| Final | time | | gap | L | __________ | Heat F W_F_4x100m |
| | Final | time | | gap | L | Heat F W_M_4x100m |
| 1. |  East Germany | 4:07.40 | | | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Kristin Otto, Susanne Boernike, Katrion Meissner, Jacqueline Jacob |
| 2. |  Italy | 4:10.78 | | +3.38s | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Lorenza Vigarania, Manuela Dalla Valle, Manuela Carosi, Silvia Persi |
| 3. |  Netherlands | 4:11.53 | | +4.13s | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Ellen Elzerman, Kira Bulten, Judith Anema, Marianne Muis |
| 4. |  West Germany | 4:12.26 | | +4.86s | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Sandra Volker, Alexandra Hanel, Susanne Bosserhoff, Marion Aizpors |
| 5. |  Great Britain | 4:13.45 | | +5.05s | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Katharine Read, Lorraine Coombes, Madeleine Scarbarough, Karen Pickering |
| 6. |  Soviet Union | 4:15.38 | | +7.98s | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Natalia Shibaeva, Elena Volkova, Natalia Iakovleva, Svetlana Isakova |
| 7. |  Denmark | 4:17.11 | | +9.71s | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Tine Lund, Malene Mantzius, Mette Jacobsen |
| 8. |  Bulgaria | 4:17.27 | | +9.87s | - | Heat F W_M_4x100m | Maria Kocheva, Tania Dangalakova, Nevena Miteva, Adriana Borisova |
