Rk | Final | time | | gap | L | _______ | 1. | West Germany | 3:30.61 | | | 4 | | Klaus Steinbach 52.56s, Gerhard Schiller 53.01s, Kersten Meier 53.47s, Peter Nocke 51.57s | 2. | Soviet Union | 3:32.01 | | 1.40s | 5 | | Vladimir Bure 53.55s, Aleksandr Samsonov 53.42s, Anatoly Rybakov 52.27s, Georgijs Kuļikovs 52.77s | 3. | East Germany | 3:32.54 | | 1.93s | 2 | | Roger Pyttel 53.42s, Roland Matthes 51.75s, Wilfried Hartung 53.79s, Lutz Wanja 53.58s | 4. | Italy | 3:33.03 | | 2.42s | 3 | | Roberto Pangaro 53.08s, Marcello Guarducci 52.61s, Paolo Barelli 53.63s, Paolo Martinetto 53.71s | 5. | Sweden | 3:33.53 | | 2.92s | 6 | | Bernt Zarnowiecki 53.54s, Ola Håkansson 53.29s, Bengt Gingsjö 52.74s, Sven von Holst 53.96s | 6. | France | 3:34.58 | | 3.97s | 1 | | André Foucart 54.65s, Michel Rousseau 51.96s, Patrick Jugé 53.57s, Pierre Amardeilh 54.40s | 7. | Spain | 3:34.98 | | 4.37s | 7 | | Santiago Esteva 53.83s, José Pujol 54.00s, Enrique Melo 52.89s, Jorge Comas 54.26s | 8. | Bulgaria | 3:43.33 | | 12.72s | 8 | | Toni Statelov 55.61s, Krasimir Enchev 56.91s, Lyudmil Stoev 56.46s, Stefan Georgiev 54.35s |
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Rk | Heat 2 | time | | gap | L | Rk | _______ | 1. | East Germany | 3:35.80 | | 3.71s | - | 5. | | Wilfried Hartung 53.28s, Lutz Wanja 53.75s, Peter Bruch 54.93s, Ulrich Bär 53.84s | 2. | Spain | 3:36.75 | | 4.66s | - | 6. | | Santiago Esteva 53.39s, José Pujol 53.71s, Enrique Melo 54.60s, Jorge Comas 55.05s | 3. | France | 3:38.16 | | 6.07s | - | 7. | | André Foucart 54.60s, Patrick Jugé 54.49s, Pierre Amardeilh 54.25s, Pierre Caland 54.82s | 4. | Bulgaria | 3:40.41 | | 8.32s | - | 8. | | Toni Statelov 54.89s, Krasimir Enchev 55.32s, Lyudmil Stoev 56.49s, Stefan Georgiev 53.71s | 5. | Ireland | 4:01.63 | | 29.54s | - | 9. | | Desmond Coyle 59.06s, Francis White 1:01.09, Rob Howard 1:00.82, Kevin Williamson 1:00.66 |
Rk | Heat 1 | time | | gap | L | Rk | _______ | 1. | West Germany | 3:32.09 | | | - | 1. | | Klaus Steinbach 52.37s, Gerhard Schiller 52.65s, Kersten Meier 52.74s, Peter Raschke 54.33s | 2. | Soviet Union | 3:32.16 | | 0.07s | - | 2. | | Anatoly Rybakov 53.06, Georgijs Kuļikovs 53.04, Vladimir Krivtsov 53.28, Andrey Smirnov 52.78s | 3. | Italy | 3:33.73 | | 1.64s | - | 3. | | Roberto Pangaro 53.32s, Marcello Guarducci 52.81s, Paolo Barelli 53.65s, Paolo Martinetto 53.95s | 4. | Sweden | 3:34.20 | | 2.11s | - | 4. | | Bernt Zarnowiecki 53.85s, Ola Håkansson 53.24s, Sven von Holst 53.10s, Peter Pettersson 54.01s |
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