Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 2 United States Kelly Willie, Derrick Brew, Andrew Rock, Darold Williamson 2:59.30 Q
2 2 Nigeria James Godday, Musa Audu, Saul Weigopwa, Enefiok Udo-Obong 3:01.60 Q, SB
3 2 Bahamas Andrae Williams, Dennis Darling, Nathaniel McKinney, Christopher Brown 3:01.74 Q, SB
4 1 Great Britain Timothy Benjamin, Sean Baldock, Malachi Davis, Matthew Elias 3:02.40 Q, SB
5 1 Japan Yuki Yamaguchi, Jun Osakada, Tomohiro Ito, Mitsuhiro Sato 3:02.71 Q
6 1 Germany Ingo Schultz, Kamghe Gaba, Ruwen Faller, Bastian Swillims 3:02.77 Q
7 1 Australia John Steffensen, Clinton Hill, Patrick Dwyer, Mark Ormrod 3:03.06 q
8 1 Botswana Oganeditse Moseki, Johnson Kubisa, California Molefe, Kagiso Kilego 3:03.32 q, SB
9 2 Russia Aleksandr Larin, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov, Ruslan Mashchenko 3:03.35
10 2 Poland Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Marek Plawgo 3:03.69
11 2 Ukraine Volodymyr Demchenko, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Myhaylo Knysh, Andriy Tverdostup 3:04.01
12 1 Greece Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panagiotis Sarris, Periklis Iakovakis 3:04.27 SB
13 1 France Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahima Wade, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Leslie Djhone 3:04.39
14 2 Spain Eduardo Ivan Rodriguez, David Canal, Luis Flores, Antonio Manuel Reina 3:05.03 SB
99 2 South Africa Marcus la Grange, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Ockert Cilliers, Arnaud Malherbe DNF
99 1 Jamaica Michael Campbell, Michael Blackwood, Jermaine Gonzales, Davian Clarke DSQ