| Final 17:30 | Team | Time | | 1. Charles Jenkins | USA | 46.7s | | 2. Karl-Friedrich Haas | GER | 46.8s | | 3. Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 47.0s | | 3. Ardalion Ignatyev | URS | 47.0s | | 5. Louis Jones | USA | 48.1s | | 6. Malcolm Spence | SAF | 48.3s |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | | 1. Ardalion Ignatiev | URS | 46.8s | | 2. Malcolm Spence | SAF | 47.2s | | 3. Louis Jones | USA | 47.3s | | 4. Melville Spence | JAM | 47.5s | | 5. Peter Higgins | GBR | 47.7s | | 6. Ivan Rodriguez | PUR | 47.7s |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | | 1. Charles Jenkins | USA | 46.1s | | 2. Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 46.1s | | 3. Karl-Friedrich Haas | GER | 46.2s | | 4. Kevan Gosper | AUS | 46.2s | | 5. John Salisbury | GBR | 47.3s | | 6. Malcolm Spence | JAM | 47.4s |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | | 1. Louis Jones | USA | 47.4s | | 1. John Salisbury | GBR | 47.4s | | 3. Ivan Rodriguez | PUR | 47.5s | | 4. Terry Tobacco | CAN | 47.7s | | 5. Jurgen Kuhl | GER | 48.0s | | -. Adbullah Khan | PAK | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | | 1. Ardalion Ignatiev | URS | 46.8s | | 2. Malcolm Spence | JAM | 47.4s | | 3. Peter Higgins | GBR | 47.4s | | 4. Graham Gipson | AUS | 47.4s | | 5. Jacques Degats | FRA | 48.7s | | 6. Murray Cockburn | CAN | 49.5s |
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| Heat 3 | Team | Time | | 1. Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 46.8s | | 2. Malcolm Spence | SAF | 47.1s | | 3. Melville Spence | JAM | 47.3s | | 4. Pierre Haarhoff | FRA | 47.6s | | 5. Jim Lee | USA | 48.1s | | 6. Kibet Boit | KEN | 49.1s |
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| Heat 4 | Team | Time | | 1. Kevan Gosper | AUS | 46.7s | | 2. Karl-Friedrich Haas | GER | 47.3s | | 3. Charles Jenkins | USA | 47.5s | | 4. George Kerr | JAM | 47.7s | | 5. Mike Wheeler | GBR | 47.9s | | 6. Jean Paul Martin du Gard | FRA | 48.2s |
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| Heat 1 | Team | Time | | 1. Louis Jones | USA | 48.1s | | 2. Murray Cockburn | CAN | 49.0s | | 3. Abdullah Khan | PAK | 49.0s | | 4. Konstantin Gratchev | URS | 49.4s | | 5. Legesse Bayene | Eth | 50.7s | | -. Kanji Akagi | JPN | DQ |
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| Heat 2 | Team | Time | | 1. Terry Tobacco | CAN | 47.9s | | 2. Jacques Degats | FRA | 48.3s | | 3. Jim Lee | USA | 48.3s | | 4. Bartonjo Rotich | KEN | 48.8s | | 5. Jaime Aparicio | COL | 49.0s | | 6. Pablo Somblingo | PHI | 49.4s | | -. Kenneth Perera | MAL | |
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| Heat 3 | Team | Time | | 1. Malcolm Spence | SAF | 47.7s | | 2. Jurgen Kuhl | GER | 48.7s | | 3. Charles Jenkins | USA | 48.7s | | 4. Hailou Abbebe | ETH | 49.0s | | 5. Abdul Karim Amu | NGR | 49.4s |
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| Heat 4 | Team | Time | | 1. Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 48.4s | | 2. Mike Wheeler | GBR | 49.3s | | 3. Kibet Boit | KEN | 49.3s | | 4. Laird Sloan | CAN | 50.0s | | 5. Somsakdi Tongaram | THA | 53.4s |
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| Heat 5 | Team | Time | | 1. Karl-Friedrich Haas | GER | 47.2s | | 2. Graham Gipson | AUS | 47.7s | | 3. John Salisbury | GBR | 47.7s | | 4. Milkha Singh | IND | 48.9s |
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| Heat 6 | Team | Time | | 1. Ardalion Ignatiev | URS | 48.6s | | 2. George Kerr | JAM | 49.7s | | 3. Pierre Haarhoff | FRA | 49.8s | | 4. Kamau Wanyoke | KEN | 50.6s |
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| Heat 7 | Team | Time | | 1. Kevan Gosper | AUS | 48.0s | | 2. Malcolm Spence | JAM | 48.2s | | 3. Ivan Rodriguez | PUR | 48.8s | | 4. Gerard Rasquin | LUX | 50.6s | | 5. Abdul Rahim Bin Ahmad | MAL | 50.8s | | 6. George Johnson | LBR | 54.8s |
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| Heat 8 | Team | Time | | 1. Peter Higgins | GBR | 47.9s | | 2. Melville Spence | JAM | 47.9s | | 3. Jean-Paul Martin du Gard | FRA | 49.8s | | 4. John Goodman | AUS | 48.5s | | 5. Bayene Ayanew | ETH | 51.3s | | -. Horst Mann | GER | DNF | | &. |
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