Final | time | | gap | __________ | 1. | Netherlands | 4:15.1 | ER | | | Cockie Gastelaars, Adrie Lasterie, Erica Terpstra, Wilhelmina Tigelaars | 2. | Great Britain | 4:16.3 | | +0.8s | | Jennifer Thompson, Adrienne Brenner, Linda Amos, Diana Wilkinson | 3. | Hungary | 4:17.5 | NR | +2.4s | | Maria Frank, Csilla Madarasz, Zsuzsa Kovacs, Katalin Takacs | 4. | Sweden | 4:18.1 | NR | +3.0s | | Thorngre, Hagberg, Stenbach, Grubb | 5. | East Germany | 4:18.1 | NR | +3.0s | | Schumacher, Weiss, Pechstein, Noack | 6. | Soviet Union | 4:23.1 | NR | +8.0s | | Ustinova, Labridina, Nikolaya, Mjkowkaya | 7. | Italy | 4:29.1 | | +14.0s | | Cecchi, Pacifici, D. Beneck, D. Saini | 8. | Poland | 4:34.6 | NR | +19.5s | | Warner, Rosnecka, Cazack, Cedro |
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World Record: United States (Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood, Chris von Saltza) 4:08.9 1960 |
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