| Final | time | | gap | __________ | | 1. |  East Germany | 4:09.0 | ER | | | | Jurgen Dietze, Egon Henninger, Horst-Gunther Gregor, Frank Wiegand | | 2. |  Soviet Union | 4:10.3 | NR | +1.3s | | | Veiko Siimar, Valentin Kuzmin, Leonid Kolesnikov, Viktor Konoplev | | 3. |  Netherlands | 4:10.9 | NR | +1.9s | | | Jan Weeteling, Wieger Mensonides, Johannes Jiskoot, Ronald Kroon | | 4. |  France | 4:12.5 | NR | +3.5s | | | Christophe, Kielh, Mack, Gotvalles | | 5. |  Hungary | 4:12.7 | NR | +3.7s | | | Csikany, Lenkel, Gulrich, Dobay | | 6. |  Czechoslovakia | 4:16.1 | NR | +7.1s | | | Ferak, Svozil, Hopka, Vagner | | 7. |  Great Britain | 4:19.5 | | +10.5s | | | Sykes, Wilkinson, Glenvile, McGregor | | 8. |  Italy | 4:19.8 | | +10.8s | | | Schollmeier, Lazzari, Fossati, Boracci |
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| World Record: United States (Tom Stock, Chet JAstremski, Dred Schmidt, Peter Sintz) 4:01.6 1962 |
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