| 1 | USA | USA | 3:04,17 | Q |
| (James Davis, Derrick Brew, | ||||
| Milton Campbell, Jerome Young) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaika | JAM | 3:06,46 | Q |
| (Leroy Colguhoun, Danny McFarlane, | ||||
| Kemel Thompson, Michael Blackwood) | ||||
| 3 | Großbritannien | GBR | 3:06,60 | q |
| (Mark Hylton, Jared Deacon, | ||||
| Timothy Benjamin, Cori Henry) | ||||
| Irland | IRL | DNS | ||
| (Paul Brizzel, Gary Ryan, | ||||
| Paul McKee, David McCarthy) |
| 1 | Rußland | RUS | 3:08,71 | Q |
| (Oleg Mishukov, Dmitriy Golovastov, | ||||
| Andrey Rudnizkiy, Aleksandr Usov) | ||||
| 2 | Polen | POL | 3:16,10 | Q |
| (Rafal Wieruszewski, Artur Gasiewski, | ||||
| Marcin Marciniszyn, Piotr Rysiukiewicz) | ||||
| Spanien | ESP | DQ | ||
| (Salvador Rodriguez, Daniel Ruiz, | ||||
| Alberto Martinez, Artzai Morante) | ||||
| Bahamas | BAH | DQ | ||
| (Troy McIntosh, Avard Moncur, | ||||
| Carl Oliver, Timothy Munnings) |