Men6 October | Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes |
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| 1 | United States | Walter McCoy, Andre Phillips, Ray Armstead, Mike Franks | 3:00.71 | 8 | | | 2 | East Germany | Frank Möller, Mathias Schersing, Guido Lieske, Thomas Schönlebe | 3:00.82 | 7 | | | 3 | Oceania | Bruce Frayne (AUS), Gary Minihan (AUS), Alan Ozolins (AUS), Darren Clark (AUS) | 3:01.35 | 6 | | | 4 | Europe | Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA), Klaus Just (FRG), Jörg Vaihinger (FRG), Ángel Heras (ESP) | 3:01.46 | 5 | | | 5 | Soviet Union | Aleksandr Troshchilo, Aleksandr Vasilyev, Vladimir Prosin, Vladimir Krylov | 3:03.17 | 4 | | | 6 | Americas | Leandro Peñalver (CUB), Ian Morris (TRI), Héctor Daley (PAN), Roberto Hernández (CUB) | 3:03.52 | 3 | | | 7 | Asia | Takeo Suzuki (JPN), Abdul Yussouf (IRQ), Hiromi Kawasumi (JPN), Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA) | 3:10.20 | 2 | | | Africa | Sunday Uti (NGR), David Kitur (KEN), Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV), Innocent Egbunike (NGR) | DQ | 0 | [2] |
| | Women4 October | Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes |
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| 1 | East Germany | Kirsten Emmelmann, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Neubauer, Marita Koch | 3:19.49 | 8 | | | 2 | Soviet Union | Tatyana Alekseyeva, Irina Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Vladykina | 3:20.60 | 7 | | | 3 | Europe | Rositsa Stamenova (BUL), Erica Rossi (ITA), Alena Bulirová (TCH), Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 3:28.47 | 6 | | | 4 | Americas | Norfalia Carabalí (COL), Jocelyn Joseph (ATG), Molly Killingbeck (CAN), Ana Quirot (CUB) | 3:29.34 | 5 | | | 5 | United States | Susan Shurr, Judi Brown King, Roberta Belle, Lillie Leatherwood | 3:30.99 | 4 | | | 6 | Oceania | Sharon Stewart (AUS), Andrea Wade (NZL), Maree Chapman (AUS), Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | 3:35.93 | 3 | | | 7 | Africa | Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR), Airat Bakare (NGR), Kehinde Vaughan (NGR), Doris Wiredu (GHA) | 3:36.86 | 2 | | | 8 | Asia | Vandana Rao (IND), Emma Tahapary (IND), Shiny Abraham (IND), P.T. Usha (IND) | 3:37.59 | 1 | |
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