| Final | Time | _________ | | 1. West Germany | 3:00.51 | | Erwin Skamrahl, Harald Schmidt, Thomas Glessing, Hartmut Weber | | 2. Great Britain | 3:00.68 | | David Jenkins, Garry Cook, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown | | 3. Soviet Union | 3:00.80 | | Aleksandr Troschtschilo, Pavel Roschtschin, Pavel Kronowalov, Viktor Markin | | 4. Poland | 3:02.77 | | Ryszard Wichrowski, Ryszard Szparak, Andrzej Stepien, Ryszard Podias | | 5. Czechoslovakia | 3:02.82 | | Petr Brecka, Dusan Malovec, Miroslav Zahorak, Stanislav Sajdok | | 6. Italy | 3:03.21 | | Pietro Mennea, Roberto Tozzi, Roberto Ribaud, Mauro Zuliani | | 7. France | 3:04.73 | | Aldo Canti, Paul Bourdin, Didier Dubois, Pascal Barre | | 8. Sweden | 3:06.91 | | Sven Nylander, Erik Josjo, Per-Erik Olsson, Staffan Blomstrand |
| Heat 1 | Time | _________ | | 1. Great Britain | 3:02.52 | | | 2. Soviet Union | 3:02.98 | | | 3. Czechoslovakia | 3:03.08 | | | 4. Italy | 3:03.70 | | | 5. Sweden | 3:05.32 | | | 6. Yugoslavia | 3:08.44 | |
| Heat 2 | Time | _________ | | 1. Poland | 3:05.31 | | | 2. West Germany | 3:05.35 | | | 3. France | 3:05.42 | | | 4. Switzerland | 3:05.64 | | | Res Kaufmann, Urs Kamber, Rene Gloor, Rolf Gisler | | 5. Greece | 3:09.42 | |
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