| Final | team | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Kusuo Kitamura |  Japan | 19:12.4 | OR | - | 14 | | 2. Shozo Makino | Japan | 19:14.1 | +1.7s | - | 17 | | 3. James Cristy |  United States | 19:39.5 | +27.1s | - | 19 | | 4. Noel Ryan |  Australia | 19:45.1 | +32.7s | - | 20 | | 5. Clarence Crabbe | United States | 20:02.7 | +50.3s | - | 24 | | 6. Jean Taris |  France | 20:09.7 | +57.3s | - | 23 |
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Semifinals - Friday, 12th August | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Kusuo Kitamura | Japan | 19:51.6 | OR +12.9s | - | 14 | 2. | | 2. Jean Taris | France | 20:04.2 | +25.5s | - | 23 | 7. | | 3. James Cristy | United States | 20:06.9 | +28.2s | - | 19 | 8. | | 4. Sunao Ishiharada | Japan | 20:31.2 | +52.5s | - | 17 | 9. | | 5. Paolo Costoli |  Italy | 20:58.7 | +1:20.0 | - | 22 | 10. |
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| Semi 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Shozo Makino | Japan | 19:38.7 | OR | - | 17 | 1. | | 2. Clarence Crabbe | United States | 19:51.8 | +13.1s | - | 24 | 3. | | 3. Noel Ryan | Australia | 19:52.5 | +13.8s | - | 20 | 4. | | 4. Andrew Charlton | Australia | 19:53.1 | +14.4s | - | 25 | 5. | | 5. Ralph Flanagan | United States | 20:03.7 | +25.0s | - | 13 | 6. |
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Heats - Thursday, 11th August Morning | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd time advanced to Semifinals. |
| Heat 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Kusuo Kitamura | Japan | 19:55.2 | +1.9s | - | 14 | 2. | | 2. Clarence Crabbe | United States | 20:01.0 | +7.7s | - | 24 | 4. | | 3. Jean Taris | France | 20:01.2 | +7.9s | - | 23 | 5. | | 4. Nalin Malik |  India | 23:52.4 | +3:59.1 | - | _ | 15. |
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| Heat 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. James Cristy | United States | 19:58.4 | +5.1s | - | 19 | 3. | | 2. Andrew Charlton | Australia | 20:09.5 | +16.2s | - | 24 | 7. | | 2. Sunao Ishiharada | Japan | 20:09.5 | +16.2s | - | 17 | 7. |
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| Heat 3 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Ralph Flanagan | United States | 20:06.0 | +12.7s | - | 13 | 6. | | 2. Noel Ryan | Australia | 20:12.6 | +19.3s | - | 20 | 9. | | 3. Giuseppe Perentin | Italy | 21:04.5 | +1:11.2 | - | 26 | 11. | | 4. Ignacio Gutierrez Escoto |  Mexico | 22:39.2 | +2:45.9 | - | _ | 13. |
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| Heat 4 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Shozo Makino | Japan | 19:53.3 | | - | 17 | 1. | | 2. Paolo Costoli | Italy | 20:48.1 | +54.8s | - | 22 | 10. | | 3. George Burrows |  Canada | 22:19.6 | +2:26.3 | - | _ | 12. | | 4. Manuel Villegas Bouchez | Mexico | 23:40.0 | +3:46.7 | - | _ | 14. |
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