| Final ranking | B | S | | 1. Soviet Union | A. Berkoutov | I. Tiukalov | | 2. United States | B.P. Costello jnr. | A. Gardiner | | 3. Australia | M. Riley | T. Wood | | 4. Germany | T. Schneider | K. Hipper | | 5. Great Britain | S.C. Rand | W.H. Rand | | 5. Uruguay | M. Seijias | P. Carvalho | | 7. Czechoslovakia | A. Krajmer | F. Reich | | 7. Belgium | F. Steenacker | H. Steenacker |
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| Final | time | | 1. Soviet Union | 7:24.0 | | 2. United States | 7:32.2 | | 3. Australia | 7:37.4 | | 4. Germany | 7:41.7 |
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| Repechages - Saturday 24.11 - Winners to Final. |
| Repechage 1 | time | | 1. Australia | 8:12.2 | | 2. Great Britain | 8:19.4 | | 3. Belgium | 9:01.9 |
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| Repechage 2 | time | | 1. Germany | 8:16.7 | | 2. Uruguay | 8:27.5 | | 3. Czechoslovakia | 8:38.2 |
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| Heats - Friday 23.11 - Winners to Final |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. United States | 6:54.5 | | 2. Great Britain | 7:03.4 | | 3. Uruguay | 7:09.6 | | 4. Belgium | 7:24.1 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Soviet Union | 6:44.4 | | 2. Germany | 6:55.8 | | 3. Australia | 7:01.2 | | 4. Czechoslovakia | 7:05.1 |
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