【Heat 1】
1.Trinidad and Tobago 38:26
(Keston Bledman; Marc Burns; Aaron Armstrong; Richard Thompson)
2.Japan 38:52(SB)
(Naoki Tsukahara; Shingo Suetsugu; Shinji Takahira; Nobuharu Asahara)
3.Netherlands 38:87
(Maarten Heisen; Guus Hoogmoed; Patrick van Luijk; Caimin Douglas)
4.Brazil 39:01
(José Carlos Moreira; Bruno de Barros; Vicente de Lima; Sandro Viana)
South Africa DNF
(Hannes Dreyer; Leigh Julius; Kagisho Kumbane; Thuso Mpuang)
United States DNF
(Rodney Martin; Travis Padgett; Darvis Patton; Tyson Gay)
Nigeria DNF
(Onyeabor Ngwagogu; Obinna Metu; Chinedu Oriala; Uchenna Emedolu)
Poland DNF
(Marcin Nowak; Lukasz Chyla; Marcin Jedrusinski; Dariusz Kuc)
【Heat 2】
1.Jamaica 38:31
(Dwight Thomas; Michael Frater; Nesta Carter; Asafa Powell)
2.Canada 38:77
(Hank Palmer; Anson Henry; Jared Connaughton; Pierre Browne)
3.Germany 38:93
(Tobias Unger; Till Helmke; Alexander Kosenkow; Martin Keller)
4.PR of China 39:13
(Yongyi Wen; Peimeng Zhang; Bin Lu; Kai Hu)
5.Thailand 39:40
(Sukaphai Apinan; Siriro Darasuriyong; Sompote Suwannarangsri; Sittichai Suwonprateep)
6.France 39:53
(Yannick Lesourd; Martial Mbandjock; Manuel Reynaert; Samuel Coco-Viloin)
Great Britain & N.I. DQ
(Simeon Williamson; Tyrone Edgar; Marlon Devonish; Craig Pickering)
Italy DQ
(Fabio Cerutti; Simone Collio; Emanuele Di Gregorio; Jacques Riparelli)