| 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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