| Date | 1 August 1980 — 18:20 |
|---|---|
| Location | Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time (hand / automatic) | Reaction Time | Split | Exchange | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Soviet Union |  URS | 3:20.2 / 3:20.12 | 0.136 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 282 | Tatyana Prorochenko | – | – | 50.2 (1) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 265 | Tatyana Goyshchik | – | – | 51.5 (–) | 1:41.7 (2) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 291 | Nina Zyuskova | – | – | 49.7 (–) | 2:31.4 (1) | ||||
| Anchor | 280 | Irina Nazarova | – | – | 48.8 (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 2 | 7 | East Germany |  GDR | 3:20.4 / 3:20.35 | 0.179 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 126 | Gabriele Löwe | – | – | 50.6 (2) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 121 | Barbara Krug | – | – | 50.5 (–) | 1:41.1 (1) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 123 | Christina Lathan | – | – | 51.0 (–) | 2:32.1 (2) | ||||
| Anchor | 120 | Marita Koch | – | – | 48.27 (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 3 | 6 | Great Britain |  GBR | 3:27.5 | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 94 | Linsey MacDonald | – | – | 52.9 (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 98 | Michelle Probert | – | – | 51.5 (–) | 1:44.4 (–) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 87 | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | – | – | 51.3 (–) | 2:35.7 (–) | ||||
| Anchor | 85 | Donna Hartley | – | – | 51.8 (–) | – (–) | 1 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Romania |  ROU | 3:27.7 | 3:27.74 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 213 | Ibolya Korodi | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 214 | Niculina Lazarciuc | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 222 | Maria Samungi | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| Anchor | 225 | Elena Tărîță | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 5 | 8 | Hungary |  HUN | 3:27.9 | 3:27.86 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 156 | Irén Orosz-Árva | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 151 | Judit Forgács | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 162 | Éva Tóth | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| Anchor | 157 | Ilona Pál | – | – | 51.1 (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 6 | 2 | Poland |  POL | 3:27.9 | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 206 | Grażyna Oliszewska | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 202 | Elżbieta Katolik | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 201 | Jolanta Januchta | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| Anchor | 199 | Małgorzata Dunecka | – | – | 51.4 (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 7 | 5 | Belgium |  BEL | 3:31.6 | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 11 | Lea Alaerts | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 12 | Regina Berg | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 13 | Anne Michel | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| Anchor | 17 | Rosine Wallez | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 4 | Bulgaria |  BUL | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| Lead-Off | 27 | Svobodka Damyanova | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 42 | Rositsa Stamenova | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 20 | Malena Andonova | – | – | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| Anchor | 29 | Bonka Dimova | – | – | – (–) | – (–) |
