| Final 20:00 | time | | __________ | | 1. France | 38.8s | 38.89s | | | Alain Sarteur, Patrick Bourbeillon, Gerard Fenouil, Francois Saint-Gilles | | 2. Soviet Union | 39.3s | 39.40s | | | Aleksandr Lebedev, Vladislav Sapeja, Nikolay Ivanov, Valeriy Borzov | | 3. Czechoslovakia | 39.5s | 39.52s | | | Ladislav Kriz, Dionys Szogedi, Jiri Kynos, Ludvik Bohman | | 4. Poland | 39.5s | 39.55s | | | Wagner, Roamnovski, Nowosz, Puch | | 5. East Germany | 39.6s | 39.67s | | | 6. West Germany | 39.6s | 39.68s | | | 7. Yugoslavia | 39.7s | 39.72s | | | 8. Italy | 39.8s | 39.85s | | | Rietti, Preattoni, Aquazzero, Zandano |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. France | 39.6s | | 2. Czechoslovakia | 39.6s | | 3. Poland | 39.6s | | 4. Italy | 39.8s | | 5. Greece | 40.5s | | -. Bulgaria | DNS |
| Heat 2 | time | | 1. East Germany | 39.6s | | 2. Yugoslavia | 40.0s | | 3. West Germany | 40.0s | | 4. Soviet Union | 40.1s | | 5. Great Britain | 40.2s |
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