|   | Final | time |   |  ___________ |  | 1. |   Soviet Union | 6:18.0 |   |   |  |  | Aleksander Konnikov, Sergey Kryuchek, Vladimir Kolesnikov, Ivan Ivanov |  | 2. |   Poland | 6:18.8 |   |   |  |  | Edmund Borowski, Stanisław Waśkiewicz, Kazimierz Wardak, Eryk Żelazny |  | 3. |   West Germany | 6:19.6 |   |   |  |  | Horst Hasslinger, Lothar Hirsch, Manfred Henne, Ingo Sensburg |  | 4. |   France | 6:20.2 |   |   |  |  | Christian Nicolau, Gilles Bertould, Guy Taillard, Gérard Colin |   
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|   | Ranking | time |   | H |  ___________ |  | 1. |   Soviet Union | 6:20.4 | Q | 1 |  |  | Aleksander Konnikov, Sergey Kryuchek, Vladimir Kolesnikov, Ivan Ivanov |  | 2. |   Poland | 6:23.6 | Q | 1 |  |  | Edmund Borowski, Stanisław Waśkiewicz, Kazimierz Wardak, Eryk Żelazny |  | 3. |   West Germany | 6:28.4 | Q | 2 |  |  | Horst Hasslinger, Lothar Hirsch, Manfred Henne, Ingo Sensburg |  | 4. |   France | 6:28.4 | Q | 2 |  |  | Christian Nicolau, Gilles Bertould, Guy Taillard, Gérard Colin |  | 5. |   Austria | 6:33.0 |   | 2 |  |  | Ekkehard Kolodziejczak, Robert Kropiunik, Hermann Hospk Walter Grabul |   
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