| | 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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