| | Final | time | | gap | pts | L | _______ | | 1. |  United States | 3:27.183 | | | 791 | 4 | | | | M. Nash 52.65s, Joseph Bottom 1:44.07, Jim Montgomery 2:35.24, John Murphy | | 2. |  Soviet Union | 3:31.367 | | +4.18s | 645 | 3 | | | | I. Grivennikov 53.36s, V. Aboimov 1:46.33, V. Krivstov 2:39.01, Vladimir Bure | | 3. |  East Germany | 3:32.031 | | +4.85s | 738 | 5 | | | | Roland Matthes 53.86s, Roger Pyttel 1:46.23, P. Bruch 2:39.07, Hartmut Floeckner | | 4. |  West Germany | 3:33.336 | | +6.15s | 724 | 7 | | | | Klaus Steinbach 52.67s, Peter Nocke 1:45.80, G. Schiller 2:39.23, Labudde | | 5. |  Brazil | 3:33.392 | | +6.21s | 724 | 6 | | | | R. Oliveira 53.77s, J. Namorado 1:47.07, J. Adams 2:40.76, J. Aranha | | 6. |  Australia | 3:35.274 | | +8.09s | 705 | 1 | | | | M. Wenden 52.83s, S. Badger 1:47.12, Rogers 2:41.28, J. Kalasalu | | 7. |  Italy | 3:36.842 | | +9.66s | 690 | 8 | | | | R. Pancaro 54.06s, A. Castagnetti 1:49.59, P. Barelli 2:43.22, M. Guarducci | | 8. |  France | 3:41.267 | | +14.08s | 649 | 2 | | | | P. Juge 55.96s, P. Copin 1:50.75, A. Foucard 2:46.95, A. Hermitte |
| | Heats | time | | gap | _____ | H | | 1. | United States | 3:32.442 | | | | Heat 2. | | | Bill Miller 53.39s, Stan Carper 53.42s, Kurt Krumpholz 52.00s, Rick Klatt 53.13s | | 2. | East Germany | 3:33.847 | | +-.--s | | Heat 2. | | 3. | Soviet Union | 3:34.700 | | +-.--s | | Heat 2. | | 4. | Brazil | 3:35.266 | | +-.--s | | Heat 2. | | 5. | France | 3:35.575 | | +-.--s | | Heat 1. | | | Michrl Rousseau 51,73s | | 6. | West Germany | 3:35.882 | | +-.--s | | Heat 1. | | 7. | Australia | 3:36.576 | | +-.--s | | Heat 1. | | 8. | Italy | 3:35.655 | | +-.--s | | Heat 2. | | 9. |  Canada | 3:36.915 | | +-.--s | | Heat 1. | | 10. |  Spain | 3:37.696 | | +-.--s | | Heat 2. | | 11. |  Romania | 3:39.171 | | +-.--s | | Heat 2. | | 12. |  Yugoslavia | 3:42.959 | | +-.--s | | Heat 1. | | 13. |  Puerto Rico | 3:48.080 | | +-.--s | | Heat 1. |
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