| Final 17:50 | time | L | Q. |
| 1. United States | 3:17.83 | 5 | 7. |
| Debbie Dunn ; Allyson Felix ; Lashinda Demus ; Sanya Richards |
| 2. Jamaica | 3:21.15 | 6 | 2. |
| Rosemarie Whyte ; Novlene Williams-Mills ; Shereefa Lloyd ; Shericka Williams |
| 3. Russia | 3:21.64 | 4 | 1. |
| Anastasiya Kapachinskaya ; Tatyana Firova ; Lyudmila Litvinova ; Antonina Krivoshapka |
| 4. Great Britain | 3:25.16 | 2 | 4. |
| Lee McConnell ; Christine Ohuruogu ; Vicki Barr ; Nicola Sanders |
| 5. Germany | 3:27.61 | 8 | 3. |
| Fabienne Kohlmann ; Sorina Nwachukwu ; Esther Cremer ; Claudia Hoffmann |
| 6. Nigeria | 3:28.55 | 3 | 8. |
| Endurance Abinuwa ; Muizat Ajoke Odumosu ; Josephine Ehigie ; Folasade Abugan |
| 7. France | 3:30.16 | 7 | 9. |
| Virginie Michanol ; Aurélie Kamga ; Symphora Béhi ; Solen Désert-Mariller |
| 8. Cuba | 3:36.99 | 1 | 5. |
| Diosmely Peña ; Daisurami Bonne ; Zulia Calatayud ; Indira Terrero |