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| valign=top align="center"| {{goud}} || '''[[Larry Black]]</br>[[Robert Taylor (atleet)|Robert Taylor]]</br>[[Gerry Tinker]]</br>[[Eddie Hart]]''' || valign=top | {{USAos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| WR 38.19
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| valign=top align="center"| {{zilver}} || '''[[Aleksandr Korneljoek]]</br>[[Vladimir Lovetski]]</br>[[Juris Silovs (atleet)|Juris Silovs]]</br>[[Valeri Borzov]]''' || valign=top | {{URSos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 38.50
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| valign=top align="center"| {{brons}} || '''[[Jobst Hirscht]]</br>[[Karlheinz Klotz]]</br>[[Gerhard Wucherer]]</br>[[Klaus Ehl]]''' || valign=top | {{FRGos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 38.79
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| valign=top align="center"| 4 || [[Jaroslav Matoušek]]</br>[[Juraj Demeč]]</br>[[Jiří Kynos]]</br>[[Ludvík Bohman]] || valign=top | {{TCHos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 38.82
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| valign=top align="center"| 5 || [[Manfred Kokot]]</br>[[Bernd Borth]]</br>[[Hans-Jürgen Bombach]]</br>[[Siegfried Schenke]] || valign=top | {{GDRos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 38.90
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| valign=top align="center"| 6 || [[Stanisław Wagner]]</br>[[Tadeusz Cuch]]</br>[[Jerzy Czerbniak]]</br>[[Zeńon Nowosz]] || valign=top | {{POLos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 39.03
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| valign=top align="center"| 7 || [[Patrick Bourbeillon]]</br>[[Jean-Pierre Grés]]</br>[[Gérard Fénouil]]</br>[[Bruno Cherrier]] || valign=top | {{FRAos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 39.14
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| valign=top align="center"| 8 || [[Vincenzo Guerini]]</br>[[Ennio Preatoni]]</br>[[Luigi Benedetti]]</br>[[Pietro Mennea]] || valign=top | {{ITAos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 39.14
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|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| valign=top align="center"| {{goud}} || '''[[Charles Asati]]</br>[[Hezahiah Nyamau]]</br>[[Robert Ouko]]</br>[[Julius Sang]]''' || valign=top | {{KENos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 2:59.8
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| valign=top align="center"| {{zilver}} || '''[[Martin Reynolds]]</br>[[Alan Pascoe]]</br>[[David Hemery]]</br>[[David Jenkins]]''' || valign=top | {{GBRos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:00.5
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| valign=top align="center"| {{brons}} || '''[[Gilles Bertould]]</br>[[Daniel Velasques]]</br>[[Francis Kerbiriou]]</br>[[Jacques Carette]]''' || valign=top | {{FRAos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:00.7
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| valign=top align="center"| 4 || [[Bernd Herrmann]]</br>[[Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske]]</br>[[Hermann Köhler]]</br>[[Karl Honz]] || valign=top | {{FRGos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:00.9
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| valign=top align="center"| 5 || [[Jan Werner (atleet)|Jan Werner]]</br>[[Jan Balachowski]]</br>[[Zbigniew Jaremski]]</br>[[Andrzej Badeński]] || valign=top | {{POLos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:01.1
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| valign=top align="center"| 6 || [[Stig Lönnqvist]]</br>[[Ari Salin]]</br>[[Ossi Karttunen]]</br>[[Markku Kukkoaho]] || valign=top | {{FINos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:01.1
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| valign=top align="center"| 7 || [[Eric Carlgren]]</br>[[Anders Faager]]</br>[[Kenth Öhman]]</br>[[Ulf Rönner]] || valign=top | {{SWEos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:02.6
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| valign=top align="center"| 8 || [[Arthur Cooper]]</br>[[Pat Marshall]]</br>[[Charles Joseph]]</br>[[Edwin Roberts]] || valign=top | {{TRIos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:03.6
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|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| valign=top align="center"| {{goud}} || '''[[Christiane Krause]]</br>[[Ingrid Becker|Ingrid Mickler]]</br>[[Annegret Richter]]</br>[[Heide Rosendahl]]''' || valign=top | {{FRGos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| WR 42.81
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| valign=top align="center"| {{zilver}} || '''[[Evelyn Kaufer]]</br>[[Christina Heinich]]</br>[[Bärbel Struppert]]</br>[[Renate Stecher]]''' || valign=top | {{GDRos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 42.95
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| valign=top align="center"| {{brons}} || '''[[Marlene Elejarde]]</br>[[Carmen Valdés]]</br>[[Fulgencia Romay]]</br>[[Silvia Chibás]]''' || valign=top | {{CUBos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 43.36
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| valign=top align="center"| 4 || [[Martha Watson]]</br>[[Matteline Render]]</br>[[Mildrette Netter]]</br>[[Iris Davis]] || valign=top | {{USAos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 43.39
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| valign=top align="center"| 5 || [[Marina Sidorova]]</br>[[Galina Boekharina]]</br>[[Ljoedmila Zjarkova-Maslakova|Ljoedmila Zjarkova]]</br>[[Nadeshda Besfamilnaja]] || valign=top | {{URSos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 43.59
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| valign=top align="center"| 6 || [[Maureen Caird]]</br>[[Raelene Boyle]]</br>[[Marion Hoffman]]</br>[[Penelope Gillies]] || valign=top | {{AUSos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 43.61
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| valign=top align="center"| 7 || [[Andrea Lynch]]</br>[[Della Pascoe]]</br>[[Judith Vernon]]</br>[[Anita Neil]] || valign=top | {{GBRos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 43.71
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| valign=top align="center"| 8 || [[Helena Kerner]]</br>[[Barbara Bakulin]]</br>[[Urszula Jóźwik]]</br>[[Danuta Jędrejek]] || valign=top | {{POLos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 44.20
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|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| valign=top align="center"| {{goud}} || '''[[Dagmar Käsling]]</br>[[Rita Kühne]]</br>[[Helga Seidler]]</br>[[Monika Zehrt]]''' || valign=top | {{GDRos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| WR 3:23.0
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| valign=top align="center"| {{zilver}} || '''[[Mable Fergerson]]</br>[[Madeline Manning]]</br>[[Cheryl Toussaint]]</br>[[Kathy Hammond]]''' || valign=top | {{USAos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:25.2
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| valign=top align="center"| {{brons}} || '''[[Anette Rückes]]</br>[[Inge Bödding]]</br>[[Hildegard Falck]]</br>[[Rita Wilden]]''' || valign=top | {{FRGos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:26.5
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| valign=top align="center"| 4 || [[Martine Duvivier]]</br>[[Colette Besson]]</br>[[Bernadette Martin]]</br>[[Nicole Duclos]] || valign=top | {{FRAos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:27.5
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| valign=top align="center"| 5 || [[Verona Bernard]]</br>[[Janet Simpson]]</br>[[Janette Roscoe]]</br>[[Rosemary Stirling]] || valign=top | {{GBRos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:28.7
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| valign=top align="center"| 6 || [[Alison Rose-Edwards]]</br>[[Raelene Boyle]]</br>[[Cheryl Peasley]]</br>[[Charlene Rendina]] || valign=top | {{AUSos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:28.8
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| valign=top align="center"| 7 || [[Marika Eklund]]</br>[[Pirjo Wilmi]]</br>[[Tuula Rautanen]]</br>[[Mona-Lisa Strandvall]] || valign=top | {{FINos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:29.4
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| valign=top align="center"| 8 || [[Ljoebov Roentso]]</br>[[Olga Syrovatskaja]]</br>[[Natalja Tsjistjakova]]</br>[[Nadeshda Kolesnikova]] || valign=top | {{URSos|1972}} || valign=top align=right| 3:31.9
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