| | Final 17:00 | time | L | | _________________ | | 1. |  East Germany | 42.51s | 3 | WR | | | Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Barbel Eckert | | 2. |  West Germany | 42.75s | 5 | NR | | | Elfgard Schitternhelm, Annegret Kroniger, Annegret Richter, Inge Helten | | 3. |  Poland | 43.48s | 4 | | | | Ewa Dlugolecka, Danuta Jedrejek, Barbara Bakulin, Irena Swewinska | | 4. |  Great Britain | 43.94s | 2 | | | | Linda Barratt, Denise Ramsden, Helen Golden, Andrea Lynch | | 5. |  France | 44.18s | 1 | NR | | | Nadine Goletto, Catherine Delachanal, Nicole Pani, Sylviane Telliez | | 6. |  Hungary | 44.51s | 6 | NR | | | Judith Szabo, Ildiko Szabo, Zsuzsa Karoly, Iren Arva | | 7. |  Italy | 44.56s | 8 | NR | | | Maura Gnecchi, Adriana Carli, Laura Nappi, Cecilia Molinari | | -. |  Soviet Union | DNS | 7 | | |
| History Women 4x100m Relay | | World and European Record: East Germany (Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit 42.6s Potsdam, East Germany 1st September 1973 | | Champioship Record: West Germany (Elfgard Schittenheim, Inge Helten, Annegret IIIrrgang, Ingrid Mickler 43.28s Helsinki, Finland 15th August 1971 |
| Heats - Saturday 07.09 17:45 |
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