| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Final | time | +time | t.a. | | 1. United States |  USA | 3:10.4 | | 3:10.4 | | Arthur Harnden, Clifford Bourland, Malvin Whitfield, Roy Cochran | | 2. France |  FRA | 3:14.8 | +4.71 | | | Francis Schewetta, Jean Kerebel, Robert Chef d'Hôtel, Jacques Lunis | | 3. Sweden |  SWE | 3:16.0 | +6.08 | | | Folke Alnevik, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt, Rune Larsson | | 4. Finland |  FIN | 3:24.8 | +14.45 | | | Bertel Storskrubb, Olavi Talja, Runar Holmberg, Tauno Suvanto | | -. Jamaica |  JAM | DNF | | | | Arthur Wint, George Rhoden, Herbert McKenley, Leslie Laing | | -. Italy |  ITA | DNF | | | | Antonio Siddi, Gianni Rocca, Luigi Paterlini, Ottavio Missoni |
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Heats - Friday 06.08 | | First 2 from 3 heats progressed to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | t.a. | | 1. United States | USA | 3:12.6 | 3:12.6 | | 2. Italy | ITA | 3:14.0 | | | Antonio Siddi, Gianni Rocca, Luigi Paterlini, Ottavio Missoni | | 3. Great Britain |  GBR | 3:14.2 | | | Derek Pugh, Leslie Lewis, Martin Pike, William Roberts | | 4. Switzerland |  SUI | 3:23.0 | | | Karl Volkmer, Max Trepp, Oskar Hardmeier, Walter Keller | | -. Ireland |  IRL | DQ | | | Charles Denroche, Jimmy Reardon, Paul Dolan, Reggie Myles |
| Heat 2 | time | t.a. | | 1. Jamaica | JAM | 3:14.0 | 3:14.0 | | Arthur Wint, George Rhoden, Herbert McKenley, Leslie Laing | | 2. France | FRA | 3:17.0 | | | 3. Canada |  CAN | 3:19.0 | | | Ernest McCullough, James McFarlane, Robert McFarlane, William LaRochelle | | 4. Chile |  CHI | 3:23.8 | | | Carlos Silva, Gustavo Ehlers, Jaime Jitelman, Sergio Guzmán | | 5. Turkey |  TUR | 3:35.0 | | | Dogan Acarbay, Kemal Horulu, Riza I?man, Seydi Dinçtürk |
| Heat 3 | time | t.a. | | 1. Finland | FIN | 3:20.6 | 3:20.7 | | Bertel Storskrubb, Olavi Talja, Runar Holmberg, Tauno Suvanto | | 2. Sweden | SWE | 3:21.0 | | | Folke Alnevik, Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt, Rune Larsson | | 3. Argentina |  ARG | 3:21.2 | | | Antonio Pocovi, Guillermo Avalos, Guillermo Evans, Hermenegildo Alberti | | 4. Yugoslavia |  YUG | 3:25.4 | | | Aleksandar ?osič, Jerko Bulič, Marko Račič, Zvonimir Sabolovič | | 5. Greece |  GRE | 3:33,0 | | | Lazaros Petropoulakis, Stefanos Petrakis, Stylianos Stratakos, Vasilios Mavroidis |
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