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Soviet Union |
 URS |
2:56.22 |
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Sarmīte Stone / Lidiya Averyanova / Lyudmila Konopleva / Marina Studneva / Nina Umanets / Yelena Teryoshina / Nataliya Yatsenko / Yelena Makushkina / Valentina Khokhlova * |
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United States |
 USA |
2:58.14 |
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Kristen Thorsness / Patricia Spratlen / Shyril O'Steen / Carie Graves / Carol Bower / Kristine Norelius / Jan Harville / Holly Metcalf / Valerie McClain-Ward * |
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East Germany |
 GDR |
2:59.06 |
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Susann Heinicke / Viola Kestler / Annekatrin Jage / Karin Metze / Steffi Götzelt / Carola Lichey / Sabine Portius / Ramona Hein / Kirsten Strohbach * |
GER