| 1 | USA | USA | 2:58,23 | Q | |
| (Marlon Ramsey, Derek Mills, | |||||
| Kevin Lyles, Darnell Hall) | |||||
| 2 | Jamaika | JAM | 2:58,29 | Q | AR |
| (Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, | |||||
| Dennis Blake, Danny McFarlane) | |||||
| 3 | Deutschland | GER | 3:00,25 | q | |
| (Uwe Jahn, Karsten Just, | |||||
| Kai Karsten, Rico Lieder) | |||||
| 4 | Japan | JPN | 3:01,46 | ||
| (Shunji Karube, Yoshihiko Saito, | |||||
| Kazuhiko Yamazaki, Masayoshi Kan) | |||||
| 5 | Italien | ITA | 3:02,01 | ||
| (Marco Vaccari, Laurent Ottoz, | |||||
| Alessandro Aimar, Andrea Nuti) | |||||
| 6 | Bahamas | BAH | 3:02,85 | NR | |
| (Troy McIntosh, Dennis Darling, | |||||
| Timothy Munnings, Carl Oliver) | |||||
| 7 | Mexiko | MEX | 3:07,22 | ||
| (Alejandro Cárdenas, Juan Vallin, | |||||
| Alberto Araujo, Raymundo Escalante) |
| 1 | Kenia | KEN | 3:00,81 | Q | |
| (Samson Kitur, Abednego Matilu, | |||||
| Julius Chepkwony, Charles Gitonga) | |||||
| 2 | Kuba | CUB | 3:01,82 | Q | |
| (Iván García, Jorge L. Crusellas, | |||||
| Omar Mena, Norberto Téllez) | |||||
| 3 | Australien | AUS | 3:03,07 | ||
| (Rohan Robinson, Michael Joubert, | |||||
| Mark Ladbrook, Paul Greene) | |||||
| 4 | Schweiz | SUI | 3:03,91 | NR | |
| (Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, | |||||
| Alain Rohr, Matthias Rusterholz) | |||||
| 5 | Senegal | SEN | 3:05,15 | ||
| (Moustapha Diarra, Ibrahima Wade, | |||||
| Ibou Faye, Hachim Ndiaye) | |||||
| 6 | Frankreich | FRA | 3:09,46 | ||
| (Jacques Farraudiére, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, | |||||
| Marc Foucan, Jean-Louis Rapnouil) | |||||
| Saudi-Arabien | SAU | DNF | |||
| (Salah Al Nassri, Mohammed Al-Bishi, | |||||
| Hashim Al-Sharfa, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily) |
| 1 | Nigeria | NGR | 3:01,09 | Q | |
| (Udeme Ekpeyong, Jude Monye, | |||||
| Kunle Adejuyigbe, Sunday Bada) | |||||
| 2 | Großbritannien | GBR | 3:01,22 | Q | |
| (David McKenzie, Adrian Patrick, | |||||
| Mark Hylton, Mark Richardson) | |||||
| 3 | Polen | POL | 3:01,38 | q | |
| (Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Pawel Januszewski, | |||||
| Robert Mackowiak, Tomasz Jedrusik) | |||||
| 4 | Südafrika | RSA | 3:01,51 | NR | |
| (Hermanus De Jager, Arnaud Malherbe, | |||||
| Riaan Dempers, Bobang Phiri) | |||||
| 5 | Simbabwe | ZIM | 3:04,86 | NR | |
| (Arnold Payne, Savieri Ngidhi, | |||||
| Tawanda Chiwira, Ken Harnden) | |||||
| 6 | Neuseeland | NZL | 3:06,39 | ||
| (Callum Taylor, Nick Cowan, | |||||
| Mark Wilson, Robert Hanna) | |||||
| Trinidad & Tobago | TRI | DNS |