| Final 18:25 | time | | L | _________ | | 1. Netherlands |  _ | 38.34s | EL,NR | 8 | | Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Giovanni Codrington, Patrick van Luijk | | 2. Germany |  _ | 38.44s | | 3 | | Julian Reus, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Lucas Jakubczyk | | 3. France |  _ | 38.46s | | 5 | | Ronald Pognon, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Emmanuel Biron | | 4. Russia |  _ | 38.67s | | 6 | | Mikhail Idrisov, Konstantin Petryashov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Pavel Karavaev | | 5. Switzerland |  _ | 38.83s | | 7 | | Alex Wilson, Marc Schneeberger, Reto Schenkel, Rolf Fongué | | 6. Portugal |  _ | 39.96s | | 1 | | Ricardo Monteiro, Dany Gonçalves, Diogo Antunes, Yazaldes Nascimento | | -. Czechia |  _ | DNF | 2 | | Jan Veleba, Rostislav Šulc, Vojtěch Šulc, Lukás Štastný | | -. Great Britain |  _ | DNF | 4 | | Christian Malcolm, Dwain Chambers, James Ellington, Mark Lewis-Francis |
Heats. Saturday 30.06 11:20. | | First 3 and best 2 progress to Final. |
| Heat 2 | time | | L | Rk. | _________ | | 1. France | _ | 39.01s | SB | 6 | 2. | | Emmanuel Biron, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Jimmy Vicaut | | 2. Germany | _ | 39.04s | | 7 | 3. | | Lucas Jakubczyk, Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow, Martin Keller | | 3. Switzerland | _ | 39.41s | | 2 | 6. | | Alex Wilson, Reto Schenkel, Steven Gugerli, Marc Schneeberger | | 4. Czechia | _ | 39.52s | | 4 | 7. | | Jan Veleba, Rostislav Šulc, Vojtěch Šulc, Lukás Štastný | | 5. Spain |  _ | 39.81s | | 5 | 9. | | Eduard Viles, Bruno Hortelano, Alberto Gavaldá, Diego Alonso | | 6. Lithuania |  _ | 40.68s | | 8 | 13. | | Egidijus Dilys, Žilvinas Adomavičius, Martas Skrabulis, Aivaras Pranckevičius | | 7. Turkey |  _ | 41.42s | | 3 | 14. | | Birol Yildirim, Furkan Şen, Aykut Ay, Yiğitcan Hekimoglu | | -. Italy |  _ | DNF | 1 | -. | | Fabio Cerutti, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Jacques Riparelli |
| Heat 1 | time | | L | Rk. | _________ | | 1. Great Britain | _ | 38.98s | | 5 | 1. | | Christian Malcolm, Dwain Chambers, James Ellington, Mark Lewis-Francis | | 2. Russia | _ | 39.08s | SB | 1 | 4. | | Mikhail Idrisov, Konstantin Petryashov, Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko, Pavel Karavaev | | 3. Netherlands | _ | 39.34s | | 8 | 5. | | Brian Mariano, Churandy Martina, Jerrel Feller, Giovanni Codrington | | 4. Portugal | _ | 39.66s | SB | 7 | 8. | | Ricardo Monteiro, Dany Gonçalves, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazaldes Nascimento | | 5. Finland |  _ | 39.85s | | 6 | 10. | | Eetu Rantala, Visa Hongisto, Jonathan Åstrand, Ville Myllymäki | | 6. Sweden |  _ | 39.87s | | 4 | 11. | | David Sennung, Benjamin Olsson, Tom Kling-Baptiste, Stefan Tärnhuvud | | 7. Latvia |  _ | 40.46s | | 2 | 12. | | Ņikita Paņkins, Jānis Leitis, Sandis Sabâjevs, Jānis Mezītis | | -. Poland |  _ | DNF | | 3 | -. | | Jakub Adamski, Dariusz Kuć, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Kryński |
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| Schedule | | Final | 01.07 18:25 | | Round 1 | 30.06 11:20 |
| World record: Jamaica | Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt | 37.04 | Daegu, South Korea | 4 September 2011 | | European record: United Kingdom | Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers | 37.73 | Seville, Spain | 29 August 1999 | | Championship record: France | Max Moriniere, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose | 37.79 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 | | World Leading: Racers Track Club | Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake, Kimmari Roach, Usain Bolt | 37.80 | Kingston, Jamaica | 14 April 2012 | | European Leading: Germany | Tobias Unger, Martin Keller, Alexander Kosenkow, Alex-Platini Menga | 38.41 | Weinheim, Germany | 26 May 2012 |
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