| | Final | time | gap | L |
| 1. |  Soviet Union | 7:28.21 | | 4 |
| Vladimir Raskatov, Sergey Rusin, Sergey Kopliakov, Andrey Krylov |
| 2. |  West Germany | 7:33.28 | +5.07s | 6 |
| Frank Wennmann, Klaus Steinbach, Peter Knust, Peter Nocke |
| 3. |  East Germany | 7:36.94 | +8.73s | 3 |
| Rainer Strohbach, Roger Pyttel, Detlev Grabs |
| 4. |  Sweden | 7:40.06 | +11.85s | 5 |
| Paer Arvidsson, Pelle Holmertz, Gary Andersson, Peter Petersson |
| 5. |  Great Britain | 7:41.74 | +13.53s | 7 |
| Alan McClatchey, Paul Sparkes, David Dunne, Gordon Downie |
| 6. |  France | 7:42.58 | +14.37 | 2 |
| Fabien Noel, Pierre Andraca, Didier Matusic, Lazzaro |
| 7. |  Italy | 7:47.21 | +19.00s | 8 |
| Paolo Revelli, Roberto Pangaro, Giorgio Quadri, Marcello Guarducci |
| 8. |  Netherlands | 7:49.02 | +20.81s | 1 |
| Henk Elzermann, Kees Vervoorn |
Hungary
Norway
Portugal