| Final | time | gap | __________ | | 1. |  East Germany | 3:49.52 | | | | Birgit Treiber, Birgit Wachtler, Petra Priemer, Barbara Krause | | 2. |  Netherlands | 3:52.95 | +3.43s | | | Ineke Ran, Anja van de Bogaerde, Annelies Maas, Enith Brigitha-f | | 3. |  Great Britain | 3:55.77 | +6.25s | | | Victoria Bullock, Mary Houston, Sharron Davies, Cheryl Brazendale | | 4. |  Norway | 3:58:45 | +8.93s | | | Lene Jensen, Bente Eriksen, Guri Kogstad | | 5. |  Bulgaria | 4:02:65 | +13.13s | | | Sonia Dangalakova, Yordana Penina, Ani Kostova, Radosveta Chinkova | | 6. |  Spain | 4:03:98 | +14.46s | | | Gloria Casado, Julia Zubero, Montserrot Majo, Natalia Mas | | 7. |  Italy | 4:05:28 | +14.76s | | | Christina Ponteprimo, Cinzia Savi-Scarponi, Paola Blagini, Silva Blosi | | 8. |  Romania | 4:06:47 | +15.95s | | | Daniela Georgescu, Mihaela Costea, Anca Miclaus, Carmen Bunaciu |
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