| Final | time | _________ | | 1. East Germany | 41.76s | | | Silke Gladisch-Moller, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Oelsner-Gohr | | 2. Great Britain | 42.71s | | | Joan Baptiste, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Callender, Shirley Thomas | | 3. Jamaica | 42.73s | | | Leleith Hodges, Jacqueline Pusey, Juliet Cuthbert, Merlene Ottey | | 4. Bulgaria | 42.93s | | | Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Pepa Pavlova | | 5. Canada | 43.05s | | | Angela Bailey, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Tanya Brothers, Molly Killingbeck | | 6. Soviet Union | 43.22s | | | Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Yelena Vinogradova, Irina Olkhovnikova, Olga Antonova | | 7. France | 43.40s | | | Marie-France Loval, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Rose-Aimee Bacoul, Liliane Gaschet | | 8. Czechoslovakia | 43.78s | | | Jarmila Nygrynova-Strejckova, Stepanka Sokolova, Radislava Soborova, Eva Murkova |
| Heat 1 | time | Rk. | _________ | | 1. Great Britain | 43.06s | 2. | | | Joan Baptiste, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Beverley Callender, Shirley Thomas | | 2. Bulgaria | 43.19s | 4. | | | Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Pepa Pavlova | | 3. Soviet Union | 43.51s | 5. | | | Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Yelena Vinogradova, Irina Olkhovnikova, Olga Antonova | | 4. Czechoslovakia | 43.89s | 7. | | | Jarmila Nygrynova-Strejckova, Stepanka Sokolova, Radislava Soborova, Eva Murkova | | 5. West Germany | 44.21s | 10. | | | Monika Hirsch, Elke Vollmer, Michaela Schabinger, Ute Thimm | | 6. Italy | 44.46s | 11. | | | Carla Mercurio, Erica Rossi, Daniela Ferrian, Marisa Masullo | | 7. Finland | 44.77s | 13. | | | Sisko Markkanen-Hanhijoki, Helina Marjamaa, Margareete Honkaharju, Riitta Ketonen | | 8. Denmark | 45.04s | 14. | | | Britt Hansen, Helle Theil, Lisbet Nissen-Petersen, Dorthe Rasmussen |
| Heat 2 | time | Rk. | _________ | | 1. East Germany | 42.59s | 1. | | | Silke Gladisch-Moller, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Oelsner-Gohr | | 2. Jamaica | 43.10s | 3. | | | Leleith Hodges, Jacqueline Pusey, Juliet Cuthbert, Merlene Ottey | | 3. France | 43.52s | 6. | | | Marie-France Loval, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Rose-Aimee Bacoul, Liliane Gaschet | | 4. Canada | 44.19s | 8. | | | Angela Bailey, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Tanya Brothers, Molly Killingbeck | | 5. United States | 44.20s | 9. | | | Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Chandra Cheeseborough, Randy Givens | | 6. Bahamas | 44.76s | 12. | | | Shonel Ferguson, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Whelma Colebrook, Oralee Fowler | | 7. Ghana | 47.51s | 15. | | | Grace Armah, Mercy Addy, Elisabeth Wilson, Mary Mensah |
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