| | Final | time | gap | pts | L | _________ | | 1. |  United States | 3:49.491 | | 795 | 4 | | | Mike Stamm 58.74s, John Hencken 2:02.29, Joseph Bottom 2:58.22, Jim Montgomery | | 2. |  East Germany | 3:53.246 | +3.75s | 757 | 5 | | | Roland Matthes 56.75s, Jurgen Glas 2:04.85, Hartmut Floeckner 3:00.90, Roger Pyttel | | 3. |  Canada | 3:56.372 | +6.88s | 728 | 2 | | | Ian Mackenzie 59.90s, P. Hrdlitschka 2:08.00, Bruce Robertson 3:03.74, D. Philips | | 4. |  West Germany | 3:56.389 | +6.89s | 727 | 3 | | | Klaus Steinbach 59.69s, W. Kusch 2:06.78, F. Meeuw 3:04.00, Nocke | | 5. |  Soviet Union | 3:58.098 | +8.60s | 712 | 6 | | | I. Grivenikov 1:01.09, Krukin 2:06.87, S. Zakharov 3:05.39, Vladimir Bure | | 6. |  Australia | 3:58.590 | +9.10s | 707 | 8 | | | B. Cooper 59.66s, M. Creswick 2:08.78, R. Seymour 3:06.68, Wenden | | 7. |  Great Britain | 3:59.048 | +9.55s | 703 | 7 | | | C. Cunningham 1:00.60, D. Wilkie 2:06.31, M. Edwards 3:05.89, B. Brinkley | | 8. |  Hungary | 4:01.642 | +12.15s | 681 | 1 | | | Laszlo Cseh 1:00.31, S. Szabo 2:07.87, Zoltan Verraszto 3:06.52, Szentirmai |
| | Heats | time | | 1. | United States | 3:54.914 | Heat 1. | | | John Naber 5953s, John Hencken 1:04.88, Robin Backhaus 57.33s, Mel Nash 53.23s | | 2. | East Germany | 3:57.133 | Heat 1. | | | | | 3. | West Germany | 3:58.035 | Heat 1. | | | | | 4. | Soviet Union | 4:00.011 | Heat 2. | | | | | 5. | Canada | 4:00.351 | Heat 2. | | | | | 6. | Great Britain | 4:00.855 | Heat 2. | | | | | 7. | Hungary | 4:01.129 | Heat 1. | | | | | 8. | Australia | 4:02.970 | Heat 2. | | | | | 9. |  Brazil | 4:04.108 | Heat 2. | | | | | 10. |  Spain | 4:04.368 | Heat 1. | | | | | 11. |  Yugoslavia | 4:04.814 | Heat 2. | | | | | 12. |  Italy | 4:09.074 | Heat 2. | | | | | 13. |  Puerto Rico | 4:09.809 | Heat 1. | | | | | 14. |  Bulgaria | 4:14.632 | Heat 1. | | | | | -. |  Sweden | | Heat 1. | | | |
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