| 1 | Rußland | RUS | 3:20,32 | Q |
| (Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh, | ||||
| Tatyana Fireva, Olesya Zykina) | ||||
| 2 | Polen | POL | 3:26,04 | Q |
| (Anna Guzowska, Monika Bejnar, | ||||
| Grazyna Prokopek, Zuzanna Radecka) | ||||
| 3 | Weißrußland | BLR | 3:27,65 | Q |
| (Natalya Sologub, Yulyana Zhalniryuk, | ||||
| Anna Kozak, Ilona Usovich) | ||||
| 4 | Deutschland | GER | 3:27,96 | q |
| (Claudia Marx, Claudia Hoffmann, | ||||
| Corinna Fink, Ulrike Urbansky) | ||||
| 5 | Senegal | SEN | 3:29,03 | |
| (Aïda Diop, Bintou Fall Fatou, | ||||
| Aminata Diouf, Amy Mbacke Thiam) | ||||
| 6 | Rumänien | ROM | 3:30,97 | |
| (Angela Morosanu, Mihaela Stancescu-Neacsu, | ||||
| Alina Râpanu, Maria Rus) | ||||
| 7 | Bulgarien | BUL | 3:38,96 | |
| (Monika Gachevska, Mariyana Dimitrova, | ||||
| Nedyalka Nedkova, Monika Ivanova) |
| 1 | Großbritannien | GBR | 3:26,19 | Q | |
| (Lee McConnell, Donna Fraser, | |||||
| Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu) | |||||
| 2 | Brasilien | BRA | 3:26,82 | Q | AR |
| (Maria Laura Almirão, Geisa Aparecida Coutinho, | |||||
| Josiane Tito, Lucimar Teodoro) | |||||
| 3 | Ukraine | UKR | 3:27,23 | Q | |
| (Antonina Yefremova, Oksana Ilyushkina, | |||||
| Liliya Pilyuhina, Nataliya Pyhyda) | |||||
| 4 | Jamaika | JAM | 3:27,87 | q | |
| (Shericka Williams, Novlene Williams, | |||||
| Ronetta Smith, Lorraine Fenton) | |||||
| 5 | Mexiko | MEX | 3:31,41 | ||
| (Ruth Grajeda, Gabriela Medina, | |||||
| Mayra González, Magali Yañez) | |||||
| 6 | Südafrika | RSA | 3:31,71 | ||
| (Amanda Kotze, Dominique Koster, | |||||
| Surita Febbraio, Estie Wittstock) | |||||
| USA | USA | DQ | |||
| (Suziann Reid, Monique Hennagan, | |||||
| Moushaumi Robinson, Monique Henderson) |