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| valign=top align="center"| {{goud}} || '''[[Barney Ewell]]</br>[[Lorenzo Wright]]</br>[[Harrison Dillard]]</br>[[Mel Patton]]''' || valign=top | {{USAos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 40.6
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| valign=top align="center"| {{zilver}} || '''[[Alastair McCorquodale]]</br>[[John Gregory]]</br>[[Kenneth Jones (atleet)|Kenneth Jones]]</br>[[John Archer]]''' || valign=top | {{GBRos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 41.3
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| valign=top align="center"| {{brons}} || '''[[Michele Tito]]</br>[[Enrico Perrucconi]]</br>[[Carlo Monti]]</br>[[Antonio Siddi]]''' || valign=top | {{ITAos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 41.5
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| valign=top align="center"| 4 || [[László Bartha]]</br>[[György Csányi]]</br>[[Ferenc Tima]]</br>[[Béla Goldoványi]] || valign=top | {{HUNos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 41.6
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| valign=top align="center"| 5 || [[Don McFarlane]]</br>[[James O'Brien]]</br>[[Donald Pettie]]</br>[[Edward Haggis]] || valign=top | {{CANos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 41.9
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| valign=top align="center"| 6 || [[Jan Lammers (atleet)|Jan Lammers]]</br>[[Jan Meijer]]</br>[[Gabe Scholten]]</br>[[Jan Zwaan]] || valign=top | {{NEDos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 41.9
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| valign=top align="center"| {{goud}} || '''[[Roy Cochran]]</br>[[Clifford Bourland]]</br>[[Arthur Harnden]]</br>[[Mal Whitfield]]''' || valign=top | {{USAos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 3:10.4
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| valign=top align="center"| {{zilver}} || '''[[Jean Kerebel]]</br>[[Francois Schewetta]]</br>[[Robert Chef d'Hotel]]</br>[[Jacques Lunis]]''' || valign=top | {{FRAos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 3:14.8
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| valign=top align="center"| {{brons}} || '''[[Kurt Lundquist]]</br>[[Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt]]</br>[[Folke Alnevik]]</br>[[Rune Larsson (atleet)|Rune Larsson]]''' || valign=top | {{SWEos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 3:16.0
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| valign=top align="center"| 4 || [[Tauno Suvanto]]</br>[[Olavi Talja]]</br>[[Runar Holmberg]]</br>[[Bertel Storskrubb]] || valign=top | {{FINos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 3:24.8
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| valign=top align="center" rowspan=2| || [[Gianni Rocca]]</br>[[Ottavio Missoni]]</br>[[Luigi Paterlini]]</br>[[Antonio Siddi]] || valign=top | {{ITAos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| DNF
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| [[George Rhoden]]</br>[[Leslie Laing]]</br>[[Arthur Wint]]</br>[[Herb McKenley]] || valign=top | {{JAMos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| DNF
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|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| valign=top align="center"| {{goud}} || '''[[Xenia Stad-de Jong]]</br>[[Nettie Witziers-Timmer]]</br>[[Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs]]</br>[[Fanny Blankers-Koen]]''' || valign=top | {{NEDos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 47.5
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| valign=top align="center"| {{zilver}} || '''[[Shirley Strickland]]</br>[[June Maston]]</br>[[Elizabeth McKinnon]]</br>[[Joyce King]]''' || valign=top | {{AUSos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 47.6
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| valign=top align="center"| {{brons}} || '''[[Violet Meyers]]</br>[[Nancy Mackay]]</br>[[Dianne Foster]]</br>[[Patricia Jones]]''' || valign=top | {{CANos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 47.8
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| valign=top align="center"| 4 || [[Dorothy Manley]]</br>[[Muriel Pletts]]</br>[[Margaret Walker]]</br>[[Maureen Gardner]] || valign=top | {{GBRos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 48.0
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| valign=top align="center"| 5 || [[Grete Lovsø]]</br>[[Bente Bergendorff]]</br>[[Birte Nielsen]]</br>[[Hildegard Nissen]] || valign=top | {{DENos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 48.2
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| valign=top align="center"| 6 || [[Grete Jenny]]</br>[[Elfi Steurer]]</br>[[Grete Pavlousek]]</br>[[Maria Oberbreyer]] || valign=top | {{AUTos|1948}} || valign=top align=right| 49.2
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