| Final | time | ________________ | | 1. United States |  USA | 42.8s | | | Barbara Ferrell, Margarete Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus | | 2. Cuba |  CUB | 43.3s | | | Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, Violeta Quesada, Miguelina Cobian | | 3. Soviet Union |  URS | 43.4s | | | L. Zharkova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Liudmila Samotesova | | 4. Netherlands |  NED | 43.4s | | | W. Van Den Berg, Mieke Sterk, Geertruida Hennipman, Cornelia Bakker | | 5. Australia |  AUS | 43.4s | | | Jennifer Lamy, Joyce Bennett, Raelene Boyle, Dianne Burge | | 6. West Germany |  FRG | 43.7s | | | Renate Meyer, Jutta Stock, Rita Jahn, Ingrid Becker | | 7. Great Britain |  GBR | 43.8s | | | Anita Neil, Maureen Tranter, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board | | 8. France |  FRA | 44.2s | | | Michele Alayrangues, Gabrielle Meyer, Nicole Montandon, Silviane Telliez |
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| Heat 1 | time | ________________ | | 1. Netherlands | NED | 43.4s | | | W. Van Den Berg, Mieke Sterk, Geertruida Hennipman, Cornelia Bakker | | 2. Soviet Union | URS | 43.6s | | | L. Zharkova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Liudmila Samotesova | | 3. Great Britain | GBR | 43.9s | | | Anita Neil, Maureen Tranter, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board | | 4. Cuba | CUB | 44.1s | | | Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, Violeta Quesada, Miguelina Cobián | | 5. Hungary |  HUN | 44.6s | | | Eta Kispal, Margit Nemeshazi, Gyorgyi Balogh, Annamaria Toth | | 6. Taiwan |  ROC | 47.2s | | | Cheng Chi, Chui-Mei Yeh, Chun-Yue Lin, A-Mei Tien | | 7. Poland |  POL | 53.0s | | | Danuta Straszynska, Miroslawa Sarna, Urszul Jozwik, Irena Kirszenstein |
| Heat 2 | time | ________________ | | 1. United States | USA | 43.4s | | | Barbara Ferrell, Margarete Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus | | 2. Australia | AUS | 43.7s | | | Jennifer Lamy, Joyce Bennett, Raelene Boyle, Dianne Burge | | 3. West Germany | FRG | 44.1s | | | Renate Meyer, Jutta Stock, Rita Jahn, Ingrid Becker | | 4. France | FRA | 44.3s | | | Michele Alayrangues, Gabrielle Meyer, Nicole Montandon, Silviane Telliez | | 5. Canada |  CAN | 44.7s | | | Deborah Miller, Stephanie Berto, Joan Hendry, Irene Piotrowski | | 6. Nigeria |  NGR | 45.2s | | | Olajumoke Bodunrin, Janet Omorogbe, Mairo Jinadu, Oyeronke Akindele | | 7. Mexico |  MEX | 47.0s | | | Alma Rosa Martinez, Mercedes Román, Enriqueta Basilio, Esperanza Girón |
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