| Final | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | United States |  | 3:20.91 | 3 | | | Rochelle Stevens 51.68s, Maicel Malone 50.27s, Kim Graham 49.49s, Jearl Miles 49.47s [Linetta Wilson 51.22s] | | 2. | Nigeria |  | 3:21.04 | 6 | | | Olabisi Afolabi 51.13s, Fatima Yusuf 49.72s, Charity Opara 51.29s, Falilat Ogunkoya 48.90s | | 3. | Germany |  | 3:21.14 | 5 | | | Uta Rohländer 51.72s, Linda Kisabaka 50.43s, Anja Rücker 50.36s, Grit Breuer 48.63s | | 4. | Jamaica |  | 3:21.69 | 8 | | | Merlene Frazer 51.42s, Sandie Richards 50.72s, Juliet Campbell 50.21s, Deon Hemmings 49.34s [Tracey Barnes 51.43s, Inez Turner 50.95s] | | 5. | Russia |  | 3:22.22 | 2 | | | Tatyana Chebykina 51.35s, Svetlana Goncharenko 50.43s, Yekaterina Kulikova 50.86s, Olga Kotlyarova 49.58s | | 6. | Cuba |  | 3:25.85 | 4 | | | Idalmis Bonne 51.94s, Julia Duporty 50.21s, Surella Morales 53.98s, Ana Quirot 49.72s | | 7. | Czechia |  | 3:26.99 | 7 | | | Naděžda Koštovalová 54.13s, Ludmila Formanová 51.46s, Helena Fuchsová 50.79s, Hana Benešová 50.61s | | 8. | France |  | 3:28.46 | 1 | | | Francine Landre 51.81s, Vivian Dorsile 51.69s, Evelyn Elien 53.16s, Elsa Devassoigne 51.80s |
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Heats - Friday, 2nd August | | First 3 from each of 2 Heats and Best 2 times advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | United States | | 3:22.71 | 2 | | | Rochelle Stevens, Linetta Wilson, Kim Graham, Maicel Malone | | 2. | Nigeria | | 3:23.24 | 5 | | | Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya | | 3. | France | | 3:28.07 | 8 | | | Francine Landre, Viviane Dorsile, Evelyne Elien, Elsa de Vassoigne | | 4. | Great Britain |  | 3:28.13 | 7 | | | Phylis Smith, Allison Curbishley, Donna Fraser, Georgina Oladapo | | 5. | Ukraine |  | 3:28.16 | 3 | | | Viktoriya Fomenko, Lyudmyla Koshchey, Yana Manuylova, Olha Moroz | | 6. | Antigua Barbuda |  | 3:44.98 | 1 | | | Dine Potter, Sonia Williams, Charmaine Thomas, Heather Samuel | | -. | India |  | DQ | 4 | | | B. K Mathew, Rosakutty Kunnath Chacko, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, Shiny Wilson | | -. | US Virgin Islands |  | DNS | 6 | |
| Heat 2 | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | Germany | | 3:24.08 | 4 | | | Uta Rohlaender, Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rucker, Grit Breuer | | 2. | Cuba | | 3:24.23 | 5 | | | Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales, Ana Fidelia Quirot | | 3. | Russia | | 3:24.86 | 2 | | | Tatyana Chebykina, Olga Kotlyarova, Yekaterina Kulikova, Svetlana Goncharenko | | 4. | Jamaica | | 3:25.33 | 6 | | | Juliet Campbell, Tracey Barnes, Merlene Frazer, Inez Turner | | 5. | Czechia | | 3:26.82 | 7 | | | Nadezda Kostovalova, Ludmila Formanova, Helena Fuchsova, Hana Benesova | | 6. | Australia |  | 3:33.78 | 3 | | | Lee Naylor, Kylie Hanigan, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Renee Poetschka | | 7. | Saint Keats Nevis |  | 3:35.12 | 8 | | | Bernadeth Prentice, Diane Francis, Valma Bass, Tamara Wigley |
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| | Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium. | | 61 competitors from 14 nations. |
| Round | H | Teams | Date | | Heats | 2 | 15 | 02.08 |
With the Soviet teams finally broken up, the USA was favoured to win.
It was fastest in the heats with 3:22.71, (thanks to sub-50 legs by
Graham and Malone). Nigeria led after the first leg in the final, with
individual semi-finalist Afolabi 3m up with 51.13. The tall (1.80/64kg)
Yusuf burned off Goncharenko and Malone with her 49.73, giving
Nigeria a lead of 8m at halfway. Graham then gave the USA a winning
chance, making up 15m on Opara to put her team 6m ahead at the final
exchange. Miles needed all her experience to hold off Ogunkoya who
closed to within a metre before tiring too much to dent the lead further.
Fastest of all on the anchor leg was Breuer, who gained 5m on the leading
two in the last 30m.
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