| Final | team | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta |  Japan | 2:45.4 | | - | 28 | | 2. Reizo Koike | Japan | 2:46.6 | +1.2s | - | 16 | | 3. Teófilo Yldefonzo |  Philippines | 2:47.1 | +1.7s | - | 29 | | 4. Erwin Sietas |  Germany | 2:48.0 | +2.6s | - | 22 | | 5. Jikirum Adjaluddin | Philippines | 2:49.2 | +3.8s | - | 21 | | 6. Shigeo Nakagawa | Japan | 2:52.2 | +7.4s | - | 22 |
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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. Reizo Koike | Japan | 2:44.9 | OR | - | 16 | 1. | | 2. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | Japan | 2:45.4 | +0.5s | - | 28 | 2. | | 3. Jikirum Adjaluddin | Philippines | 2:50.2 | +5.3s | - | 21 | 5. | | 4. Jacques Ulysse Cartonnet |  France | 2:50.9 | +6.0s | - | 20 | 6. | | 5. Toivo Walfrid Reingoldt |  Finland | 2:54.9 | +10.0s | - | 26 | 9. |
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| Semi 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Erwin Sietas | Germany | 2:47.6 | +2.7s | - | 22 | 3. | | 2. Teófilo Yldefonzo | Philippines | 2:48.4 | +3.5s | - | 29 | 4. | | 3. Shigeo Nakagawa | Japan | 2:52.4 | +7.5s | - | 22 | 7. | | 4. Walter Spence |  Canada | 2:52.7 | +7.8s | - | 31 | 8. |
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Heats - Thursday, 11th August | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 3rd time advanced to Semifinals. |
| Heat 1 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | Japan | 2:46.2 | OR | - | 28 | 1. | | 2. Jikirum Adjaluddin | Philippines | 2:49.9 | +3.70 | - | 21 | 3. | | 3. Jacques Ulysse Cartonnet | France | 2:50.8 | +4.60 | - | 20 | 4. | | 4. Basil Heal Francis |  United States | 2:57.2 | +11.00 | - | 17 | 13. | | 5. Sigfrid Heyner |  Sweden | 3:00.7 | +14.50 | - | 23 | 15. | | 6. Harry Forsell |  Brazil | 3:14.6 | +28.40 | - | 24 | 17. |
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| Heat 2 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Reizo Koike | Japan | 2:46.2 | =OR | - | 16 | 1. | | 2. Erwin Sietas |  Germany | 2:51.0 | +4.80 | - | 22 | 5. | | 3. Justo Jose Caraballo |  Argentina | 2:55.2 | +9.00 | - | 17 | 9. | | 4. Edward Janney Jr Moles | United States | 2:56.8 | +10.60 | - | 23 | 12. | | 5. Richard Wyndham |  Canada | 3:12.4 | +26.20 | - | _ | 16. |
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| Heat 3 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Teófilo Yldefonzo | Philippines | 2:53.7 | +7.50 | - | 29 | 7. | | 2. Walter Spence | Canada | 2:56.5 | +10.30 | - | 31 | 10. | | 3. Alfred Schoebel | France | 2:56.6 | +10.40 | - | 21 | 11. | | 4. John W Paulsen | United States | 3:00.1 | +13.90 | - | 18 | 14. | | 5. Pablo Zierold Reyes |  Mexico | 3:15.2 | +29.00 | - | _ | 18. |
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| Heat 4 | team | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Toivo Walfrid Reingoldt | Finland | 2:53.6 | +7.40 | - | 26 | 6. | | 2. Shigeo Nakagawa | Japan | 2:55.0 | +8.80 | - | 22 | 8. |
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