| Final | time | | gap | L | pts | ___ | 1. | East Germany | 4:04.82 | CR | | - | 928 | | Kathrin Zimmermann 19 1:02.12, Sylvia Gerasch 17 1:08.39, Kornelia Gressler 59.19s, Kristin Otto 20 55.12s | 2. | United States | 4:07.75 | | +2.93s | - | 891 | | Betsy Mitchell 20 1:01.80, Jenny Hau 1:10.72, Mary T Meagher 21 59.23s, Jenna Johnson 18 56.00s | 3. | Netherlands | 4:10.70 | | +5.88s | - | 860 | | Jolanda De Rover 22 1:03.28, Petra Van Staveren 20 1:10.69, Conny Van Bentum 21 1:00.87, Annemarie Verstappen 20 55.86s | 4. | Italy | 4:12.27 | | +7.45s | - | 844 | | Lorenza Vigarani 16 1:04.51, Manuela Dalla Valle 23 1:09.72, Ilaria Tocchini 19 1:01.21, Silvia Persi 20 56.83s | 5. | Soviet Union | 4:12.52 | | +7.70s | - | 841 | | Natalya Shibayeva 18 1:02.71, Yelena Volkova 18 1:11.09, Tatyana Kurnikova 1:01.59, Yelena Dendeberova 17 57.13s | 6. | Bulgaria | 4:13.54 | | +8.72s | - | 831 | | Bistra Gospodinova 20 1:04.77, Tanya Bogomilova-Dangalakova 22 1:08.00, Sonia Blagova 1:02.51, Vanya Argirova 58.26s | 7. | West Germany | 4:13.64 | | +8.82s | - | 830 | | Svenja Schlicht 19 1:03.99, Britta Dahm 17 1:11.32, Susanne Schuster 23 1:01.83, Karin Seick 24 56.50s | 8. | France | 4:15.75 | | +10.93s | - | 810 | | Veronique Jardin 19 1:05.94, Pascaline Louvrier 14 1:11.09, Catherine Plewinski 18 1:01.87, Sophie Kamoun 19 56.85s |
| Heat 1 | time | | gap | L | Rk | ___ | 4. | West Germany | 4:14.12 | | +1.53s | - | 1. | | Svenja Schlicht 19 1:03.54, Britta Dahm 17 1:11.93, Susanne Schuster 23 1:01.94, Karin Seick 24 56.71s | 6. | Soviet Union | 4:15.65 | | +3.06s | - | 2. | | Natalya Shibayeva 18 1:03.25, Yelena Volkova 18 1:12.11, Tatyana Kurnikova 1:01.08, Yelena Dendeberova 17 58.21s | 7. | France | 4:16.07 | | +3.48s | - | 3. | | Veronique Jardin 19 1:06.30, Pascaline Louvrier 14 1:11.26, Catherine Plewinski 18 1:01.98, Sophie Kamoun 19 56.53s | 12. | Norway | 4:29.18 | | +16.59s | - | 4. | | Katrine Bomstad 23 1:08.19, Helene Bjornstadt 1:15.98, Bente Rist 1:05.55, Beda Leirvaag 22 59.86s | 14. | Argentina | 4:30.10 | | +17.51s | - | 5. | | Leticia Morales 1:09.81, Alicia Maria Boscatto 26, 1:15/83, Nidia Kondratavicius 1:06.07, Virginia Sachero 25 58.39s | -. | Chinese Taipei | DNS | | | | |
| Heat 2 | time | | gap | L | Rk | ___ | 1. | East Germany | 4:12.59 | | | - | 1. | | Kathrin Zimmermann 19 1:03.42, Sylvia Gerasch 17 1:10.52, Kornelia Gressler 1:01.53, Manuela Stellmach 57.1s | 2. | Netherlands | 4:12.94 | | +0.35s | - | 2. | | Jolanda De Rover 22 1:03.80, Petra Van Staveren 20 1:12.18, Conny Van Bentum 21 1:00.26, Annemarie Verstappen 20 56.20s | 3. | Italy | 4:13.59 | | +1.00s | - | 3. | | Lorenza Vigarani 16 1:04.12, Manuela Dalla Valle 23 1:10.29, Ilaria Tocchini 19 1:01.43, Silvia Persi 20 57.75s | 11. | Sweden | 4:25.28 | | +12.69s | - | 4. | | Anna-Karin Eriksson 19 1:07.67, Anna Rosengren 26 1:13.48, Agneta Eriksson 21 1:04.96, Eva Nyberg 17 59.17s | 15. | Brazil | 4:30.95 | | +18.36s | - | 5. | | Mayra Kikuchi 1:08.56, Georgiana Magalhaes 1:16.97, Daniela Lavagnino 1:04.94, Patricia Amorim 17 1:00.48 | 17. | Puerto Rico | 4:39.88 | | +27.29s | - | 6. | | Rita Garay 15 1:11.14, Vilna Aguilera 1:18.52, Marie E Nogueras 1:08.63, Ana C Rios 1:01.59 |
| Heat 3 | time | | gap | L | Rk | ___ | 5. | Bulgaria | 4:15.39 | | +2.80s | - | 1. | | Bistra Gospodinova 20 1:04.89, Tanya Bogomilova-Dangalakova 22 1:08.23, Sonia Blagova 1:03.30, Vanya Argirova 58.97s | 8. | United States | 4:16.77 | | +4.18s | - | 2. | | Anne Mahoney 20 1:04.01, Cara Hafner 1:13.47, Kara McGrath 21 1:02.05, Laura Walker 57.24s | 9. | Canada | 4:19.16 | | +6.57s | - | 3. | | Bab McBain 1:06.63, Alison Higson 13 1:11.77, Donna McGinnis 17 1:02.87, Andrea Nugent 17 57.89s | 10. | Great Britain | 4:19.37 | | +6.78s | - | 4. | | Kathy Read 17 1:05.22, Sussanah Brownsdown 20 1:12.54, Caroline Foot 21 1:03.24, Annabelle Crips 18 58.37s | 13. | Spain | 4:29.79 | | +17.20s | - | 5. | | Natalia Autric 21 1:07.85, Henar Alonso Pimentel 1:17.27, Maria Luisaa Fernandez 17 1:04.94, Imma Tarrago 59.73 | 16. | Costa Rica | 4:31.70 | | +19.11s | - | 4. | | Silvia Poll 15 1:04.58, Sigrid Niehaus 21 1:18.26, Marcela Cuesta 14 1:08.03, Carolina Mauri 16 1:00.83 |
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