| Final 16:05 | time | L | _________ | | 1. United States |  USA | 42.12s | 5 | | | Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry-White, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence | | 2. Jamaica |  JAM | 42.25s | 6 | | | Dahlia Duhaney, Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey | | 3. Germany |  GER | 43.01s | 7 | | | Melanie Paschke, Silke Lichtenhagen, Silke-Beate Knoll, Gabriele Becker | | 4. Bahamas |  BAH | 43.14s | 2 | | | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Debbie Ferguson, Sevatheda Fynes, Pauline Davis-Thompson | | 5. France |  FRA | 43.35s | 3 | | | Odile Singa, Frederique Bangue, Patricia Girard, Delphine Combe | | 6. Finland |  FIN | 44.46s | 1 | | | Jutta Kemila, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen, Heidi Suomi, Heli Koivula | | 7. Colombia |  COL | 44.61s | 8 | | | Elia Manuela Mera, Felipa Palacios, Patricia Rodriguez, Mirtha Brock | | -. Russia |  RUS | DNF | 4 | | | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Galina Malchugina, Marina Trandenkova, Yekaterina Leshchova |
| Heat 1 19:40 | time | L | _________ | | 1. United States | USA | 42.44s | 6 | | | Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry-White, Chryste Gaines, D'Andre Hill | | 2. France | FRA | 42.56s | 8 | | | Odile Singa, Frederique Bangue, Patricia Girard, Delphine Combe | | 3. Bahamas | BAH | 42.74s | 2 | | | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Debbie Ferguson, Sevatheda Fynes, Pauline Davis-Thompson | | 4. Finland | FIN | 43.71s | 3 | | | Jutta Kemila , Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen , Heidi Suomi , Heli Koivula | | 5. Taiwan |  TPE | 45.18s | 4 | | | Hsu Pei-Chin, Liu Shu-Hua, Chen Shu-Chen, Wang Huei-Chen | | -. Cuba |  CUB | DQ | 5 | | | Idalia Hechavarria, Aliuska Lopez, Virgen Benavides, Liliana Allen | | -. Cameroon |  CMR | DQ | 7 | | | Myriam Mani, Georgette Nkoma, Agnes Egbe Ndeh, Sylvie Mballa Eloundou |
| Heat 2 19:49 | time | L | _________ | | 1. Jamaica | JAM | 42.36s | 3 | | | Michelle Freeman, Dahlia Duhaney, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey | | 2. Russia | RUS | 42.49s | 2 | | | Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Galina Malchugina, Marina Trandenkova, Yekaterina Leshchova | | 3. Germany | GER | 42.83s | 4 | | | Melanie Paschke, Silke Lichtenhagen, Silke-Beate Knoll, Gabriele Becker | | 4. Colombia | COL | 43.42s | 5 | | | Elia Manuela Mera, Felipa Palacios, Patricia Rodriguez, Mirtha Brock | | 5. Great Britain |  GBR | 43.90s | 7 | | | Marcia Richardson, Catherine Murphy, Simmone Jacobs, Paula Dunn-Thomas | | -. Italy |  ITA | DNF | 6 | | | Carla Tuzzi, Rossella Farina, Laura Ardissone, Manuela Levorato |
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