| Date | 23 – 24 February 1988 |
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| Status | Olympic (non-medal) |
| Location | Max Bell Arena, Calgary |
| Participants | 24 from 6 countries |
In January, the Italian relay team had bettered the world record at the European Championships. Their time of 4:48.54 didn’t survive the first heat at the Olympics, as both Japan and China went below that time. The final also saw Italy and Canada compete, the latter team having won the relay at the World Championships earlier that month. The Italians regained the world record, bettering their old time by some 2.5 seconds.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Final Position | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |  ITA | 4:45.88 | ||||||
| Maria Rosa Candido • Gabriella Monteduro • Barbara Mussio • Cristina Sciolla | |||||||||
| 2 | Japan |  JPN | 4:46.91 | ||||||
| Hiromi Takeuchi • Eiko Shishii • Yumiko Yamada • Nobuko Yamada | |||||||||
| 3 | Canada |  CAN | 4:49.77 | ||||||
| Sylvie Daigle • Nathalie Lambert • Eden Donatelli • Maryse Perreault | |||||||||
| 4 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 4:50.00 | ||||||
| Li Yan • Li Jinyan • Qiao Jing • Zhang Yanmei | |||||||||
| 5 | United States |  USA | 4:52.25 | ||||||
| Becky Mane Sanfelippo • Amy Peterson • Tara Laszlo • Tricia Stennes | |||||||||
| 6 | Netherlands |  NED | 5:12.26 | ||||||
| Monique Velzeboer • Priscilla Ernst • Joëlle van Koetsveld-van Ankeren • Simone Velzeboer | |||||||||
| Date | 23 February 1988 — 13:38 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | JPN | 4:48.32 | |||||
| Hiromi Takeuchi • Eiko Shishii • Yumiko Yamada • Nobuko Yamada | ||||||||
| 2 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 4:48.40 | |||||
| Li Yan • Li Jinyan • Qiao Jing • Zhang Yanmei | ||||||||
| 3 | United States | USA | 4:52.25 | |||||
| Becky Mane Sanfelippo • Amy Peterson • Tara Laszlo • Tricia Stennes | ||||||||
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | ITA | 4:52.42 | |||||
| Maria Rosa Candido • Gabriella Monteduro • Barbara Mussio • Cristina Sciolla | ||||||||
| 2 | Canada | CAN | 4:54.59 | |||||
| Sylvie Daigle • Nathalie Lambert • Eden Donatelli • Maryse Perreault | ||||||||
| 3 | Netherlands | NED | 5:12.26 | |||||
| Monique Velzeboer • Priscilla Ernst • Joëlle van Koetsveld-van Ankeren • Simone Velzeboer | ||||||||
| Date | 24 February 1988 — 20:55 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | ITA | 4:45.88 | |||||
| Maria Rosa Candido • Gabriella Monteduro • Barbara Mussio • Cristina Sciolla | ||||||||
| 2 | Japan | JPN | 4:46.91 | |||||
| Hiromi Takeuchi • Eiko Shishii • Yumiko Yamada • Nobuko Yamada | ||||||||
| 3 | Canada | CAN | 4:49.77 | |||||
| Sylvie Daigle • Nathalie Lambert • Eden Donatelli • Maryse Perreault | ||||||||
| 4 | People's Republic of China | CHN | 4:50.00 | |||||
| Li Yan • Li Jinyan • Qiao Jing • Zhang Yanmei | ||||||||
