| 1 | Jamaika | JAM | 3:23,82 | Q |
| (Beverly Grant, Inez Turner, | ||||
| Deon Hemmings, Sandie Richards) | ||||
| 2 | Rußland | RUS | 3:24,67 | Q |
| (Yelena Golesheva-Scheers, Yelena Ruzina, | ||||
| Vera Sychugova, Tatyana Alekseyeva) | ||||
| 3 | Tschechische Republik | CZE | 3:29,25 | Q |
| (Nadezda Kostovalová, Helena Dziurová-Fuchsová, | ||||
| Hana Benešová, Ludmila Formanová) | ||||
| 4 | Schweiz | SUI | 3:29,67 | q |
| (Marquita Brillante, Regula Zürcher-Scalabrin, | ||||
| Helen Burkart, Kathrin Luthi) | ||||
| 5 | Ukraine | UKR | 3:30,37 | |
| (Olga Lisakova, Aelita Yurchenko, | ||||
| Yelena Nasonkina, Yelena Storchovaya) | ||||
| Kuba | CUB | DNF | ||
| (Lency Montelier, Julia Duporty, | ||||
| Idalmis Bonne, Odalmis Limonta) | ||||
| Kanada | CAN | DNS |
| 1 | USA | USA | 3:24,08 | Q |
| (Terri Dendy, Michele Collins, | ||||
| Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser-Brown) | ||||
| 2 | Großbritannien | GBR | 3:27,04 | Q |
| (Linda Keough, Phylis Smith, | ||||
| Tracy Goddard, Sally Gunnell) | ||||
| 3 | Deutschland | GER | 3:27,44 | Q |
| (Heike Meissner, Sandra Seuser, | ||||
| Anja Rücker, Linda Kisabaka) | ||||
| 4 | Frankreich | FRA | 3:28,62 | q |
| (Elsa Devassoigne, Evelyne Élien, | ||||
| Francine Landre, Marie-Louise Bevis) | ||||
| 5 | Nigeria | NGR | 3:33,12 | |
| (Omolade Akinremi, Omotayo Akinremi, | ||||
| Olabisi Afolabi, Emily Odoemenam) | ||||
| 6 | Portugal | POR | 3:34,76 | |
| (Marta Moreira, Elsa Amaral, | ||||
| Cristina Regalo, Natalia Moura) | ||||
| 7 | Spanien | ESP | 3:38,61 | |
| (Blanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, | ||||
| Yolanda Reyes, Miriam Alonso) |