Uomini Pos. | Sq. | Atleta | Ris. | 1 | USA | Harvey Glance, Kirk Baptiste, Calvin Smith, Dwayne Evans | 38.10 WL | 2 | AME | Desai Williams, Robson da Silva, Leandro Peñalver, Ben Johnson | 38.31 | 3 | URS | Nikolaj Jušmanov, Aleksandr Semënov, Aleksandr Evgen'ev, Vladimir Murav'ëv | 38.35 | 4 | RDA | Heiko Truppel, Steffen Bringmann, Torsten Heimrath, Frank Emmelmann | 38.39 | 5 | EUR | Antonio Ullo, Stefano Tilli, Pierfrancesco Pavoni, Carlo Simionato | 38.76 | 6 | OCE | Robert Stone, Peter Van Miltenberg, Clayton Kearney, Gerrard Keating | 39.35 | 7 | AFR | Victor Edet, Ikpoto Eseme, Iziak Adeyanju, Chidi Imoh | 39.55 | 8 | ASI | Li Feng, Cai Jianming, Yu Zhuanghui, Zheng Cheng | 39.74 | | | Donne Pos. | Sq. | Atleta | Ris. | 1 | RDA | Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 41.37 WR | 2 | URS | Antonina Nastoburko, Natal'ja Bočina, Marina Žirova, Ėl'vira Barbašina | 42.54 | 3 | EUR | Iwona Pakula, Ginka Zagorcheva, Ewa Pisiewicz, Ewa Kaspryzk | 43.38 | 4 | AME | Angela Phipps, Grace Jackson, Esmie Lawrence, Molly Killingbeck | 43.39 | 5 | USA | Pamela Page, Susan Shurr, Ella Smith, Pam Marshall | 44.03 | 6 | AFR | Grace Armah, Doris Wiredu, Cynthia Quartey, Martha Appiah | 44.76 | 7 | ASI | Zhang Jianmei, Pan Weixin, Tian Yumei, Liu Huajin | 45.16 | | OCE | Kerry Johnson, Maree Chapman, Jenny Flaherty, Andrea Wade | DQ | |