| Date | 6 August 1928 — 14:00-17:15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam | |
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the final round. | |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |  ITA | 5:02.6 | – | |||||
| Luigi Tasselli • Giacomo Gaioni • Cesare Facciani • Mario Lusiani | |||||||||
| 2 | Great Britain |  GBR | – | at 30 metres | |||||
| Harry Wyld • Lew Wyld • Percy Wyld • Monty Southall | |||||||||
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands |  NED | 5:04.3 | – | |||||
| Janus Braspennincx • Jan Maas • Jan Pijnenburg • Piet van der Horst | |||||||||
| 2 | France |  FRA | – | at five metres | |||||
| André Aumerle • Octave Dayen • René Brossy • Aimé Trantoul | |||||||||
