| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Burton | USA | 16:38.9 | 5. | | 2. John Kinsella | USA | 16:57.3 | 4. | | 3. Greg Brough | AUS | 17:04.7 | 3. | | 4. Graham White | AUS | 17:08.0 | 1. | | 5. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 17:15.6 | 6. | | 6. Guillermo Echevarría | MEX | 17:36.4 | 2. | | 7. Juan Alanís | MEX | 17:46.6 | 8. | | 8. John Nelson | USA | 18:05.1 | 7. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Burton | USA | 17:27.2 | 5. | | 2. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 17:35.9 | 6. | | 3. Hans Faßnacht | FRG | 17:40.2 | 10. | | 4. Julio Arango | COL | 17:53.9 | 12. | | 5. Vladimir Bure | URS | 18:14.7 | 17. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. John Nelson | USA | 17:36.0 | 7. | | 2. Juan Alanís | MEX | 17:37.4 | 8. | | 3. Karl-Rüdiger Mann | GDR | 17:37.6 | 9. | | 4. Antonio Corell | ESP | 18:12.7 | 16. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Greg Brough | AUS | 17:17.1 | 3. | | 2. John Kinsella | USA | 17:22.7 | 4. | | 3. Gunnar Larsson | SWE | 17:57.0 | 13. | | 4. Jorge Urreta | MEX | 17:57.5 | 14. | | 5. Wojtakajtis Władysław | POL | 18:32.4 | 18. | | 6. Jacques Henrard | BEL | 18:38.2 | 19. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Graham White | AUS | 17:10.1 | 1. | | 2. Guillermo Echevarría | MEX | 17:11.0 | 2. | | 3. Katsuji Ito | JPN | 17:50.2 | 11. | | 4. Jean-François Ravelinghien | FRA | 18:11.9 | 15. | | 5. Jorge González | PUR | 19:06.0 | 20. | | 6. Rubén Guerrero | ESA | 19:36.4 | 21. |
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