| Final | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Burton | USA | 15:52.58 | 2. | | 2. Graham Windeatt | AUS | 15:58.48 | 1. | | 3. Doug Northway | USA | 16:09.25 | 4. | | 4. Bengt Gingsjö | SWE | 16:16.01 | 7. | | 5. Graham White | AUS | 16:17.22 | 5. | | 6. Mark Treffers | NZL | 16:18.84 | 6. | | 7. Brad Cooper | AUS | 16:30.49 | 3. | | 8. Guillermo García | MEX | 16:36.03 | 8. |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Hans Faßnacht | FRG | 16:34.63 | 10. | | 2. Peter Rosenkranz | FRG | 16:58.26 | 17. | | 3. François Deley | BEL | 17:06.09 | 19. | | 4. Jim Carter | GBR | 17:16.01 | 22. | | 5. Sergio Irredento | ITA | 17:19.45 | 25. | | 6. Friðrik Guðmundsson | ISL | 17:32.47 | 31. | | 7. Edwin Borja | PHI | 18:12.17 | 41. |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Graham Windeatt | AUS | 15:59.63 | 1. | | 2. Guillermo García | MEX | 16:29.48 | 8. | | 3. Anders Bellbring | SWE | 16:33.27 | 9. | | 4. Deane Buckboro | CAN | 16:52.50 | 14. | | 5. Gerardo Vera | VEN | 17:10.33 | 20. | | 6. Gustavo González | ARG | 17:23.53 | 28. |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Mike Burton | USA | 16:09.56 | 2. | | 2. Graham White | AUS | 16:19.63 | 5. | | 3. Brian Brinkley | GBR | 16:54.39 | 15. | | 4. Alberto García | MEX | 17:05.68 | 18. | | 5. Jorge Jaramillo | COL | 17:35.84 | 33. | | 6. Eugen Almer | ROU | 17:49.80 | 39. |
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| Heat 4 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Doug Northway | USA | 16:15.30 | 4. | | 2. Mark Treffers | NZL | 16:23.86 | 6. | | 3. Dusan Grozaj | FRG | 16:44.59 | 13. | | 4. Vincenzo Finocchiaro | ITA | 17:13.42 | 21. | | 5. Tomas Becerra | COL | 17:16.38 | 23. | | 6. Alfredo Carlos Machado | BRA | 17:20.34 | 26. | | 7. Guillermo Pacheco | PER | 17:36.36 | 34. | | 8. Dae Imlani | PHI | 17:37.65 | 35. |
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| Heat 5 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Brad Cooper | AUS | 16:11.41 | 3. | | 2. Bengt Gingsjö | SWE | 16:26.67 | 7. | | 3. Klaus Dockhorn | GDR | 16:55.30 | 16. | | 4. Jo O-Ryeon | KOR | 17:29.23 | 30. | | 5. Aleksandr Samsonov | URS | 17:32.88 | 32. | | 6. Kamal Kenavi Ali Moustafa | EGY | 17:40.37 | 36. | | 7. Neil Dexter | GBR | 17:42.83 | 37. | | 8. Brian Clifford | IRE | 18:09.28 | 40. |
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| Heat 6 | Team | time | Rk. | | 1. Ton van Klooster | NED | 16:34.77 | 11. | | 2. Axel Freudenberg | GDR | 16:37.19 | 12. | | 3. Zoltán Verrasztó | HUN | 17:18.66 | 24. | | 4. Wojtakajtis Władysław | POL | 17:23.47 | 27. | | 5. Christoph Kreienbühl | SUI | 17:27.67 | 29. | | 6. Csaba Sós | HUN | 17:43.97 | 38. | | 8. Rick DeMont | USA | 18:15.90 | 42. | | -. Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | GRE | 16:17.61 | |
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