| Final 18:30 | time | L | | 1. United States | 2:54.29 | 5 | | Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson | | 2. Kenya | 2:59.82 | 3 | | Kennedy Ochieng, Simon Kemboi, Abednego Matilu, Samson Kitur | | 3. Germany | 2:59.99 | 4 | | Rico Lieder, Karsten Just, Olaf Hense, Thomas Schonlebe | | 4. France | 3:00.09 | 7 | | Jean-Louis Rapnouil, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Jacques Farraudiere, Stephane Diagana | | 5. Russia | 3:00.44 | 1 | | Dmitriy Kliger, Dmitriy Kosov, | Mikhail Vdovin, Dmitriy Golovastov | | 6. Cuba | 3:00.46 | 6 | | Ivan Garcia, Hector Herrera, Norberto Tellez, Roberto Hernandez | | 7. Jamaica | 3:01.44 | 2 | | Patrick O'Connor, Dennis Blake, Danny McFarlane, Gregory Haughton | | 8. Bulgaria | 3:05.35 | 8 | | Stanislav Georgiev, Tsvetoslav Stankulov, Kiril Raykov, Anton Ivanov |
| Heat 2 20.15h | Time | L | | 1. Germany | 3:01.26 | 6 | | Karsten Just, Rico Lieder, Olaf Hense, Thomas Schonlebe | | 2. Bulgaria | 3:01.61 | 3 | | Stanislav Georgiev, Tsvetoslav Stankulov, Kiril Raykov, Anton Ivanov | | 3. Jamaica | 3:01.70 | 5 | | Patrick O'Connor, Dennis Blake, Danny McFarlane, Gregory Haughton | | 4. Great Britain ~$3:02.15 | 4 | | Du'aine Ladejo, Guy Bullock, Wayne McDonald, Ade Mafe | | 5. New Zealand | 3:05.84 | 7 | | Shaun Farrell, Nick Cowan, Darren Dale, Mark Keddell | | 6. Thailand | 3:08.60 | 2 | | Chanond Keanchan, Sakorn Tongtip, Wirwat Poomipak | Yutthana Tonglek |
| Heat 2 20.25h | Time | L | | 1. United States | 2:58.72 | 4 | | Andrew Valmon, Antonio Pettigrew, Derek Mills, Michael Johnson | | 2. France | 3:01.70 | 3 | | Jacques Farraudiere, Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Olivier Noirot, Jean-Louis Rapnouil | | 3. Japan | 3:02.43 | 7 | | Masayoshi Kan, Shunji Karube, Yoshihiko Saito, Tomonari Ono | | 4. Algeria | 3:03.63 | 6 | | Amar Hacini, Ismail Mariche, Kamel Talhaodi, Sadek Boumendil | | 5. Mexico | 3:08.37 | 5 | | Raymundo Escalante, Juan Vallin, Josue Morales, Luis Karin Toledo | | -. Trinidad Tobago | DNS | 1 |
| Heat 3 20.35h | Time | L | | 1. Kenya | 3:00.82 | 7 | | Abednego Matilu, Simon Kemboi, Samson Kitur Ochieng Kennedy | | 2. Cuba | 3:01.36 | 4 | | Lazaro Martinez, Hector Herrera, Norberto Tellez, Roberto Hernandez | | 3. Russia | 3:01.51 | 6 | | Dmitriy Kliger, Dmitriy Kosov, Innokentiy Zharov, Dmitriy Golovastov | | 4. Italy | 3:01.85 | 2 | | Andrea Nuti, Andrea Montanari, Alessandro Aimar, Marco Vaccari | | 5. Nigeria | 3:02.64 | 3 | | Hassan Bosso, Emmanuel Okoli, Victor Omagbemi, Sunday Bada | | -. Uganda | DNS | 5 |
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