| 1 | Bahamas | BAH | 2:59,73 | Q |
| (Nathaniel McKinney, Avard Moncour, | ||||
| Troy McIntosh, Andrae Williams) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaika | JAM | 2:59,75 | Q |
| (Michael Blackwood, Sanjay Ayre, | ||||
| Lansford Spence, Davian Clarke) | ||||
| 3 | Polen | POL | 3:00,38 | q |
| (Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, | ||||
| Robert Mackowiak, Rafal Wieruszewski) | ||||
| 4 | Deutschland | GER | 3:03,17 | |
| (Simon Kirch, Kamghe Gaba, | ||||
| Florian Seitz, Bastian Swillms) | ||||
| 5 | Schweden | SWE | 3:03,62 | |
| (Mattias Claesson, Jimisola Laursen, | ||||
| Johan Wissman, Thomas Nikitin) | ||||
| 6 | Botswana | BOT | 3:06,39 | |
| (Obakeng Ngwigwa, California Molefe, | ||||
| Tshepho Kelaotswe, Masheto Gakologelwang) |
| 1 | USA | USA | 3:00,48 | Q |
| (Miles Smith, Derrick Brew, | ||||
| LaShawn Merritt, Darold Williamson) | ||||
| 2 | Trinidad & Tobago | TRI | 3:01,91 | Q |
| (Ato Modibo, Julieon Raeburn, | ||||
| Renny Quow, Damion Barry) | ||||
| 3 | Rußland | RUS | 3:02,05 | q |
| (Dmitriy Forshev, Andrey Rudnitskiy, | ||||
| Andrey Polukeyev, Yevgeniy Lebedev) | ||||
| 4 | Ukraine | UKR | 3:03,41 | |
| (Oleksiy Rachkovskiy, Andriy Tverdostup, | ||||
| Myhaylo Knysh, Vitaliy Dubonosov) | ||||
| 5 | Spanien | ESP | 3:08,03 | |
| (David Testa, David Canal, | ||||
| David Melo, Antonio Manuel Reina) | ||||
| 6 | Simbabwe | ZIM | 3:08,26 | |
| (Nelton Ndebele, Talkmore Nyongani Young, | ||||
| Brian Dzingai, Temba Ncube) | ||||
| Japan | JPN | DQ | ||
| (Yuzo Kanemaru, Kenji Narisako, | ||||
| Yoshihiro Horigome, Mitsuhiro Sato) |
| 1 | Großbritannien | GBR | 3:01,95 | Q |
| (Robert Tobin, Martyn Rooney, | ||||
| Malachi Davis, Graham Hedman) | ||||
| 2 | Frankreich | FRA | 3:02,86 | Q |
| (Leslie Djhone, Naman Keïta, | ||||
| Abderrahim El Haouzy, Marc Raquil) | ||||
| 3 | Dominikanische Republik | DOM | 3:03,57 | |
| (Arismendi Peguero, Carlos Santa, | ||||
| Danis García, Antonio Side) | ||||
| 4 | Italien | ITA | 3:04,40 | |
| (Claudio Licciardello, Edoardo Vallet, | ||||
| Luca Galletti, AndreaBarberi) | ||||
| 5 | Südafrika | RSA | 3:04,64 | |
| (Jan van der Merwe, Ockert Cilliers, | ||||
| Pieter de Villiers, Louis J. van Zyl) | ||||
| 6 | Nigeria | NGR | 3:07,91 | |
| (Saul Weigopwa, Musa Audu, | ||||
| Boalji Lawal, Udo-Obong Enefiok) | ||||
| Saudi-Arabien | KSA | DQ | ||
| (Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily, | ||||
| Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Mohammed Al-Salhi) |