| Final 20:10 | time | ___________ | | 1. Great Britain | 3:30.82 | WR | | Rosemary Stirling 54.2s, Patricia Lowe 52.1s, Janet Simpson 52.1s, Lillian Board 52.4s | | 2. France | 3:30.85 | | | Bernadette Martin 54.5s, Nicole Duclos 50.7s, Eliane Jacq 53.2s, Colette Besson 52.4s | | 3. West Germany | 3:32.7 | | | Christa Czekay, Antje Gleichfeld, Inge Eckhoff, Christel Frese | | 4. Soviet Union | 3:33.7 | | | Taisia Kovalevskaya, Olga Klein, Anna Dundare, Raisa Nikanorova | | 5. East Germany | 3:35.2 | | | Watraud Birnbaum, Roswitha Becker, Ingelore Lohse, Hannelore Middecke | | 6. Sweden | 3:35.4 | | | Elisabeth Randerz, Birgitta Larsson, Ulla Ekblom, Karin Lundren | | 7. Hungary | 3:36.6 | | | Antonia Munkacsi, Magdolna Kulksar, Rozalla Sefer, Gyoery Balogh | | 8. Finland | 3:40.6 | | | Mona-Lisa Strandvall, Riita Hagman, Pirjo Wilmi, Eeva Halmi |
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| New Event for this Championship! |  | | Lillian Board and Colette Besson. |
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