| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 24) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 3:17.79 | ||
| (Talitha Diggs 50.50, Abby Steiner 49.99, Britton Wilson 49.39, Sydney McLaughlin 47.91) | ||||
| 2. | Jamaica | 3:20.74 | ||
| (Candice McLeod 50.76, Janieve Russell 49.90, Stephenie Ann McPherson 49.95, Charokee Young 50.13) | ||||
| 3. | Great Britain | 3:22.64 | ||
| (Victoria Ohuruogu 50.59, Nicole Yeargin 50.19, Jessie Knight 51.26, Laviai Nielsen 50.60) | ||||
| 4. | Canada | 3:25.18 | ||
| (Natassha McDonald 50.92, Aiyanna Stiverne 50.71, Zoe Sherar 52.98, Kyra Constantine 50.57) | ||||
| 5. | France | 3:25.81 | ||
| (Sokhna Lacoste 52.30, Shana Grebo 50.91, Sounkamba Sylla 52.11, Amandine Brossier 50.49) | ||||
| 6. | Belgium | 3:26.29 | ||
| (Helena Ponette 52.50, Imke Vervaet 51.02, Paulien Couckuyt 52.06, Camille Laus 50.71) | ||||
| 7. | Italy | 3:26.45 | ||
| (Anna Polinari 52.46, Ayomide Folorunso 50.77, Virginia Troiani 52.37, Alice Mangione 50.85) | ||||
| 8. | Switzerland | 3:27.81 | ||
| (Silke Lemmens 52.60, Julia Niederberger 51.29, Annina Fahr 51.73, Yasmin Giger 52.19) | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 6) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 3:18.92 | ||
| (Phyllis Francis 50.5, Sydney McLaughlin 48.8, Dalilah Muhammad 49.43, Wadeline Jonathas 50.20) | ||||
| 2. | Poland | 3:21.89 | ||
| (Iga Baumgart-Witan 51.0, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz 50.0, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik 50.7, Justyna Święty-Ersetic 50.2) | ||||
| 3. | Jamaica | 3:22.37 | ||
| (Anastasia Le-Roy 51.5, Tiffany James 51.0, Stephenie Ann McPherson 49.6, Shericka Jackson 50.3) | ||||
| 4. | Great Britain | 3:23.02 | ||
| (Zoey Clark 51.8, Jodie Williams 49.6, Emily Diamond 50.7, Laviai Nielsen 50.9) | ||||
| 5. | Belgium | 3:27.15 | ||
| (Hanne Claes 52.1, Imke Vervaet 51.7, Paulien Couckuyt 51.9, Camille Laus 51.5) | ||||
| 6. | Ukraine | 3:27.48 | ||
| (Kateryna Klymyuk 52.8, Olha Lyakhova 51.3, Tetyana Melnyk 52.6, Anna Ryzhykova 50.8) | ||||
| 7. | Netherlands | 3:27.89 | ||
| (Lieke Klaver 52.6, Lisanne de Witte 50.6, Bianca Baak 52.5, Femke Bol 52.2) | ||||
| dq. | Canada | [5th 3:25.91] | ||
| (Alicia Brown 52.6, Aiyanna Stiverne 51.1, Maddy Price 51.5, Sage Watson 50.7) | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:19.02 | ||
| (Quanera Hayes 50.4, Allyson Felix 48.7, Shakima Wimbley 49.58, Phyllis Francis 50.28) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 3:25.00 | ||
| (Zoey Clark 51.5, Laviai Nielsen 51.0, Eilidh Doyle 51.56, Emily Diamond 50.96) | ||||
| 3 | Poland | 3:25.41 | ||
| (Małgorzata Hołub 51.6, Iga Baumgart 51.0, Aleksandra Gaworska 51.66, Justyna Święty-Ersetic 51.17) | ||||
| 4 | France | 3:26.56 | ||
| (Estelle Perrossier 52.9, Deborah Sananes 51.4, Agnes Raharolahy 51.28, Elea Mariama Diarra 51.01) | ||||
| 5 | Nigeria | 3:26.72 | ||
| (Patience George 51.4, Abike Egbeniyi 53.0, Glory Nathaniel Onome 51.45, Yinka Ajayi 50.93) | ||||
| 6 | Germany | 3:27.45 | ||
| (Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer 52.0, Laura Müller 51.7, Nadine Gonska 52.43, Hannah Mergenthaler 52.47) | ||||
| 7 | Botswana | 3:28.00 | ||
| (Christine Botlogetswe 52.3, Lydia Jele 52.1, Moroko Galefele 52.83, Amantle Montsho 50.71) | ||||
| dnf | Jamaica | |||
| (Chrisann Gordon 50.9, Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby [pull], Shericka Jackson, Novlene Williams-Mills) | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 30) | ||||
| 1 | Jamaica | 3:19.13 | ||
| (Christine Day 50.3, Shericka Jackson 49.5, Stephenie Ann McPherson 50.19, Novlene Williams-Mills 49.14) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:19.44 | ||
| (Sanya Richards-Ross 51.4, Natasha Hastings 50.4, Allyson Felix 47.72, Francena McCorory 49.93) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:23.62 | ||
| (Christine Ohuruogu 51.2, Anyika Onuora 51.0, Eilidh Child 50.61, Seren Bundy-Davies 50.84) | ||||
| 4 | Russia | 3:24.84 | ||
| (Nadezhda Kotlyarova 52.0, Kseniya Zadorina 50.9, Kseniya Ryzhova 51.12, Kseniya Aksyonova 50.82) | ||||
| 5 | Nigeria | 3:25.11 | ||
| (Regina George 52.3, Funke Oladoye 50.9, Tosin Adeloye 51.14, Patience George 50.76) | ||||
| 6 | Ukraine | 3:25.94 | ||
| (Olha Zemlyak 52.0, Nataliya Lupu 51.6, Nataliya Pyhyda 51.47, Olha Lyakhova 50.89) | ||||
| 7 | France | 3:26.45 | ||
| (Estelle Perrossier 51.9,Marie Gayot 50.7, Agnes Raharolahy 53.95, Floria Guei 49.95) | ||||
| 8 | Canada | 3:27.69 | ||
| (Carline Muir 52.0, Aiyanna Stiverne 51.9, Sage Watson 51.37, Audrey Jean-Baptiste 52.38) | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 17) | ||||
| 1 | Russia | 3:20.19 | ||
| (Yuliya Gushchina 51.0, Tatyana Firova 49.6, Kseniya Ryzhova 50.23, Antonina Krivoshapka 49.40) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:20.41 | ||
| (Jessica Beard 50.7, Natasha Hastings 50.0, Ashley Spencer 50.44, Francena McCorory 49.25) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:22.61 | ||
| (Eilidh Child 51.9, Shana Cox 50.3, Margaret Adeoye 51.01, Christine Ohuruogu 49.43) | ||||
| 4 | France | 3:24.21 | ||
| (Marie Gayot 51.54, Lenora Guion-Firmin 50.26, Muriel Hurtis 51.74, Floria Guei 50.67) | ||||
| 5 | Ukraine | 3:27.38 | ||
| (Darya Prystupa 52.5e, Olga Lyakhova 51.2e, Alina Lohvynenko 52.50, Natalya Pyhyda 51.18) | ||||
| 6 | Nigeria | 3:27.57 | ||
| (Omolara Omotosho 52.4e, Patience George 51.2e, Bukola Abogunloko 54.29, Regina George 49.67) | ||||
| 7 | Romania | 3:28.40 | ||
| (Adelina Pastor 52.7e, Mirela Lavric 51.8e, Sanda Belgyan 53.08, Bianca Razor 50.85) | ||||
| dq | [6]–Italy [3:27.39] | |||
| (Chiara Bazzoni 52.2e, Marta Milani 51.4e, Maria Erica Spacca 52.66, Libiana Grenot 51.13) | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:18.09 | ||
| (Sanya Richards-Ross 49.3, Allyson Felix 49.4, Jessica Beard 49.84, Francena McCorory 49.52) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 3:18.71 | ||
| (Whyte 50.0, Prendergast 49.6, N. Williams-Mills 49.84, S. Williams 49.22) | ||||
| 3 | Russia | 3:19.36 | ||
| (Krivoshapka 50.3, Antyukh 49.9, Litvinova 49.96, Kapachinskaya 49.22) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:23.63 | ||
| (Shakes-Drayton 50.5, Sanders 50.7, Ohuruogu 51.98, McConnell 50.43) | ||||
| 5 | Ukraine | 3:23.86 | ||
| (Pyhyda 50.8, Rabchenyuk 50.6, Yaroshchuk 52.00, Yefremova 50.50) | ||||
| 6 | Belarus | 3:25.64 | ||
| (Tashpulatava 51.68, Yushchanka 51.274, I. Usovich 52.26, S. Usovich 50.13) | ||||
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3:26.57 | ||
| (Rosolová 52.3, Bergrová 51.5, Bartonicková 52.16, Hejnová 50.67) | ||||
| 8 | Nigeria | 3:29.82 | ||
| (Omotosho 52.5, Odumosu 52.5, Etim 52.40, Abogunloko 50.59) | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:17.83 | ||
| (Debbie Dunn 50.5, Allyson Felix 48.8, Lashinda Demus 50.14, Sanya Richards-Ross 48.44) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 3:21.15 | ||
| (Whyte 51.4, N. Williams-Mills 49.6, Lloyd 50.15, S. Williams 50.04) | ||||
| 3 | Russia | 3:21.64 | ||
| (Kapachinskaya 50.7, Firova 49.9, Litvinova 50.02, Krivoshapka 51.04) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:25.16 | ||
| (McConnell 52.1, Ohuruogu 50.6, Barr 52.13, Sanders 50.35) | ||||
| 5 | Germany | 3:27.61 | ||
| (Kohlmann 52.9, Nwachukwu 52.0, Cremer 51.50, Hoffmann 51.26) | ||||
| 6 | Nigeria | 3:28.55 | ||
| (Abinuwa 53.6, Odumosu 51.9, Ehigie 52.20, Abugan 50.88) | ||||
| 7 | France | 3:30.16 | ||
| (Michanol 52.4, Kamga 52.2, Behi 52.29, Desert-Mariller 53.27) | ||||
| 8 | Cuba | 3:36.99 | ||
| (Peña 58.53, Bonne 52.01, Calatayud 52.53, Terrero 53.92) | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:18.55 | ||
| (DeeDee Trotter 51.2, Allyson Felix 48.0, Mary Wineberg 50.24, Sanya Richards-Ross 49.07) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 3:19.73 | ||
| (S. Williams 50.5, Lloyd 50.1, Prendergast 50.18, N. Williams-Mills 48.93) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:20.04 | ||
| (Ohuruogu 50.6, Okoro 50.9, McConnell 49.79, Sanders 48.76) | ||||
| 4 | Russia | 3:20.25 | ||
| (Litvinova 51.1, Nazarova 50.0, Veshkurova 49.79, Antyukh 49.40) | ||||
| 5 | Belarus | 3:21.88 | ||
| (Yushchanka 51.4, Khliustava 50.7, I. Usovich 49.97, S. Usovich 49.78) | ||||
| 6 | Poland | 3:26.49 | ||
| (Radecka 51.8, Prokopek 50.6, Sȩtowska-Drick 52.58, Jesień 51.44) | ||||
| 7 | Cuba | 3:27.05 | ||
| (Martinez 52.2, Pernia 51.8, Calatayud 52.20, Terrero 50.85) | ||||
| 8 | Mexico | 3:29.14 | ||
| (Rodríguez 53.7, Medina 51.6, Vela 53.20, Guevara 50.66) | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | Russia | 3:20.95 | ||
| (Pechonkina 51.1, Krasnomovets 49.7, Antyukh 49.72, Pospelova 50.42) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 3:23.29 | ||
| (S. Williams 51.38, N. Williams-Mills 49.92, R. Smith 51.57, Fenton 50.42) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:24.44 | ||
| (McConnell 51.5, Fraser 50.9, Sanders 50.8, Ohuruogu 51.27) | ||||
| 4 | Poland | 3:24.49 | ||
| (Guzowska 52.2, Bejnar 50.2, Prokopek 50.47, Jesień 51.59) | ||||
| 5 | Ukraine | 3:28.00 | ||
| (Yefremova 52.6, Ilyushkina 52.5, Pilyugina 51.2, Pyhyda 51.72) | ||||
| 6 | Germany | 3:28.39 | ||
| (Marx 52.4, Hoffmann 51.2, Fink 53.14, Urbansky 51.69) | ||||
| dq[obstruction]–[5] Belarus [3:27.00] | ||||
| (Nevmershitskaya 52.9, Sologub 51.3, Kozak 52.48, I. Usovich 50.34) | ||||
| dq[zone]—[6] Brazil [3:27.40] | ||||
| (Almirao 53.1, Coutinho 51.5, Tito 51.99, Teodoro 50.83) | ||||
| [United States dq in semi–Suziann Reid {lane}, Monique Hennagan, Moushami Robinson, Monique Henderson] | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:22.63 | ||
| (Lisa Barber 51.1, Demetria Washington 50.9, Jearl Miles Clark 50.05, Sanya Richards-Ross 50.58) | ||||
| 2 | Russia | 3:22.91 | ||
| (Zykina 50.8, Pechonkina 50.6, Kapachinskaya 50.67, Nazarova 50.93) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:22.92 | ||
| (Richards 52.0, Beckford 50.5, R. Smith 51.1, Fenton 49.38) | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 3:26.25 | ||
| (Marx 52.2, Rockmeier 51.5, Hoffmann 51.89, Breuer 50.63) | ||||
| 5 | Poland | 3:26.64 | ||
| (Bejnar 52.6, Pskit 51.7, Jesień 51.46, Prokopek 50.91) | ||||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3:26.67 | ||
| (McConnell 51.2, Meadows 51.8, Murphy 51.13, Danvers 52.48) | ||||
| 7 | Cameroon | 3:27.08 | ||
| (Nguimgo 51.7, Mebam 52.1, Atangana 51.98, Bewouda 51.35) | ||||
| dq[zone]—[4] Senegal [3:25.83] | ||||
| (Fall 51.4, T. Diouf 51.6, A. Diouf 52.36, Thiam 50.46) | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Jamaica | 3:20.65 | ||
| (Richards 50.9, Scott 50.1, Parris 49.70, Fenton 49.95) | ||||
| 2 | Germany | 3:21.97 | ||
| (Ekpo-Umoh 51.7, Ghosh 50.0, Marx 50.61, Breuer 49.65) | ||||
| 3 | Russia | 3:24.92 | ||
| (Rosikhina 52.6, Nosova 50.6, Kapachinskaya 51.11, Zykina 50.56) | ||||
| 4 | United States | 3:26.88 | ||
| (Jearl Miles Clark 50.2, Monique Hennagan 49.7, Michelle Collins 49.96, Suziann Reid 57.01 [drop]) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:26.94 | ||
| (McConnell 52.2, Forst 51.1, Danvers 51.97, Murphy 51.65) | ||||
| 6 | France | 3:27.54 | ||
| (Landre 51.8, Mormand 51.9, Morandais 51.97, Bévis 51.84) | ||||
| 7 | Poland | 3:27.78 | ||
| (Pieluzek 53.2, Prokopek 50.8, Lemiesz 52.05, Pskit 51.74) | ||||
| 8 | Canada | 3:27.93 | ||
| (Williams 52.33, George 51.38, Kot 52.83, Antoine 51.39) | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Russia | 3:21.98 | ||
| (Chebykina 51.5, Goncharenko 50.0, Kotlyarova 50.28, Nazarova 50.17) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:22.09 | ||
| (Suziann Reid 51.4, Maicel Malone 49.9, Michelle Collins 50.99, Jearl Miles Clark 49.83) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 3:22.43 | ||
| (Feller 52.2, Rohländer 51.6, Rücker 49.58, Breuer 49.04) | ||||
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3:23.82 | ||
| (Burianová 51.9, Benesová 51.6, Formanová 50.52, Fuchsová 49.84) | ||||
| 5 | Jamaica | 3:24.83 | ||
| (Grant 53.6, Fenton 49.6, Williams 51.07, Hemmings 50.54) | ||||
| 6 | Australia | 3:28.04 | ||
| (Van Heer 51.70, Naylor 51.13, Andrews 51.48, Freeman 53.73) | ||||
| 7 | Cuba | 3:29.19 | ||
| (Duporty 53.4, Calatayud 52.0, Diaz 52.43, Bonne 51.33) | ||||
| 8 | Italy | 3:29.56 | ||
| (De Angeli 53.3, Spuri 51.8, Carbone 52.58, Niederstatter 51.90) | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Germany | 3:20.92 | ||
| (Feller 51.7, Rohländer 50.2, Rücker 50.38, Breuer 48.69) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:21.03 | ||
| (Maicel Malone 51.2, Graham 50.2, Kim Batten 50.51, Jearl Miles Clark 49.19) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:21.30 | ||
| (Turner 52.4, Fenton 49.9, Hemmings 49.58, Richards 49.45) | ||||
| 4 | Russia | 3:21.57 | ||
| (Chebykina 51.2, Kotlyarova 49.8, Kulikova 50.43, Alekseyeva 50.17) | ||||
| 5 | Czech Republic | 3:23.73 | ||
| (Kostavolová 52.0, Formanová 50.7, Benesová 50.21, Fuchsová 49.83) | ||||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3:26.27 | ||
| (Curbishley 51.5, Pierre 51.6, Thomas 52.27, Fraser 50.95) | ||||
| 7 | Nigeria | 3:30.04 | ||
| (Afolabi 51.30, Yusuf 54.20, Jacob 52.74, Ogunkoya 51.80) | ||||
| 8 | Italy | 3:30.63 | ||
| (Spuri 52.4, Carbone 52.1, Barbarino 54.16, De Angeli 51.96) | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:22.39 | ||
| (Kim Graham 51.2, Rochelle Stevens 50.6, Camara Jones 51.01, Jearl Miles Clark 49.56) | ||||
| 2 | Russia | 3:23.98 | ||
| (Chebykina 51.2, Goncharenko 51.1, Sotnikova 51.25, Andreyeva 50.44) | ||||
| 3 | Australia | 3:25.88 | ||
| (Naylor 52.6, R. Poetschka 51.9, Gainsford-Taylor 51.82, Freeman 49.57) | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 3:26.10 | ||
| (Janke 52.1, Knoll 50.7, Kisibaka 51.09, Rohländer 52.24) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:26.89 | ||
| (Neef 51.0, Llewellyn 52.1, Hanson 52.21, Oladapo 51.68) | ||||
| 6 | Nigeria | 3:27.85 | ||
| (Afolabi 51.9, Ogunkoya 51.7, L. Akinremi 53.49, Yusuf 50.72) | ||||
| 7 | Cuba | 3:29.27 | ||
| (Morales 52.42, McLeon 51.91, Bonne 52.69, Duporty 52.25) | ||||
| dqlane]—[3]Jamaica [3:23.76] | ||||
| (R. Campbell 51.5, Frazer 51.4, Richards 50.49, Hemmings 50.35) | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 3:16.71 | WCR | |
| [Gwen Torrence 49.0, Maicel Malone 49.4, Natasha Kaiser-Brown 49.48, Jearl Miles Clark 48.78) | ||||
| 2 | Russia | 3:18.38 | ||
| [Ruzina 50.8, Alekseyeva 49.3, Ponomaryova 49.78, Privalova 48.47) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:23.41 | ||
| [Keough 52.1, Smith 50.0, Goddard 51.44, Gunnell 49.90) | ||||
| 4 | Jamaica | 3:23.83 | ||
| (Hemmings 51.1, Turner 51.1, J. Campbell 51.47, Richards 50.16) | ||||
| 5 | Germany | 3:25.49 | ||
| (Meissner 51.69, Seuser 51.59, Rücker 50.77, Kisabaka 51.44) | ||||
| 6 | France | 3:27.08 | ||
| (Devassoigne 53.0, Elien 51.5, Landre 51.13, Bévis 51.50) | ||||
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3:27.94 | ||
| (Kostovalová 52.2, Dziruová 52.4, Benesová 52.63, Formanová 50.92) | ||||
| 8 | Switzerland | 3:28.52 | ||
| (Burkart 53.4, Zurcher-Scalabrin 50.8, Brillante 52.48, Luthi 51.74) | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3:18.43 | WCR | |
| (Ledovskaya 51.7, Dzhigalova 49.2, Nazarova II 48.87, Bryzgina 48.67) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 3:20.15 | ||
| (Rochelle Stevens 50.8, Diane Dixon 49.7, Jearl Miles Clark 49.24, Lillie Leatherwood 50.38) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 3:21.25 | ||
| (Rohländer 52.0, Krabbe 49.8, Wachtel 50.76, Breuer 48.65) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:22.01 | ||
| (Hanson 51.8, Smith 51.0, Gunnell 49.46, Keough 49.71) | ||||
| 5 | Nigeria | 3:24.45 | ||
| (Yusuf 51.57, Onyali 51.63, Bakare 51.28, Opara 49.97) | ||||
| 6 | Canada | 3:27.42 | ||
| (Edeh 51.9, Clarke 52.1, Allen 52.51, Crooks 50.89) | ||||
| 7 | Spain | 3:27.57 | ||
| (Merino 52.2, Lacambra 52.0, Myers 50.85, Ferrer 52.56) | ||||
| 8 | Hungary | 3:29.07 | ||
| (Molnár 54.0, Kozáry 51.4, Bátori 51.76, Forgács 51.87) | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | East Germany | 3:18.63 | WCR | |
| [Neubauer 51.4, Emmelmann 49.1, Müller 48.64, Busch 49.48) | ||||
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3:19.50 | ||
| [Yurchenko 51.2, Nazarova II 50.2, Pinigina 49.09, Bryzgina 49.03) | ||||
| 3 | United States | 3:21.04 | ||
| [Diane Dixon 50.8, Denean Hill 50.3, Valerie Brisco 49.97, Lillie Leatherwood 49.86) | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:24.11 | ||
| (Crooks 51.0, Killingbeck 51.5, Payne 51.02, Richardson 50.59) | ||||
| 5 | West Germany | 3:24.94 | ||
| (Thimm 50.5, Arendt 52.9, Abt 50.86, Kinzel 50.58) | ||||
| 6 | Jamaica | 3:27.51 | ||
| (Rattray 51.8, Farmer-Patrick 52.6, Oliver 51.78, Richards 51.31) | ||||
| 7 | France | 3:27.60 | ||
| (Simon, Debois, Huart, Ficher 51.23) | ||||
| 8 | Bulgaria | 3:30.24 | ||
| (Ilieva 51.5, Stamenova 52.7, Pavlova 53.78, Marinova 52.19) | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | East Germany | 3:19.73 | WCR | |
| [Walther 50.95, Busch 49.45, Koch 48.55, Neubauer 50.78) | ||||
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3:20.32 | ||
| [Slaninová 48.93, Matejkovicová 52.13, Moravciková 51.51, Kratochvílová 47.75) | ||||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3:21.16 | ||
| [Vinogradova 51.15, Ivanova 49.84, Baskakova 50.38, Pinigina 49.79) | ||||
| 4 | Canada | 3:27.41 | ||
| (Crooks 51.95, Richardson 51.95, Killingbeck 52.43, Payne 51.08) | ||||
| 5 | United States | 3:27.57 | ||
| [Roberta Belle 53.63, Easter Gabriel 52.08, Rosalyn Bryant 51.41, Denean Hill 50.45) | ||||
| 6 | West Germany | 3:29.43 | ||
| (Daimer 54.40, Thimm 51.62, Gottwald 52.78, Bussmann 50.63) | ||||
| 7 | Bulgaria | 3:30.36 | ||
| (Damyanova 53.85, Stamenova 51.24, Ilieva 52.87, Penkova 52.40) | ||||
| 8 | Romania | 3:35.61 | ||
| (Radu 54.14, Matei 53.13, Cojocaru 53.86, Lina 54.48) | ||||
| [United States 3:26.82 WCR {heat}] | ||||