| Final | time |   | gap | L | _______________ |  | 1. |   East Germany | 4:00.8 | WR |   | 4 |  |  | Gabriele Wetzko 59.3s, Iris Komar 1:00.6, Elke Sehmisch 59.8, Sabine Shulze 1:01.1 |  | 2. |   Hungary | 4:02.7 |   | +1.9s | 5 |  |  | Gyarmati Andrea 1:00.3, Judit Turóczy 1:00.4, Kovács Edit 1:01.8, Patóh Magda 1:00.2 |  | 3. |   Sweden | 4:07.4 | NR | +6.6s | 3 |  |  | Elisabeth Berglund 1:02.0, Eva Andersson 1:01.9, Anita Zarnowiecki 1:01.8, Gunilla Jonsson 1:01.7 |  | 4. |   Great Britain | 4:09.6 | NR | +8.8s | 2 |  |  | Lesley Allardice 1:03.6, L. Hill 1:02.2, Kathryn Smith 1.03.5, Alexandra Jackson 1:00.3 |  | 5. |   Soviet Union | 4:09.8 | NR | +9.0s | 6 |  |  | Litvinova 1:03.2, Natalja Bisztrova 1:02.8, Irina Tyeresina 1:02.6, Tatyjana Zolotnyickaja 1:01.2 |  | 6. |   West Germany | 4:10.2 | NR | +9.4s | 7 |  |  | Brigitte Dollbaum 1:02.6, Jutta Weber 1:03.4, Doris Meister 1:02.3, Heidi Reineck 1:01.9 |  | 7. |   Italy | 4:10.9 | NR | +10.1s | 8 |  |  | Novella Calligaris 1:02.2, Claudia Giacometti 1:02.5, Patrizia Pasetti 1:03.4, Mietta Strumolo 1:02.8 |  | 8. |   France | 4:11.6 |   | +10.8s | 1 |  |  | Christine Petit 1:03.3, Jacqueline Pele 1:03.0, Brigitte Caland 1:04.0, Claude Mandonnaud 1:01.3 |   
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| World Record: United States (Linda Gustavson, Pokey Watson, Pam Carpinelli, Jan Hennel) 4:01.1 Santa Clara, United States 6th July 1968 |  | European Record: Hungary (Magda Patóh, Edit Kovács, Andrea Gyarmati, JuditTuróczy ) 4:02.6 Budapest, Hungary 24th August 1969  |  | New World and European Record: East Germany (Gabriele Wetzko, Iris Komar, Elke Sehmisch, Sabine Shulze) 4:00.8 Barcelona, Spain 11 September 1970 |   
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| Heat 1 | time |   |  | 3. |   Sweden | 4:09.4 | Q, ECR, NR |  |  | Jonson 1:02.8, Eva Andersson 1:02.1, Anita Zarnowiecki 1:02.2, Vera Kock 1:02.3, A. |  | 5. |   Great Britain | 4:10.9 | Q |  |  | Kathryn Smith 1:04.1, L. Hill 1:02.4, Lesley Allardice 1:03.8, Alexandra Jackson 1:00.6 |  | 6. |   West Germany | 4:11.1 | Q, NR |  |  | Brigitte Dollbaum 1:02.7, Jutta Weber 1:03.5, Doris Meister 1:02.7, Heidi Reineck 1:02.2 |  | 7. |   France | 4:11.9 | Q |  |  | Christine Petit 1:03.0, Jacqueline Pele 1:03.1, Brigitte Caland 1:04.1, Claude Mandonnaud 1:01.7 |  | 8. |   Italy | 4:13.0 | Q |  |  | Novella Calligaris 1:02.4, Claudia Giacometti 1:03.5, Patrizia Pasetti 1:03.9, Mietta Strumolo 1.03.2 |  | 10. |   Ireland | 4:30.5 | NR |  |  | Nolan 1:07.3, Vivienne Smith 1:11.3, Emily Bowles 1:06.8, Ann O’Connor 1:05.1 |   
        | Heat 2 | time |   |  | 1. |   East Germany | 4:04.2 | Q, ECR |  |  | Martina Grunert 1:02.2, Iris Komar 1:00.9, Elke Sehmisch 1:00.4, Sabine Shulze 1:00.7 |  | 2. |   Hungary | 4:05.4 | Q |  |  | Kovács Edit 1:02.2, Törzs Mária 1:02.6, Patóh Magda 1:00.4, Judit Turóczy 1:00.2 |  | 4. |   Soviet Union | 4:10.3 | Q |  |  | Litvinova 1:02.9, Natalja Bisztrova 1:01.9, Irina Tyeresina 1:02.3, Tatyjana Zolotnyickaja 1:03.2, N. |  | 9. |   Netherlands | 4:13.2 |   |  |  | Telkamo 1:03.8, Yvonne von Kuilenburg 1:02.3, Cora Schouten 1:02.9, F. Smits 1:04.2 |  | -. |   Bulgaria |   | DQ |   
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