| Final | time | ___________________ | | 1. United States | 2:56.1 | | | Vincent Matthews, Ronald Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans | | 2. Kenya | 2:59.6 | | | Daniel Rudisna, Munyoro Nyamau, Naftali Bon, Charles Asati | | 3. West Germany | 3:00.5 | | | Helmar Muller, Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennige, Martin Jellinghaus | | 4. Poland | 3:00.5 | | | Stanislaw Gredzinski, Jan Balachowski, Jan Werner, Andrzej Badenski | | 5. Great Britain | 3:01.2 | | | Martin Winbolt-Lewis, Colin Campbell, David Hemery, John Sherwood | | 6. Trinidad Tobago | 3:04.5 | | | George Simon, Euric Bobb, Benedict Cayenne, Edwin Roberts | | 7. Italy | 3:04.6 | | | Sergio Ottolina, Giacomo Puosi, Furio Fusi, Sergio Bello | | 8. France | 3:07.5 | | | Jeanh Nallet, Jacques Carette, Gilles Bertould, Jean Boccardo |
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| Heat 1 | Time | ___________________ | | 1. United States | 3:00.7 | | | Vincent Matthews, Ronald Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans | | 2. Kenya | 3:00.8 | | | Daniel Rudisna, Munyoro Nyamau, Naftali Bon, Charles Asati | | 3. Italy | 3:04.8 | | | Sergio Ottolina, Giacomo Puosi, Furio Fusi, Sergio Bello | | 4. East Germany | 3:06.9 | | | Hartmut Schwabe, Dieter Fromm, Wolfgang Muller, Michael Zerbes | | 5. Dominican Republic | 3:19.4 | | | Rolando Gomez, Jose L'Oficial, Radhames Mora, David Soriano | | -. Malaisia | DNS |
| Heat 2 | Time | ___________________ | | 1. Poland | 3:03.0 | | | Stanislaw Gredzinski, Jan Balachwski, Jan Werner, Andrzej Badenski | | 2. Great Britain | 3:03.6 | | | Martin Winbolt-Lewis, Colin Campbell, David Hemery, John Sherwood | | 3. Nigeria | 3:05.7 | | | Mamman Makama, David Ejoke, Musa Dogon Yaro, Anthony Egwunyenga | | 4. Senegal | 3:06.9 | | | Amadou Gakou, Daour M'baye, Papa N'diaye, Mamadou Sarr | | -. Belgium | DNS | | -. Jamaica | DNS |
| Heat 3 | Time | ___________________ | | 1. West Germany | 3:03.8 | | | Helmar Mullier, Manfred Kinder, Gerhard Hennige, Martin Jellinghaus | | 2. Trinidad and Tobago | 3:04.5 | | | George Simon, Euric Bobb, Benedict Cayenne, Edwin Roberts | | 3. France | 3:04.6 | | | Jean Nallet, Jacques Carette, Gilles Bertould, Christian Nicolau | | 4. Cuba | 3:05.2 | | | Carlos Martinez, Eddy Tellez, Miguel Olivera, Rodobaldo Diaz | | 5. Venezuela | 3:07.6 | | | Victor Patinez, Raul Dome, Victor Maldonado, Jose Hidalgo | | 6. Mexico | 3:08.1 | | | Melesio Piņa, Salvador Medina, Carlos Castro, Francisco Sardo | | 7. Canada | 3:09.6 | | | Ross Mackenzie, Brian Maclaren, William Crothers, Wesley Brooker |
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