| Final ranking | B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | S | C |  | 1. United States | T.J. Charlton Jr | D.H. Wight | J.P. Cooke | A.E. Beer | C.B. Esselstyn | C.L. Grimes | R.D. Wailes | R.W. Morey Jr. | R.W. Becklean |  | 2. Canada | P.T. Kueber | R.N. McClure | R.A. Wilson | D.L. Helliwell | D.W. Pretty | W.A.M. McKerlich | D.J. McDonald | L.K. West | C.S. Ogawa |  | 3. Australia | M.H. Aikman | D.H. Boykett | A. Benfield | J.G. Howden | G.O.V. Manton | W.N. Howell | A.C. Monger | B.J. Doyle | H.N. Hewitt |  | 4. Sweden | O.H. Larsson | L. Andersson | K. Hansson | R.I.C. Andersson | K.S.L. Hansson | G.G. Eriksson | I.M. Aronsson | S.E. Gunarsson | B.E. Goransson |  | 5. Soviet Union | E. Verbine | B. Federov | S. Amigarov | L. Guissen | E. Samsonov | A. Antonov | O. Gouchenko | V. Kriukov | V. Petrov |  | 5. Czechoslovakia | J. Ventus | E. Antoch | C. Reiskup | J. Sveda | J. Svec | Z. Zara | J. Jindra | S. Lusk | M. Koranda |  | 7. Japan | Y. Iwasaki | Y. Watanabe | S. Sunaga | Y. Hiki | T. Imamura | Y. Takeda | M. Hara | J. Kato | T. Elda |  | 7. Italy | A. Amato | S. Nuvoli | C.T. Campiato | L. Tesconi | A. Casuar | G.C. Casalini | S. Tagliapietra | A. Menicocci | V. Rubolotta |  | 9. Great Britain | R.A. Wheadon | M.G. Delahooke | W. Welsh | K.A. Masser | S.G.D. Tozer | A.R. Watson | J.A.I. Russell | C.G.V. Davidge | J.F.K. Hinde |  | 10.France | S. Marcuzzi | E. Clerc | R. Duc | M. Bas | E. Leguery | J.-J. Vignon | M. Houdayer | R. Massiasse | J. Vilcoq |   
| Final - 27.11 | time |  | 1. United States | 6:35.2 |  | 2. Canada | 6:37.1 |  | 3. Australia | 6:39.2 |  | 4. Sweden | 6:48.1 |   
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|  Semifinals - Monday 26.11 - First 2 to Final |   
| Semi 1 | time |  | 1. United States | 6:55.1 |  | 2. Australia | 6:55.6 |  | 3. Soviet Union | 7:18.3 |  | 4. Japan | 7:24.5 |   
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| Semi 2 | time |  | 1. Canada | 6:57.0 |  | 2. Sweden | 7:08.4 |  | 3. Czechoslovakia | 7:12.9 |  | 4. Italy | 7:19.8 |   
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|  Repechages - Saturday 24.11 - First 2 to Semi-Finals. |   
| Repechage 1 | time |  | 1. United States | 7:09.9 |  | 2. Italy | 7:17.4 |  | 3. Great Britain | 7:18.1 |  | 4. France | 7:22.1 |   
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|  Heats - Friday 23.11 - First 2 to Semi-Finals |   
| Heat 1 | time |  | 1. Australia | 6:05.8 |  | 2. Canada | 6:07.1 |  | 3. United States | 6:09.1 |  | 4. Great Britain | 6:23.9 |   
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| Heat 2 | time |  | 1. Czechoslovakia | 6:09.3 |  | 2. Japan | 6:11.8 |  | 3. France | 6:13.0 |   
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| Heat 3 | time |  | 1. Sweden | 6:06.4 |  | 2. Soviet Union | 6:06.5 |  | 3. Italy | 6:09.5 |   
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