| Final 26.07 | Time | pts |
| | 1. |  East Germany | 3:49.37 | 843 | | Kornelia Ender, Barbara Krause, Claudia Hempel, Ute Bruckner | | 2. |  United States | 3:50.74 | 828 | | Kathy Heddy, Karen Reeser, Kelly Rowell, Shirley Babashoff | | 3. |  Canada | 3:53.37 | 800 | | Gail Amundrud, Jill Quirk, Becky Smith, Ann Jardin | | 4. |  Netherlands | 3:56.76 | 766 | | 5. |  West Germany | 3:58.19 | 752 | | 6. |  Sweden | 3:59.58 | 739 | | 7. |  France | 3:59.80 | 737 | | 8. |  Soviet Union | 4:00.67 | 729 | | Heats | time | | 1. | United States | 3:54.53 | | 2. | Netherlands | 3:57.99 | | 3. | West Germany | 4:00.74 | | 4. | Sweden | 4:00.83 | | 5. |  Brazil | 4:14.58 | | 6. |  Colombia | 4:20.37 | | 1. | Canada | 3:54.53 | | 2. | East Germany | 3:55.93 | | 3. | France | 4:00.67 | | 4. | Soviet Union | 4:00.77 | | 5. |  Australia | 4:03.80 | | 6. |  Great Britain | 4:05.88 | | 7. |  Ecuador | 4:33.80 |
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