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Dates: 23 November 1956-27 November 1956
Heats
Repechages
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Archie MacKinnon; Lorne Loomer; Walter D'Hondt; Donald Arnold | CAN | 7:08.8 |
| 2 | John Welchli; John McKinlay; Art McKinlay; Jim McIntosh | USA | 7:18.4 |
| 3 | Guy Guillabert; Gaston Mercier; Yves Delacour; René Guissart | FRA | 7:20.9 |
| 4 | Abbondio Marcelli; Giovanni Zucchi; Attilio Cantoni; Giuseppe Moioli | ITA | 7:22.5 |
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| 5 | Leonid Zakharov; Aleksandr Sheff; Nikolay Karasyov; Igor Ivanov | URS | 8:18.3 |
| 5 | Wilhelm Montag; Horst Stobbe; Gunther Kaschlun; Manfred Fitze | GER | 8:19.8 |
| 7 | John Harrison; Peter Evatt; Geoff Williamson; David Anderson | AUS | 8:22.4 |
| 7 | Kazimierz Błasiński; Szczepan Grajczyk; Zbigniew Paradowski; Marian Nietupski | POL | 8:32.0 |
| Repechages | |||
| 9 | Luis Olivera; Orlando Lanza; Enrique Hernández; Joaquín Pérez | CUB | 8:45.4 |
| 9 | Csaba Kovács; Rezső Riheczky; Zoltán Kávay; Géza Ütő | HUN | 8:17.0 |
| 9 | Kauko Hänninen; Reino Poutanen; Veli Lehtelä; Toimi Pitkänen | FIN | 7:55.1 |
| 12 | Elo Tostenæs; Mogens Sørensen; Børge Hansen; Tage Grøndahl | DEN | |