|   | Final | time |   | gap | _________ |  | 1. |   Germany | 9:49.6 | WR |   |  |  | August Heitmann 2:25.0, Joachim Rademacher 2:32.0, Friedel Berges 2:29.0, Herbert Heinrich 2:23.6 |  | 2. |   Sweden | 9:50.2 |   | +0.6s |  |  | Åke Borg 2:37.0, Aulo Gustafsson 2:32.0, Eskil Lundahl 2:26.0, Arne Borg 2:16.2  |  | 3. |   Hungary | 10:03.6 |   | +14.0s |  |  | Géza Szigritz 2:34.0, Rezső Wanié 2:32.0, András Wanié 2:31.0, István Bárány 2:26.6 |  | 4. |   Italy | 10:19.0 |   | +29.4s |  |  | Antonio Conelli, Ettore De Barbieri, Renato Bacigalupo, Emilio Polli |  | 5. |   Czechoslovakia | 10:45.4 |   | +55.8s |  |  | Konstantin Koutek, Plzeňský, Stanislav Bičák, Václav Antoš |  | 6. |   Belgium | 11:10.4 |   | +1:20,8 |  |  | Capitsche, Emiel Thienpont, Martial Van Schelle, Deponde |   
| World Record: United States 9:53.4 Wally O'Connor, Hary Glancy, Ralph Breyer, Johnny Weissmuller 1924 |   
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  Heats - Saturday, 3rd September |  | First 3 teams from each Heat advanced to Final. |   
|   | Heat 1 | time |   | gap | Rk | ____________ |  | 1. |   Germany | 10:09.8 |   |   | 1. |  |  | Herbert Heinrich, August Heitmann, Joachim Rademacher, Friedel Berges |  | 2. |   Sweden | 10:36.6 |   | +26.8s | 6. |  |  | Åke Borg Aulo Gustafsson, Eskil Lundahl, Arne Borg |  | 3. |   Belgium | 10:52.2 |   | +42.4s | 8. |  |  | Capitsche Emiel Thienpont, Martial Van Schelle, Deponde |  | 4. |   Austria | 11:06.4 |   | +56.6s | 9. |  |  | Fred Rödiger, Raffau, Alfred Guth, Hans Goldberger |  | 5. |   Yugoslavia | 11:27.0 |   | +1:17.2 | 10. |  |  |    |  | 6. |   Greece | - |   |   | 11. |  |  |    |   
    
|   | Heat 2 | time |   | gap | Rk | ____________ |  | 1. |   Hungary | 10:13.6 |   |   | 2. |  |  | Géza Szigritz, Rezső Wanié, András Wanié, István Bárány |  | 2. |   Italy | 10:19.2 | NR | +5.6s | 3. |  |  | Antonio Conelli, Ettore De Barbieri, Renato Bacigalupo, Emilio Polli |  | 3. |   Czechoslovakia | 10:20.2 |   | +6.6s | 4. |  |  | Konstantin Koutek, Plzeňský, Stanislav Bičák, Václav Antoš |  | 4. |   France | 10:34.8 |   | +21.2s | 5. |  |  | ũdouard Vanzeveren, Gustave Klein, Jean Taris, Albert Vandeplancke |  | 5. |   Great Britain | 10:44.0 |   | +30.4s | 7. |  |  | Tom Scott, Harry Cunningham, John Thomson, Joseph Whiteside |   
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