| Final | time | __________ | | 1. East Germany |  BUL | 3:18.63 | | | Dagmar Rubsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Siemon-Emmelmann, Petra Muller-Schersing, Sabine Busch | | 2. Soviet Union |  URS | 3:19.50 | | | Aelita Yurchenko, Olga V. Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina, Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina | | 3. United States |  USA | 3:21.04 | | | Diane Dixon, Denean Howard-Hill, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Lillie Leatherwood | | 4. Canada |  CAN | 3:24.11 | | | Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Jillian Richardson | | 5. West Germany |  FRG | 3:24.94 | | | Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel | | 6. Jamaica |  JAM | 3:27.51 | | | Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Ilrey Oliver, Sandie Richards | | 7. France |  FRA | 3:27.60 | | | Nathalie Simon, Nadine Debois, Helene Huart, Fabienne Ficher | | 8. Bulgaria | BUL | 3:30.24 | | | Tsvetanka Ilieva, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova |
| Heat 1 | time | __________ | | 1. Soviet Union | URS | 3:20.75 | | | Aelita Yurchenko, Olga V. Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina | Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina | | 2. United States | USA | 3:22.32 | | | Diane Dixon, Denean Howard-Hill, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Lillie Leatherwood | | 3. Canada | CAN | 3:24.50 | | | Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Jillian Richardson | | 4. France | FRA | 3:27.76 | | | Nathalie Simon, Nadine Debois, Helene Huart, Fabienne Ficher | | 5. Cuba |  CUB | 3:29.78 | | | Ester Petiton, Odalys Hernandez, Tania Fernandez, Ana Fidelia Quirot | | 6. Kenya |  KEN | 3:30.16 | | | Geraldine Shitandayi, Florence Wanjiru, Esther Kavaya, Francisca Chepkurui | | 7. Brazil |  BRA | 3:30.91 | | | Suzete Montalvao, Carmo Do, Maria Fialho, Soraya Telles | | 8. India |  IND | 3:31.55 | | | Vandana Shanbag, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham-Wilson, P.T. Usha |
| Heat 2 | time | __________ | | 1. East Germany |  GDR | 3:22.97 | | | Kirsten Siemon-Emmelmann, Dagmar Rubsam-Neubauer, Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich, Petra Muller-Schersing | | 2. Bulgaria | BUL | 3:25.85 | | | Malena Andonova, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova | | 3. West Germany | FRG | 3:26.75 | | | Karin Lix, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel | | 4. Jamaica | JAM | 3:27.13 | | | Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandie Richards, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Ilrey Oliver | | 5. Hungary |  HUN | 3:31.56 | | | Erzsebet Szabo, Erika Szopori, Noemi Batori, Judit Forgacs | | 6. Italy |  ITA | 3:31.72 | | | Rossana Morabito, Cosetta Campana, Nevia Pistrino, Erica Rossi | | 7. Spain |  ESP | 3:32.01 | | | Rosa Colorado, Cristina Perez, Montserrat Pujol, Blanca Lacambra | | 8. Ireland |  IRL | 3:32.56 | | | Michelle Walsh-Carroll, Barbara Johnson, Patricia Walsh, Patricia Amond |
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