| 1 | USA | USA | 42,03 | Q | |
| (Angela Williams, Chryste Gaines, | |||||
| Inger Miller, Lauryn Williams) | |||||
| 2 | Rußland | RUS | 42,62 | Q | |
| (Olga Fyodorova, Yuliya Tabakova, | |||||
| Marina Kislova, Larisa Kruglova) | |||||
| 3 | Weißrußland | BLR | 43,11 | q | NR |
| (Yuliya Nesterenko, Oksana Dragun, | |||||
| Yelena Nevmerzhitskaya, Natalya Safronnikova) | |||||
| 4 | Griechenland | GRE | 43,81 | ||
| (Yeoryía Koklóni, Magdaliní Padaléon, | |||||
| Marína Vasarmídou, Ekateríni Thánou) | |||||
| 5 | Spanien | ESP | 44,08 | ||
| (Carmen Blay, Belén Recio, | |||||
| Cristina Sanz, Glory Alozie) | |||||
| 6 | Elfenbeinküste | CIV | 45,60 | ||
| (Matagari Diazasouba, Amandine Allou Affoué, | |||||
| Marie Gnahoré, Louise Ayétotché) |
| 1 | Ukraine | UKR | 43,26 | Q |
| (Tetyana Tkalich, Anzhela Kravchenko, | ||||
| Olena Pastushenko, Oksana Kaydash) | ||||
| 2 | Belgien | BEL | 43,36 | Q |
| (Katleen De Caluwé, Audry Rochtus, | ||||
| Elodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert) | ||||
| 3 | Bahamas | BAH | 43,64 | |
| (Timicka Clarke, Savatheda Fynes, | ||||
| Debbie Ferguson, Shandria Brown) | ||||
| 4 | Kuba | CUB | 43,82 | |
| (Dainelky Pérez, Roxana Díaz, | ||||
| Virgen Benavides, Miladis Lazo) | ||||
| 5 | Niederlande | NED | 43,96 | |
| (Joan van den Akker, Jacqueline Poelman, | ||||
| Pascal van Assendelft, Annemarie Kramer) | ||||
| 6 | Australien | AUS | 44,11 | |
| (Amy Harris, Sharon Cripps, | ||||
| Lauren Hewitt, Sally McLellan) | ||||
| Nigeria | NGR | DNS | ||
| (Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Joan Uduak Ekah, | ||||
| Endurance Ojokolo, Mercy Nku) |
| 1 | Frankreich | FRA | 42,04 | Q | NR |
| (Patricia Girard, Muriel Hurtis, | |||||
| Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron) | |||||
| 2 | Jamaika | JAM | 43,05 | Q | |
| (Lacena Golding-Clarke, Elva Goulbourne, | |||||
| Beverly McDonald, Brigitte Foster) | |||||
| 3 | Deutschland | GER | 43,34 | q | |
| (Melanie Paschke, Marion Wagner, | |||||
| Sandra Möller, Katja Wakan) | |||||
| 4 | Japan | JPN | 44,57 | ||
| (Tomoko Ishida, Ayumi Suzuki, | |||||
| Kaori Sakagami, Motoka Arai) | |||||
| 5 | Usbekistan | UZB | 45,74 | ||
| (Guzel Khubbieva, Lyudmila Dmitriadi, | |||||
| Anna Kazakova, Anastasiya Zhuravleva) | |||||
| Slowenien | SLO | DQ | |||
| (Alenka Bikar, Kristina Zumer, | |||||
| Maja Nose, Merlene Ottey) | |||||
| Schweden | SWE | DNF | |||
| (Susanna Kallur, Carolina Klüft, | |||||
| Jenny Kallur, Jenny Ljunggren) |