3:34.0- | 7. | | | 5. | Great Britain | 3:34.09 | 8. | |
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