| Final | Team | time | L | | 1. Roy Saari | USA | 4:19.3 | 5 | | 2. Donald Schollander | USA | 4:23.3 | 6 | | 3. John Gilchrist | CAN | 4:29.1 | 4 | | 4. Raplph Hutton | CAN | 4:34.0 | 7 | | 5. Alfredo Guzman | MEX | 4:39.1 | - | | 6. Teodore Capriles | VEN | 4:39.3 | 3 | | -. Carlos Bustamantes | PER | 4:43.4 | - | | -. Celestino Perez | PUR | 4:44.6 | 9 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Donald Schollander | USA | 4:29.4 | 2. | | 2. John Gilchrist | CAN | 4:30.5 | 3. | | 3. Peter Metzner | BRA | 4:50.3 | 10. | | 4. Mauricio Ocampo | MEX | 4:50.7 | 11. | | 5. Julio Noltenius | ESA | 4:53.2 | 13. | | 6. Elliot Chenaux | PUR | 4:57.9 | 15. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Roy Saari | USA | 4:28.3 | 1. | | 2. Teodore Capriles | VEN | 4:41.8 | 5. | | 3. Carlos Bustamantes | PER | 4:43.4 | 6. | | 4. Mario di Luca | ARG | 4:45.2 | 9. | | 5. Antonio di Renzo F | BRA | 4:57.5 | 14 |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Raplph Hutton | CAN | 4:41.0 | 4. | | 2. Alfredo Guzman | MEX | 4:43.4 | 6. | | 3. Celestino Perez | PUR | 4:44.6 | 8. | | 4. Walter Ruse | PER | 4:52.9 | 12. | | 5. Augustin Rizzo | ECU | 5:10.9 | 16. | | 6. C. Gibba | BAR | 5:16.5 | 17. |
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