Men
10 September
Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes |
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1 | Americas | Lázaro Martínez (CUB), Sérgio Menezes (BRA), Howard Burnett (JAM), Roberto Hernández (CUB) | 3:00.65 | 9 | | 2 | United States | Clarence Daniel, Oliver Bridges, Raymond Pierre, Antonio Pettigrew | 3:00.99 | 8 | | 3 | Africa | Simon Kipkemboi (KEN), Lucas Sang (KEN), David Kitur (KEN), Gabriel Tiacoh (CIV) | 3:01.88 | 7 | | 4 | Great Britain | Derek Redmond, Kriss Akabusi, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown | 3:02.64 | 6 | | 5 | East Germany | Volker Thiel, Karsten Just, Jens Carlowitz, Thomas Schönlebe | 3:02.73 | 5 | | 6 | Europe | Norbert Dobeleit (FRG), Vladimir Krylov (URS), Edgar Itt (FRG), Roberto Ribaud (ITA) | 3:02.95 | 4 | | 7 | Oceania | Leigh Miller (AUS), Mark Rosenberg (AUS), Steve Perry (AUS), Mark Garner (AUS) | 3:04.88 | 3 | | 8 | Spain | Manuel Moreno, Cayetano Cornet, Moisés Fernández, José Luis Palacios | 3:05.26 | 2 | | 9 | Asia | Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA), Zhao Cunlin (CHN), Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT), Isidro del Prado (PHI) | 3:05.63 | 1 | | |
| | Women
8 September
Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes |
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1 | Americas | Charmaine Crooks (CAN), Pauline Davis (BAH), Grace Jackson (JAM), Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 3:23.05 | 9 | | 2 | East Germany | Annett Hesselbarth, Katrin Schreiter, Christine Wachtel, Grit Breuer | 3:23.97 | 8 | | 3 | Soviet Union | Lyudmila Dzhigalova, Yelena Golesheva, Marina Shmonina, Yelena Ruzina | 3:26.15 | 7 | | 4 | United States | Celena Mondie, Rochelle Stevens, Jearl Miles, Terri Dendy | 3:27.29 | 6 | | 5 | Africa | Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR), Aïssatou Tandian (SEN), Fatima Yusuf (NGR), Airat Bakare (NGR) | 3:29.76 | 5 | | 6 | Oceania | Maree Holland (AUS), Kerrie Baumgartner (AUS), Kathy Sambell (AUS), Tania Van Heer (AUS) | 3:33.72 | 4 | | 7 | Asia | Chen Dongmei (CHN), Shiny Abraham (IND), Sun Sumei (CHN), Josephine Mary Singarayar (MAS) | 3:34.54 | 3 | | 8 | Spain | Mayte Zúñiga, Julia Merino, Gregoria Ferrer, Alicia Echenique | 3:36.50 | 2 | | | Europe | Marie-José Pérec (FRA), Anita Protti (SUI), Judit Forgács (HUN), Linda Keough (GBR) | DQ | 0 | | |
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