| Final | Team | time | gap |  | 1. Bjorn Borg |   Sweden | 19:55.6 |   |  | 2. Robert Leivers |   Great Britain | 19:57.0 | +0.4s |  | 3. Heinz Arendt |   Germany | 20:12.6 | +0.17s |  | 4. Odon Grof |   Hungary | 20:16.2 | +20.6s |  | 5. Kenneth Deane |   Great Britain | 20:46.0 | +50.4s |  | 6. W. Kubinka |   Hungary | 21:26.2 | +1:40.6 |   
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| Heat 1 Morning | Team | time | gap | Heat 1 M_F_1500m | Rk |  | 1. Robert Leivers |   Great Britain | 20:08.2 |   | Heat 1 M_F_1500m | 1. |  | 2. Bjorn Borg |   Sweden | 20:08.6 | +0.4s | Heat 1 M_F_1500m | 2. |  | 3. Odon Grof |   Hungary | 20:17.2 | +9.0s | Heat 1 M_F_1500m | 3. |  | 4. Hans Freese |   Germay | 20:31.2 | +23.0s | Heat 1 M_F_1500m | 4. |  | 5. Costoli |   Italy | 21:18.6 | +1:10.4 | Heat 1 M_F_1500m | 7. |  | 6. M. Neumann |   Luxembourg | 22:07.8 | +1:59.6 | Heat 1 M_F_1500m | 10.  |  | -. Petersen |   Denmark | DNS? |   | Heat 1 M_F_1500m |   |   
| Heat 2 Afternoon | Team | time | gap | Heat 2 M_F_1500m | Rk  |  | 1. Heinz Arendt |   Germany | 20:58.8 |   | Heat 2 M_F_1500m | 5. |  | 2. W. Kubinka |   Hungary | 21:07.4 | +8.6s | Heat 2 M_F_1500m | 6. |  | 3. Kenneth Deane |   Great Britain | 21:25.0 | +26.2s | Heat 2 M_F_1500m | 8. |  | 4. Moolenar |   Netherlands | 21:53.0 | +55.2s | Heat 2 M_F_1500m | 9. |  | 5. Halldorson |   Iceland | 22:26.0 | +1:27.2 | Heat 2 M_F_1500m | 11.  |  | -. Zizek |   Yugoslavia | DNS? |   | Heat 2 M_F_1500m |   |   
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| Dist | Bojrn Borg | Odon Grof |  | 100m: | 1:09.0 | 1:09.8 |  | 200m: | 2:26.4 | 2:28.4 |  | 300m: | 3:46.0 | 3:47.6 |  | 400m: | 5:07.2 | 5:07.2 |  | 500m: | 6:28.4 | 6:29.2 |  | 600m: | 7:46.0 | 7:47.0 |  | 700m: | 9:07.0 | 9:08.4 |  | 800m: | 10:33.4 | 10:37.0 |  | 900m: | 11:53.0 | 12:01.0 |  | 1000m: | 13:14.6 | 13:24.0 |  | 1100m: | 14:34.0 | 14:48.0 |  | 1200m: | 15:51.0 | 16:12.4 |  | 1300m: | 17:17.0 | 17:35.4 |  | 1400m: | 18:39.6 | 18:57.0 |  | 1500m: | 19:55.6 | 20:16.2 |   
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