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Soviet Union |
 URS |
2:57.97 |
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Yelena Makushkina / Lyudmila Konopleva / Nina Umanets / Yelena Teryoshina / Nataliya Yatsenko / Marina Studneva / Raisa Doligoyda / Sarmīte Stone / Nina Frolova * |
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United States |
 USA |
3:01.50 |
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Liz Miles / Shyril O'Steen / Kristine Norelius / Jan Harville / Jennie Marshall / Joline Esparza / Jane McDougall / Kristen Thorsness / Nanette Bernadou * |
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East Germany |
 GDR |
3:02.89 |
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Angelika Noack / Ute Steindorf / Sabine Portius / Carola Hornig / Steffi Götzelt / Sigrid Anders / Iris Rudolph / Karin Metze / Kirsten Wenzel * |
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