| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brad Cooper | AUS | 4:00.27 | 1. | | 2. Steve Genter | USA | 4:01.94 | 4. | | 3. Tom McBreen | USA | 4:02.64 | 6. | | 4. Graham Windeatt | AUS | 4:02.93 | 5. | | 5. Brian Brinkley | GBR | 4:06.69 | 7. | | 6. Bengt Gingsjö | SWE | 4:06.75 | 8. | | 7. Werner Lampe | FRG | 4:06.97 | 2. | | -. Rick DeMont | USA | 4:00.26 | 3. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Gunnar Larsson | SWE | 4:09.88 | 14. | | 2. Ton van Klooster | NED | 4:11.72 | 17. | | 3. Guillermo García | MEX | 4:15.33 | 22. | | 4. Alain Charmey | SUI | 4:18.25 | 29. | | 5. Bruce Robertson | CAN | 4:20.31 | 32. | | 6. Neil Dexter | GBR | 4:24.80 | 40. | | 7. Kamal Kenavi Ali Moustafa | EGY | 4:24.97 | 41. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Bengt Gingsjö | SWE | 4:06.59 | 8. | | 2. Hans Faßnacht | FRG | 4:09.23 | 11. | | 3. Udo Poser | GDR | 4:09.62 | 13. | | 4. Peter Rosenkranz | FRG | 4:14.01 | 19. | | 5. Tomas Becerra | COL | 4:20.78 | 33. | | 6. Dae Imlani | PHI | 4:24.01 | 38. | | 7. Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | GRE | 4:30.54 | 43. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Steve Genter | USA | 4:05.89 | 4. | | 2. Anders Bellbring | SWE | 4:08.38 | 10. | | 3. Aleksandr Samsonov | URS | 4:11.46 | 16. | | 4. Wolfram Sperling | GDR | 4:14.73 | 21. | | 5. Sverre Kile | NOR | 4:20.86 | 34. | | 6. José Luis Prado | MEX | 4:22.31 | 37. | | 7. Friðrik Guðmundsson | ISL | 4:26.25 | 42. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brad Cooper | AUS | 4:04.59 | 1. | | 2. Werner Lampe | FRG | 4:04.80 | 2. | | 3. Ralph Hutton | CAN | 4:09.27 | 12. | | 4. Wojtakajtis Władysław | POL | 4:16.04 | 23. | | 5. Alfredo Carlos Machado | BRA | 4:18.05 | 28. | | 6. Arnaldo Cinquetti | ITA | 4:19.49 | 31. | | 7. Gustavo González | ARG | 4:21.22 | 35. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Rick DeMont | USA | 4:05.70 | 3. | | 2. Graham Windeatt | AUS | 4:05.92 | 5. | | 3. Gerardo Vera | VEN | 4:11.37 | 15. | | 4. Jorge Delgado, Jr. | ECU | 4:12.29 | 18. | | 5. Mark Treffers | NZL | 4:14.10 | 20. | | 6. Antonio Corell | ESP | 4:17.81 | 26. | | 7. Jo O-Ryeon | KOR | 4:21.78 | 36. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Tom McBreen | USA | 4:06.09 | 6. | | 2. Brian Brinkley | GBR | 4:06.44 | 7. | | 3. Graham White | AUS | 4:08.29 | 9. | | 4. Ron Jacks | CAN | 4:16.08 | 24. | | 5. Viktor Aboimov | URS | 4:17.04 | 25. | | 6. Klaus Dockhorn | GDR | 4:17.98 | 27. | | 7. Guillermo Pacheco | PER | 4:18.78 | 30. | | 8. François Deley | BEL | 4:24.73 | 39. |
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