| Final | time | ___________ | | 1. United States |  USA | 2:57.29 | | | Danny Everett, Roddie Haley, Antonio McKay, Harry Reynolds | | 2. Great Britain |  GBR | 2:58.86 | | | Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Philip Brown | | 3. Cuba |  CUB | 2:59.16 | | | Leandro Penalver, Agustin Pavo, Lazaro Martinez, Roberto Hernandez | | 4. West Germany |  FRG | 2:59.96 | | | Norbert Dobeleit, Mark Henrich, Edgar Itt, Harald Schmid | | 5. Kenya |  KEN | 3:01.67 | | | Joseph Sainah, John Anzrah, Elijah Bitok, David Kitur | | 6. Jamaica |  JAM | 3:04.53 | | | Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron | | -. Soviet Union |  URS | DNF | | | Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin, Vladimir Krylov | | -. Nigeria |  NFR | DNS | | | Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike |
| Semi 1 | time | ___________ | | 1. Cuba | CUB | 3:00.99 | | | Leandro Penalver, Agustin Pavo, Lazaro Martinez, Roberto Hernandez | | 2. Great Britain | GBR | 3:01.47 | | | Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown | | 3. Soviet Union | URS | 3:01.61 | | | Arkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin | | 4. Nigeria |  NGR | 3:01.92 | | | Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike | | 5. Canada |  CAN | 3:02.90 | | | Andre Smith, Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt | | 6. France |  FRA | 3:03.41 | | | Aldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barre, Yann Quentrec | | 7. Japan |  JPN | 3:04.86 | | | Koichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano | | 8. Spain |  ESP | 3:06.41 | | | Cayetano Cornet, Antonio Sanchez, Jose Alonso, Angel Heras |
| Semi 2 | time | ___________ | | 1. United States | USA | 2:59.06 | | | Danny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay | | 2. Kenya | KEN | 3:00.73 | | | Joseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, David Kitur, John Anzrah | | 3. Jamaica | JAM | 3:01.08 | | | Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron | | 4. West Germany | FRG | 3:01.18 | | | Peter Schwelm, Edgar Itt, Klaus Just, Mark Henrich | | 5. Yugoslavia |  YUG | 3:03.30 | | | Branislav Karaulic, Slobodan Popovic, Slobodan Brankovic, Ismail Macev | | 6. Italy |  ITA | 3:03.91 | | | Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Tiziano Gemelli, Roberto Ribaud | | 7. Australia |  AUS | 3:04.59 | | | Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark | | -. East Germay |  GDR | DNF | | | Jens Carlowitz, Frank Moller, Mathias Schersing, Thomas Schonlebe |
| Heat 1 | time | ___________ | | 1. United States | USA | 3:03.00 | | | Danny Everett, Michael Franks, Raymond Pierre, Antonio McKay | | 2. East Germany | GDR | 3:03.57 | | | Mathias Schersing, Michael Schimmer, Jens Carlowitz, Thomas Schonlebe | | 3. Yugoslavia | YUG | 3:03.89 | | | Branislav Karaulic, Slobodan Popovic, Slobodan Brankovic, Ismail Macev | | 4. Nigeria | NGR | 3:03.90 | | | Moses Ugbisie, Joseph Falaye, Henry Amike, Innocent Egbunike | | 5. Canada | CAN | 3:04.08 | | | Andre Smith, Courtney Brown, John Graham, Anton Skerritt | | 6. Spain | ESP | 3:05.02 | | | Cayetano Cornet, Antonio Sanchez, Jose Alonso, Angel Heras | | 7. Ivory Coast |  IVC | 3:05.34 | | | Akissi Kpidi, Zongo Kuyo, Djedjemel Anatole, Rene Meledje | | 8. Ireland |  IRL | 3:07.18 | | | Kieran Finn, Gerry Delaney, John Barry, Peter Sinclair |
| Heat 2 | time | ___________ | | 1. Kenya | KEN | 3:02.32 | | | Joseph Sainah, Elijah Bitok, Tito Sawe, John Anzrah | | 2. Cuba | CUB | 3:02.62 | | | Leandro Penalver, Agustin Pavo, Lazaro Martinez, Roberto Hernandez | | 3. Soviet Union | URS | 3:02.79 | | | Arkadiy Kornilov, Yevgeniy Lomtyev, Vladimir Prosin, Aleksandr Kurochkin | | 4. Jamaica | JAM | 3:05.11 | | | Mark Senior, Devon Morris, Winthrop Graham, Bert Cameron | | 5. Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 3:05.44 | | | Jindrich Roun, Stanislav Navesnak, Jozef Kucej, Lubos Balosak | | 6. Brazil |  BRA | 3:05.64 | | | Washington Rodrigues, Sergio Menezes, Gerson A. Souza, Jose Luiz Barbosa |
| Heat 3 | time | ___________ | | 1. Great Britain | GBR | 3:03.75 | | | Mark Thomas, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Philip Brown | | 2. Japan | JPN | 3:03.86 | | | Koichi Konakatomi, Kenji Yamauchi, Hiromi Kawasumi, Susumu Takano | | 3. West Germany | FRG | 3:03.87 | | | Peter Schwelm, Mark Henrich, Klaus Just, Edgar Itt | | 4. Australia | AUS | 3:04.22 | | | Robert Stone, Gary Minihan, Peter Stubbs, Darren Clark | | 5. Italy | ITA | 3:04.64 | | | Marcello Pantone, Vito Petrella, Andrea Montanari, Roberto Ribaud | | 6. France | FRA | 3:04.64 | | | Aldo Canti, Jean-Jacques Boussemart, Patrick Barre, Yann Quentrec | | 7. Taiwan |  TPE | 3:11.45 | | | Kuang-Liang Lin, Ruo-Ta Hsu, Shiun-Long Lee, Tsai-Tien Lin |
|
|
