| 1 | Belgien | BEL | 42,85 | Q | NR |
| (Olivia Borlee, Hanna Mariën, | |||||
| Elodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert) | |||||
| 2 | Rußland | RUS | 42,90 | Q | |
| (Irina Khabarova, Natalia Rusakova, | |||||
| Yuliya Gushchina, Yevgeniya Polyakova) | |||||
| 3 | Weißrußland | BLR | 43,16 | Q | |
| (Nastassia Shuliak, Natallia Safronnikava, | |||||
| Alena Neumiarzhitskaya, Aksana Drahun) | |||||
| 4 | China | CHN | 43,39 | ||
| (Yujia Tao, Jue Chen, | |||||
| Lan Jiang, Wangping Qin) | |||||
| 5 | Finnland | FIN | 43,41 | ||
| (Heidi Hannula, Sari Keskitalo, | |||||
| Ilona Ranta, Johanna Manninen) | |||||
| 6 | Nigeria | NGR | 43,58 | ||
| (Gloria Kemasuode, Endurance Ojokolo, | |||||
| Oludamola Osayomi, Ene Franca Idoko) | |||||
| 7 | Frankreich | FRA | 43,88 | ||
| (Carima Louami, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, | |||||
| Fabienne Beret-Martinel, Christine Arron) | |||||
| 8 | Australien | AUS | 43,91 | ||
| (Sally McLellan, Melanie Kleeberg, | |||||
| Crystal Attenborough, Fiona Cullen) | |||||
| 9 | Brasilien | BRA | 44,64 | ||
| (Thatiana Regina Ignâcio, Lucimar Aparecida de Moura, | |||||
| Thaissa Presti, Luciana dos Santos) |
| 1 | USA | USA | 42,24 | Q |
| (Carmelita Jeter, Mechelle Lewis, | ||||
| Mikele Barber, Lauryn Williams) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaika | JAM | 42,70 | Q |
| (Sheri-Ann Brooks, Kerron Stewart, | ||||
| Simone Facey, Shelly-Ann Fraser) | ||||
| 3 | Großbritannien | GBR | 42,82 | Q |
| (Laura Turner, Montell Douglas, | ||||
| Emily Freeman, Joice Maduaka) | ||||
| 4 | Deutschland | GER | 43,17 | q |
| (Katja Wakan, Cathleen Tschirch, | ||||
| Johanna Kedzierski, Verena Sailer) | ||||
| 5 | Polen | POL | 43,25 | q |
| (Marta Jeschke, Daria Korczynska, | ||||
| Dorota Jedrusinska, Ewelina Klocek) | ||||
| 6 | Ghana | GHA | 43,76 | |
| (Gifty Addy, Elizabeth Amolofo, | ||||
| Esther Dankwah, Vida Anim) | ||||
| Kuba | CUB | DQ | ||
| (Virgen Benavides, Roxana Díaz, | ||||
| Mileidys Lazo, Yenima Arencibia) | ||||
| Japan | JPN | DQ | ||
| (Saori Kitakaze, Sakie Nobuoka, | ||||
| Mayumi Watanabe, Momoko Takahashi) | ||||
| Ukraine | UKR | DNF | ||
| (Olena Chebanu, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, | ||||
| Iryna Shtanhyeyeva, Iryna Shepetyuk) |