| Final 17:05 | time | | L | _________ | | 1. Belgium |  _ | 3:01.09 | EL | 6 | | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | | 2. Great Britain |  _ | 3:01.56 | | 5 | | Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Robert Tobin, Richard Buck | | 3. Germany |  _ | 3:01.77 | | 7 | | Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Thomas Schneider | | 4. Poland |  _ | 3:02.37 | | 4 | | Piotr Wiaderek, Jan Ciepiela, Marcin Marciniszyn, Kacper Kozłowski | | 5. Czechia |  _ | 3:02.72 | NR | 3 | | Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša | | 6. France |  _ | 3:03.04 | | 1 | | Teddy Venel, Toumane Coulibaly, Marc Macedot, Yannick Fonsat | | 7. Ukraine |  _ | 3:04.56 | | 8 | | Oleksiy Ryemyen, Stanislav Melnykov, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov | | 8. Netherlands |  _ | 3:05.68 | | 2 | | Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui |
Heats. Saturday 30.06 13:05. | | First 3 and best 2 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | L | Rk. | _________ | | 1. Great Britain | _ | 3:05.50 | | 2 | 3. | | Luke Lennon-Ford, Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine | | 2. Poland | _ | 3:05.69 | | 5 | 4. | | Kamil Budziejewski, Jan Ciepiela, Michał Pietrzak, Piotr Wiaderek | | 3. Germany | _ | 3:05.71 | | 3 | 5. | | Jonas Plass, Kamghe Gaba, Niklas Zender, Thomas Schneider | | 4. France | _ | 3:06.44 | | 6 | 8. | | Teddy Venel, Naman Keïta, Marc Macedot, Mame-Ibra Anne | | 5. Italy |  _ | 3:08.78 | | 4 | 9. | | Lorenzo Valentini, Isalbet Juarez, Andrea Barberi, Claudio Licciardello | | 6. Russia |  _ | 3:09.94 | | 8 | 11. | | Yegor Kibakin, Aleksey Kenig, Maksim Aleksandrenko, Nikita Uglov | | 7. Turkey |  _ | 3:11.44 | | 7 | 13. | | Mehmet Güzel, Halit Kiliç, Bugra Han Kocabeyoglu, Yavuz Can | | -. Ireland |  _ | DQ | | 1 | -. | | Brian Murphy, David Gillick, Tim Crowe, Jason Harvey |
| Heat 2 | time | | L | Rk. | _________ | | 1. Belgium | _ | 3:05.29 | | 6 | 1. | | Nils Duerinck, Antoine Gillet, Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | | 2. Czechia | _ | 3:05.41 | | 8 | 2. | | Daniel Němeček, Pavel Maslák, Josef Prorok, Jakub Holuša | | 3. Ukraine | _ | 3:06.12 | | 7 | 6. | | Myhaylo Knysh, Oleksiy Ryemyen, Yevhen Hutsol, Volodymyr Burakov | | 4. Netherlands | _ | 3:06.15 | | 4 | 7. | | Joeri Moerman, Bram Peters, Dennis Spillekom, Youssef El Rhalfioui | | 5. Spain |  _ | 3:09.11 | | 3 | 10. | | Roberto Briones, Mark Ujakpor, David Testa, Samuel García | | 6. Finland |  _ | 3:10.26 | | 2 | 12. | | Petteri Monni, Ville Wendelin, Oskari Mörö, Jani Koskela | | 7. Hungary |  _ | 3:11.79 | | 5 | 14. | | Tibor Kása, Zoltán Kovács, Dávid Bartha, Máté Lukács |
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| 30 June 2012 | 13:05 | Round 1 | | 1 July 2012 | 17:05 | Final |
| World record | United States | Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts | Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 | | European record | United Kingdom | Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch | Mark Richardson, Roger Black | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 | | Championship record | United Kingdom | Paul Sanders, Kriss Akabusi | John Regis, Roger Black | 2:58.22 | Split, Yugoslavia | 1 September 1990 | | World Leading | University of Florida | Dedric Dukes, Hugh Graham Jr | Leonardo Seymore, Tony McQuay | 3:00.02 | Des Moines | , United States | 9 June 2012 | | European Leading | Belgium | Antoine Gillet, Jonathan Borlée | Jente Bouckaert, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.76 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
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