| 420 | gob | R.W. Burdett & R.B. Hoffman | (Qualified) |
| 423 | gob | M.T.A. Chatwin & K.J. Almand | 07:38.5 |
| 425 | gob | J.J Ferguson & G.C.S. Smith | 07:47.0 |
| 426 | gob | E. Griffiths & J.G. Livy | (Qualified) |
| 429 | gob | R.D. Kennedy & P.E. Poynter | 07:48.7 |
| 430 | gob | J.W. Logan & C.M. Logan | (Qualified) |
| 431 | gob | A.T.G. Macpherson & D.C. McNeil | 07:54.9 |
| 436 | gob | D.E.B. Perrin & J.D.G. Moon | 07:44.8 |
| 438 | gob | P.D. Robinson & A.J. Holden-Smith | (Qualified) |
| 439 | gob | B.B. Simpson & S. Waterson | (Qualified) |
| 440 | gob | B.P. Smyth & M.J. Murphy Ireland | 07:43.0 |
| 441 | gob | O.T. Takahashi & T. Nagasaki Japan | (Qualified) |
| 442 | gob | C.M. Thomson & G.V.C. Simmonds | 08:09.9 |
| 444 | gob | C.J. Wallace & S.R. Purdie | (Qualified) |
| 445 | gob | A.J. Watson & N. Shepherd | 08:15.9 |