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 |