| Final 22.20h | time | L | | 1. | Nigeria |  | 2:58.68 | 4 | Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong | | 2. | Jamaica | | 2:58.78 | 6 | Michael Blackwood, Gregory Haughton, Christopher Williams, Danny McFarlane | | 3. | Bahamas | | 2:59.23 | 1 | Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown | | 4. | France | | 3:01.02 | 2 | Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil | | 5. | Great Britain | | 3:01.22 | 3 | Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch | | 6. | Poland | | 3:03.22 | 8 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Mackowiak, Piotr Dlugosielski, Piotr Haczek | | 7. | Australia | | 3:03.91 | 7 | Brad Jamieson, Blair Young, Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel | | DQ. | United States | | 2:56.35 | 5 | Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson |
| Heat 1 21.30h | time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1. | United States | | 2:58.78 | 3 | Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor, Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison | | 2. | Jamaica | | 2:58.84 | 4 | Sanjay Ayre, Gregory Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Michael Blackwood | | 3. | Bahamas | | 2:59.02 | 1 | Avard Moncur, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown | | 4. | France | | 3:00.64 | 8 | Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Ibrahima Wade, Marc Raquil | | 5. | Poland | | 3:00.66 | 5 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Haczek, Piotr Dlugosielski, Robert Mackowiak | | 6. | South Africa | | 3:01.25 | 6 | Alwyn Myburgh, Hezekiel Sepeng, Llewellyn Herbert, Arnaud Malherbe | | 7. | Botswana | | 3:05.28 | 2 | Carlifonia Molefe, Lulu Basinyi, Johnson Kubisa, Glody Dube | | -. | Kenya | | DQ | 7 | Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego, JosephMwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony |
| Semi 2 21.39h | time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1. | Nigeria | | 3:01.06 | 3 | Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Sunday Bada | | 2. | Great Britain | | 3:01.35 | 5 | Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch | | 3. | Australia | | 3:01.91 | 2 | Casey Vincent, Blair Young, Patrick Dwyer, Michael Hazel | | 4. | Russia | | 3:02.28 | 1 | Andrey Semyonov, Dmitriy Bogdanov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov | | 5. | Ukraine | | 3:02.68 | 8 | Aleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko | | 6. | Sri Lanka | | 3:02.89 | 6 | Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ratna Kumar, Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne | | 7. | Senegal | | 3:02.94 | 7 | Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang, Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye | | 8. | Japan | | 3:13.63 | 4 | Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura |
| Heat 1 13.00h | time | 1 | | 1. | Jamaica | | 3:03.85 | 2 | Michael McDonald, Michael Blackwood, Sanjay Ayre, Danny McFarlane | | 2. | Great Britain | | 3:04.35 | 6 | Jared Deacon, Daniel Caines, Jamie Baulch | | 3. | France | | 3:04.45 | 8 | Emmanuel Front, Marc Foucan, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Bruno Wavelet | | 4. | Switzerland | | 3:06.01 | 4 | Laurent Clerc, Alain Rohr, Nicolas Baeriswyl, Andre Bucher | | 5. | Spain | | 3:06.87 | 5 | Eduardo Rodriguez, David Canal, Inigo Monreal, Antonio Andres | | 6. | Hungary | | 3:08.77 | 7 | Zeteny Dombi, Zsolt Szeglet, Attila Kilvinger, Tibor Bedi | | 7. | Slovenia | | 3:10.07 | 3 | Bostjan Horvat, Joze Vrtacic, Sergej Salamon, Matija Sestak |
| Heat 2 13.09h | time | 1 | | 1. | Sri Lanka | | 3:06.25 | - | Manura Lanka Perera, Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ranga Wimalawansa, Sugath Tillakeratne | | 2. | Kenya | | 3:06.77 | 2 | Ezra Sambu, Samson Yego, Joseph Mwengi Mutua, Julius Chepkwony | | 3. | Ireland | | 3:07.42 | - | Paul McKee, Tomas Coman, Caroline Daly, Paul Opperman | | 4. | India | | 3:08.38 | - | Lijo David Thottan, Jata Shankar, Purukottam Ramachandran, Paramjit Singh | | -. | Qatar | | DQ | 3 | Ibrahim Ismail, Mubarack S Faraj, Salaheddine Safi Bakar, Ahmed H Al-Imam | | -. | Algeria | | DQ | - | Malik-Khaled Louahla, Kamel Talhaoui, Samir Moussaoui, Adem Hecini |
| Heat 3 13.18h | time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 1. | United States | | 3:03.52 | Jerome Young, Angelo Taylor, Calvin Harrison, Alvin Harrison | | 2. | South Africa | | 3:04.08 | - | Alwyn Myburgh, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Werner Botha, Arnaud Malherbe | | 3. | Australia | | 3:04.13 | - | Casey Vincent, Blair Young, Michael Hazel, Patrick Dwyer | | 4. | Ukraine | | 3:05.41 | - | Aleksandr Kaydash, Roman Voronkov, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Gennadiy Gorbenko | | 5. | Greece | | 3:06.50 | - | Georgios Oikonomidis, Anastasios Gousis, Stilianos Dimotsios, Periklis Iakovakis | | 6. | Saudi Arabia | | 3:09.57 | 2 | Hamed Al-Bishi, Hamdan Al-Bishi, Mohammed Albeshi, Hadi Al-Somaily | | 7. | Thailand | | 3:11.65 | 3 | Jirachai Linglom, Senee Kongtong, Chalermpol Noohlong, Narong Nilploy |
| Heat 4 13.27h | time | 1 | | 1. | Japan | | 3:05.21 | - | Shunji Karube, Jun Osakada, Kenji Tabata, Takahiko Yamamura | | 2. | Russia | | 3:05.37 | 2 | Dmitriy Bogdanov, Andrey Semyonov, Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Golovastov | | 3. | Zimbabwe | | 3:05.60 | - | Crispen Mutakanyi, Tawanda Chiwira, Phillip Mukomana, Ken Harnden | | 4. | Ghana | | 3:07.07 | - | Daniel Adomako, Nathaniel Martey, Abu Duah, Daniel Mensah Kwei | | 5. | Trinidad Tobago | | 3:07.51 | - | Damion Barry, Simon Pierre, Neil De Silva, Ato Modibo | | 6. | Slovakia | | 3:09.54 | 3 | Radoslav Holubek, Marcel Lopuchovsky, Marian Vanderka, Stefan Balosak | | -. | Kuwait | | DQ | 4 | Musad Al Azimi, Bader Al Fulaij, Mishal Al Harbi, Fawzi Al Shammari |
| Heat 5 13.36h | time | 1 | | 1. | Nigeria | | 3:01.20 | 5 | Nduka Awazie, Clement Chukwu, Fidelis Gadzama, Enefiok Udo-Obong | | 2. | Poland | | 3:01.30 | 8 | Filip Walotka, Piotr Dlugosielski, Jacek Bocian, Robert Mackowiak | | 3. | Bahamas | | 3:01.50 | 3 | Timothy Munnings, Troy McIntosh, Carl Oliver, Chris Brown | | 4. | Senegal | | 3:02.67 | 2 | Oumar Loum, Ousmane Niang, Youssoupha Sarr, Ibou Faye | | 5. | Botswana | | 3:04.19 | 4 | Carlifonia Molefe, Lulu Basinyi, Johnson Kubisa, Matshameko | | 6. | Yugoslavia | | 3:07.41 | 6 | Branislav Stojanovic, Slavisa Vranes, Marko Jankovic, Sinisa Pesa | | -. | Croatia | | DQ | 7 | Elvis Persic, Nino Habun, Frano Bakaric, Darko Juricic |
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