Men 5 October Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes | 1 | United States | Harvey Glance, Kirk Baptiste, Calvin Smith, Dwayne Evans | 38.10 | 8 | | 2 | Americas | Desai Williams (CAN), Robson da Silva (BRA), Leandro Peñalver (CUB), Ben Johnson (CAN) | 38.31 | 7 | | 3 | Soviet Union | Nikolay Yushmanov, Aleksandr Semyonov, Aleksandr Yevgenyev, Vladimir Muravyov | 38.35 | 6 | | 4 | East Germany | Heiko Truppel, Steffen Bringmann, Torsten Heimrath, Frank Emmelmann | 38.39 | 5 | | 5 | Europe | Antonio Ullo (ITA), Stefano Tilli (ITA), Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA), Carlo Simionato (ITA) | 38.76 | 4 | | 6 | Oceania | Rob Stone (AUS), Peter Van Miltenburg (AUS), Clayton Kearney (AUS), Gerrard Keating (AUS) | 39.35 | 3 | | 7 | Africa | Victor Edet (NGR), Ikpoto Eseme (NGR), Iziaq Adeyanju (NGR), Chidi Imoh (NGR) | 39.55 | 2 | | 8 | Asia | Li Feng (CHN), Cai Jianming (CHN), Yu Zhuanghui (CHN), Zheng Cheng (CHN) | 39.74 | 1 | | | | Women 6 October Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes | 1 | East Germany | Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr | 41.37 | 8 | WR | 2 | Soviet Union | Antonina Nastoburko, Natalya Bochina, Marina Zhirova, Elvira Barbashina | 42.54 | 7 | | 3 | Europe | Iwona Pakuła (POL), Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL), Ewa Pisiewicz (POL), Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 43.38 | 6 | | 4 | Americas | Angela Phipps (CAN), Grace Jackson (JAM), Esmie Lawrence (CAN), Molly Killingbeck (CAN) | 43.39 | 5 | | 5 | United States | Pam Page, Susan Shurr, Ella Smith, Pam Marshall | 44.03 | 4 | | 6 | Africa | Grace Armah (GHA), Doris Wiredu (GHA), Cynthia Quartey (GHA), Martha Appiah (GHA) | 44.76 | 3 | | 7 | Asia | Zhang Jianmei (CHN), Pan Weixin (CHN), Tian Yumei (CHN), Liu Huajin (CHN) | 45.16 | 2 | | | Oceania | Kerry Johnson (AUS), Maree Chapman (AUS), Jenny Flaherty (AUS), Andrea Wade (NZL) | DQ | 0 | | |