| Final | time | gap | _______________ | | 1. |  West Germany | 3:48.73 | | | | Klaus Steinbach, Michael Kraus, Gerald Moerken, Peter Nocke | | 2. |  East Germany | 3:49.42 | 0.69s | | | Wanje Lutz, Gregor Arnicke, Roger Pyttel, Rene Plaschke | | 3. |  Great Britain | 3:51.05 | 2.32s | | | James Carter, Duncan Goodhew, John Mills, Martin Smith | | 4. |  Soviet Union | 3:51.55 | 2.82s | | | Igor Omelchenko, Arsen Miskarov, Aleksandr Manachinski, Andrei Krylov | | 5. |  Sweden | 3:52.16 | 3.43s | | | Jan Thorell, Glen Christiansen, Paer Arvidson | | 6. |  Italy | 3:54.53 | 5.80s | | | Enrico Bisso, Giorgio Lalle, Carlo Rossato, Marcello Guarducci | | 7. |  Czechoslovakia | 3:55.23 | 6.50s | | | Miroslav Rolko, Stanislav Pesl, Milos Lukasek, Rouan Mikula | | 8. |  Nederlands | 3:56.90 | 8.17s | | | Fred Eefting, Roland Hond, Kees Vervoorn, Albert Boonstra |
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