| Final | time | | gap | __________ | | 1. |  Netherlands | 4:15.1 | ER | | | | Cockie Gastelaars, Adrie Lasterie, Erica Terpstra, Wilhelmina Tigelaars | | 2. |  Great Britain | 4:16.3 | | +0.8s | | | Jennifer Thompson, Adrienne Brenner, Linda Amos, Diana Wilkinson | | 3. |  Hungary | 4:17.5 | NR | +2.4s | | | Maria Frank, Csilla Madarasz, Zsuzsa Kovacs, Katalin Takacs | | 4. |  Sweden | 4:18.1 | NR | +3.0s | | | Thorngre, Hagberg, Stenbach, Grubb | | 5. |  East Germany | 4:18.1 | NR | +3.0s | | | Schumacher, Weiss, Pechstein, Noack | | 6. |  Soviet Union | 4:23.1 | NR | +8.0s | | | Ustinova, Labridina, Nikolaya, Mjkowkaya | | 7. |  Italy | 4:29.1 | | +14.0s | | | Cecchi, Pacifici, D. Beneck, D. Saini | | 8. |  Poland | 4:34.6 | NR | +19.5s | | | Warner, Rosnecka, Cazack, Cedro |
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| World Record: United States (Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood, Chris von Saltza) 4:08.9 1960 |
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