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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Larry Black; Robert Taylor; Gerald Tinker; Eddie Hart | USA | 38.54 |
| 2 | Jobst Hirscht; Karlheinz Klotz; Gerhard Wucherer; Klaus Ehl | FRG | 38.86 |
| 3 | Stanislaw Wagner; Tadeusz Cuch; Jerzy Czerbniak; Zenon Nowosz | POL | 38.90 |
| 4 | Jaroslav Matousek; Juraj Demec; Jiri Kynos; Ludvik Bohman | TCH | 39.01 |
| 5 | Jose Triana; Juan Morales; Hermes Ramirez; Pablo Montes | CUB | 39.04 |
| 6 | Kolawole Abdulai; Rux Bazunu; James Olakunle; Timon Oyebami | NGR | 39.73 |
| 7 | Karikari Ohene; James Addy; Sandy Osei-Agyemang; George Kofi Daniels | GHA | 39.99 |
| Disqualified | |||
| Georg Regner; Axel Nepraunik; Gunther Wurfel; Helmut Lang | AUT | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Patrick Bourbeillon; Jean-Pierre Gres; Gerard Fenouil; Bruno Cherrier | FRA | 39.00 |
| 2 | Alexandr Korneliuk; Vladimir Lovetski; Yuriy Silov; Valeriy Borzov | URS | 39.00 |
| 3 | Manfred Kokot; Bernd Borth; Hans-Jurgen Bombach; Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 39.06 |
| 4 | Vincenzo Guerini; Ennio Preatoni; Luigi Benedetti; Pietro Mennea | ITA | 39.21 |
| 5 | Antti Rajamaki; Raimo Vilen; Erik Gustafsson; Markku Juhola | FIN | 39.30 |
| 6 | Leslie Piggott; Donald Halliday; David Dear; Brian Green | GBR | 39.47 |
| 7 | Humberto Galea; Felix Mata; Alberto Marchan; Jesus Rico | VEN | 39.74 |
| 8 | Antoine Ntsana Nkounkou; Luis Nkanza; Jean-Pierre Bassegela; Theophile Nkounkou | CGO | 39.97 |