| Final 18:30 | time | _________ | | 1. East Germany | 43.61s | | Regina Hofer, Renate Meissner, Barbel Podeswa, Petra Vogt | | 2. West Germany | 44.09s | | Barbel Hahnle, Jutta Stock, Rita Jahn-Wilden, Ingrid Becker | | 3. Great Britain | 44.39s | | Anita Neil, Denise Ramsden, Sheila Cooper, Valerie Peat | | 4. France | 44.6s | | Veronique Gandrieux, Gabrielle Meyer, Nicole Pani, Sylvie Teliez | | 5. Poland | 44.7s | | Mandecka, Jedrejek, Jozwik, Sarna | | 6. Soviet Union | 44.8s | | 7. Austria | 45.8s | | -. Sweden | DNF |
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| World Record: United States 42.8s | | European Record: Netherlands 43.4s |
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