| Date | 23 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Location | Plavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | East Germany |  GDR | 7:32.67 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-off | – | Frank Kühne | – | 1:45.18 (1) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Detlev Grabs | – | 2:02.68 (5) | 3:47.86 (1) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Frank Pfütze | – | 1:52.46 (1) | 5:40.32 (1) | ||||
| Anchor | – | Rainer Strohbach | – | 1:52.35 (2) | – (–) | ||||
| 2 | 3 | France |  FRA | 7:34.81 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-off | – | Marc Lazzaro | – | 1:54.19 (3) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Dominique Petit | – | 1:55.25 (2) | 3:49.44 (2) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Pascal Laget | – | 1:53.44 (2) | 5:42.88 (2) | ||||
| Anchor | – | Fabien Noël | – | 1:51.93 (1) | – (–) | ||||
| 3 | 5 | Italy |  ITA | 7:36.97 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-off | – | Federico Silvestri | – | 1:56.74 (5) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Raffaele Franceschi | – | 1:53.38 (1) | 3:50.12 (3) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Andrea Ceccarini | – | 1:54.15 (3) | 5:44.27 (3) | ||||
| Anchor | – | Paolo Revelli | – | 1:52.70 (3) | – (–) | ||||
| 4 | 6 | Great Britain |  GBR | 7:37.36 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-off | – | Doug Campbell | – | 1:53.99 (2) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Mark Taylor | – | 1:55.75 (3) | 3:49.74 (4) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Kevin Lee | – | 1:54.27 (4) | 5:44.01 (4) | ||||
| Anchor | – | Andy Astbury | – | 1:53.35 (4) | – (–) | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Netherlands |  NED | 7:42.85 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-off | – | Cees Vervoorn | – | 1:55.16 (4) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Peter Drost | – | 1:56.79 (4) | 3:51.95 (5) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Cees Jan Winkel | – | 1:56.94 (5) | 5:48.89 (5) | ||||
| Anchor | – | Fred Eefting | – | 1:53.96 (5) | – (–) | ||||
| 6 | 7 | Algeria |  ALG | 8:23.22 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-off | – | Abdelhakim Bitat | – | 2:03.87 (6) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Reda Yadi | – | 2:05.35 (6) | 4:09.22 (6) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Mohamed Bendahmane | – | 2:07.81 (6) | 6:17.03 (6) | ||||
| Anchor | – | Mohamed Halimi | – | 2:06.19 (6) | – (–) |
