| Final | time |   | L | _________ |  | 1. East Germany | 3:29.3 | NR | 7 |   |  |  Rita Kuhne, Ingelore Lohse, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt |  | 2. West Germany | 3:33.0 |   | 8 |   |  |  Annette Ruckes, Christel Frese, Hildegard Falck, Inge Bodding |  | 3. Soviet Union | 3:34.1 |   | 4 |   |  |  Raissa Nikaronova, Vera Popkova, Nadezhda Kolessnikova, Nadezhda Tschistyakova |  | 4. Great Britain | 3:34.5 |   | 2 |   |  |  Verona Bernard, Pat Lowe, Janette Roscoe, Rosemary Stirling |  | 5. Poland | 3:35.3 | NR | 5 |   |  |  Bozena Zientarska, Elzbieta Skowronska, Danuta Pieczyk, Krystyna Hryniewicka |  | 6. Sweden | 3:37.1 |   | 1 |   |  |  Lotta Malmstrom, Ann Larsson, Elisabeth Randerz, Karin Lundgren |  | 7. Finland | 3:37.2 | NR | 3 |   |  | -. France | DNF |   | 6 | Duclos droppred the baton. |  |  Bernardette Martin, Monique Noirot, Nicole Duclos, Colette Besson |   
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