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Romania |
 ROU |
6:55.61 |
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Valentina Vîrlan / Mărioara Trașcă / Livia Țicanu / Rodica Arba-Pușcatu / Adriana Chelariu-Bazon / Veronica Necula / Olga Homeghi-Bularda / Lucia Toader / Ecaterina Oancia * |
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United States |
 USA |
6:57.27 |
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Anna Seaton / Kristen Thorsness / Christine Campbell / Sarah Gengler / Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson / Susan Broome / Abby Peck / Holly Metcalf / Betsy Beard * |
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Soviet Union |
 URS |
7:03.25 |
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Sarmīte Stone / Lidiya Averyanova / Irina Teterina / Yelena Makushkina / Yelena Pukhayeva / Sariya Zakirova / Marina Suprun / Yelena Teryoshina / Valentina Khokhlova * |
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