| Final | Time | | 1. Great Britain | 7:20.8 | | 2. Germany | 7:26.2 | | 3. Poland | 7:36.2 | | 4. France | 7:42.3 | | 5. United States | 7:44.8 | | 6. Australia | 7:45.1 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. Australia | 7:58.8 | | 2. Poland | 8:02.8 | | 3. Hungary | 8:05.2 | | 4. Switzerland | 8:06.2 | | 5. Brazil | 8:30.2 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. Great Britain | 7:48.0 | | 2. United States | 8:02.8 | | 3. Czechoslovakia | 8:07.2 | | 4. Yugoslavia | 8:22.? | | 5. Austria | 8:29.1 |
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| Heat 1 | Time | | 1. France | 6:46.5 | | 2. Poland | 6:50.0 | | 3. Hungary | 6:51.9 | | 4. Australia | 6:55.6 | | 5. United States | 6:55.0 | | 6. Czechoslovakia | 7:07.2 |
| Heat 2 | Time | | 1. Germany | 6:41.0 | | 2. Great Britain | 6:44.9 | | 3. Switzerland | 6:56.9 | | 4. Yugoslavia | 7:17.7 | | 5. Austria | 7:21.1 | | 6. Brazil | 7:26.3 |
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