| Final | time |   | gap | __________  |  | 1. |   France | 3:43.7 |   |   |   |  |  Gerard Gropalt, Robert Christophe, Jean-Pasqual Coutillet, Allain Gottavalles |  | 2. |   Great Britain | 3:44.7 |   | +1.0s |   |  |  Stanley Clarke, Peter Kennedy, John Martin Dye, Robert McGregor |  | 3. |   Sweden | 3:45.0 |   | +1.3s |   |  |  Mats Svensson, Jan Lundin, Bengt Nordval, Per-Ola Lindberg |  | 4. |   Hungary | 3:46.5 |   | +2.8s |   |  |  Dobay, Gulrich, Haratzi, Szlanka |  | 5. |   Soviet Union | 3:46.9 |   | +3.2s |   |  |  V. Konoplev, Smetchenktov, Paramonov, Burunyn |  | 6. |   East Germany | 3:47.6 |   | +3.9s |   |  |  Bludau, Gregor, Klinke, Wiegand |  | 7. |   Netherlands | 3:49.8 |   | +6.1s |   |  |  Bert Sitters, Peter Vroegop, Jan Jiskoot, Ron Kroon |  | 8. |   Czechoslovakia | 3:52.0 |   | +8.3s |   |  |  Lohnicky, Wagner, Zidjala |   
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| World Record: France (Allain Gottvalles, Gerard Curtilet, Jean-Piere Curtillet, Robert Cristophe) 3:42.5 1962 |   
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| Heat 1 | time |   | Rk. |  | 1. |   France | 3:48.6 |   | 4. |  | 2. |   Hungary | 3:49.9 |   | 6. |  | 3. |   Netherlands | 3:50.8 |   | 7. |  | 4. |   Czechoslovakia | 3:52.0 |   | 8. |  | 5. |   Austria | 3:59.9 |   | 11. |   
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| Heat 2 | time |   | Rk. |  | 1. |   Great Britain | 3:45.8 |   | 1. |  |  Stanley Clarke, Peter Kennedy, John Martin Dye, Robert McGregor |  | 2. |   Sweden | 3:46.4 |   | 2. |  | 3. |   Soviet Union | 3:46.5 |   | 3. |  | 4. |   East Germany | 3:49.3 |   | 5. |  | 5. |   Italy | 3:53.5 |   | 9. |  |   Spangaro, Della Savia, Soliani |  | 6. |   Poland | 3:53.6 |   | 10. |   
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