| Final | time | | gap | L | __________ | Heat F M_F_4x100m |
| 1. Soviet Union |  Soviet Union | 3:41.44 | WL | | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Sergey Zabolotnov, Dmitriy Volkov, Vadim Yaroshchuk, Yuriy Baskatov |
| 2. France |  France | 3:43.09 | | +1.65s | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Franck Schott, Cedric Penicaud, Bruno Gutzeit, Stephan Caron |
| 3. Italy |  Italy | 3:43.14 | | +1.70s | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Stefano Battistelli, Giani Minervini, Marxo Braida, Giorgio Lamberti |
| 4. West Germany |  West Germany | 3:43.38 | | +1.94s | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Frank Hoff maister, Mark Warnecke, Martin Herrmann, Bjoern Zikarski |
| 5. Great Britain |  Great Britain | 3:44.11 | | +2.67s | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Gary Binfield, Adrian Moorhouse, David Parker, Michael Fibbens |
| 6. East Germany |  East Germany | 3:44.14 | | +2.70s | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Dirk Richter, Ralph Farber, Nils Rudolph, Silko Guenzel |
| 7. Spain |  Spain | 3:47.29 | | +5.85s | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Martin Lopez-Zubero, Ramon Camallonga, Jose Luis Ballester, Carlos Ventosa |
| 8. Netherlands |  Netherlands | 3:47.73 | | +6.29s | - | Heat F M_M_4x100m | Ronald Sloeserij, Roin Dekker, Erik Ran, Richard Granneman |
