| Final 19.40h | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | Bahamas |  | 41.95s | 5 | | | Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson | | 2. | Jamaica |  | 42.13s | 3 | | | Tanya Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Ottey | | 3. | United States |  | 42.20s | 6 | | | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Marion Jones | | 4. | France |  | 42.42s | 4 | | | Linda Ferga, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron | | 5. | Russia |  | 43.02s | 8 | | | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | | 6. | Germany |  | 43.11s | 1 | | | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | | 7. | Nigeria |  | 44.05s | 7 | | | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | | 8. | China |  | 44.87s | 2 | | | Xiujun Zeng, Xiaomei Liu, Wangping Qin, Xuemei Li |
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| | First 3 from each of 2 Semis and Best 2 times advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 20.20h | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | Bahamas | | 42.42s | 6 | | | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes | | 2. | United States | | 42.82s | 3 | | | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson | | 3. | Nigeria | | 42.82s | 7 | | | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | | 4. | Russia | | 42.84s | 4 | | | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Irina Khabarova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | | 5. | Ghana | | 43.19s | 2 | | | Akoto, Monica Twum, Vida Anim, Vida Nsiah | | 6. | Ukraine |  | 43.31s | 8 | | | Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska | | 7. | Greece |  | 43.53s | 5 | | | Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosini Patsou, Ekaterini Koffa, Ekaterini Thanou | | 8. | Madagascar |  | 43.98s | 1 | | | Monica Rahanitraniriana, OnyPaule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe |
| Semi 2 20.28h | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | Jamaica | | 42.15s | 3 | | | Tanya Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer | | 2. | France | | 42.42s | 4 | | | Sandra Citte, Muriel Hurtis, Fabe Dia, Christine Arron | | 3. | Germany | | 42.85s | 5 | | | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | | 4. | China | | 43.04s | 7 | | | Xiujun Zeng, Xiaomei Liu, Wangping Qin, Xuemei Li | | 5. | Great Britain |  | 43.19s | 8 | | | Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Samantha Davies, Shani Anderson | | 6. | Finland |  | 43.50s | 6 | | | Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula | | 7. | Poland |  | 44.07s | 2 | | | Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Nielacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka | | 8. | Colombia |  | 44.37s | 1 | | | Melisa Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios |
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Heats> - Friday 29.09 | | First 3 from each of 4 Heats and Best 4 times advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 10.45h | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | France | | 43.23s | 3 | | | Sandra Citte, Fabe Dia, Muriel Hurtis, Christine Arron | | 2. | Greece | | 43.46s | 6 | | | Paraskevi Patoulidou, Effrosini Patsou, Ekaterini Koffa, Ekaterini Thanou | | 3. | Poland | | 44.05s | 7 | | | Marzena Pawlak, Joanna Nielacna, Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz, Zuzanna Radecka | | 4. | Thailand |  | 44.51s | 2 | | | Wirawan Ruamsuk, Supavadee Khawpeag, Orranut Klomdee, Trecia Roberts | | 5. | Yugoslavia |  | 45.02s | 5 | | | Elvira Pancic, Mila Savic, Biljana Mitrovic, Vukosava Djapic | | -. | Australia |  | DNF | 4 | | | Elly Hutton, Lauren Hewitt, Sharon Cripps, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
| Heat 2 10.53h | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | Jamaica | | 42.46s | 4 | | | Tanya Lawrence, Veronica Campbell, Beverly McDonald, Merlene Frazer | | 2. | Germany | | 42.82s | 5 | | | Gabriele Rockmeier, Sabrina Mulrain, Andrea Philipp, Marion Wagner | | 3. | China | | 43.07s | 2 | | | Xiujun Zeng, Xiaomei Liu, Wangping Qin, Xuemei Li | | 4. | Great Britain | | 43.26s | 3 | | | Joice Maduaka, Marcia Richardson, Sarah Wilhelmy, Shani Anderson | | 5. | Colombia | | 44.08s | 7 | | | Digna Luz Murillo, Ximena Restrepo, Mirtha Brock, Felipa Palacios | | 6. | Canada |  | 44.08s | 6 | | | Atia Weekes, Esi Benyarku, Tarama Perry, Martha Adusei |
| Heat 3 11.01h | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | Bahamas | | 42.58s | 3 | | | Eldece Clarke-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Sevatheda Fynes | | 2. | Finland | | 43.66s | 5 | | | Manuela Bosco, Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen, Johanna Manninen, Heidi Hannula | | 3. | Ghana |  | 43.77s | 7 | | | Akoto, Monica Twum, Veronica Bawuah, Vida Nsiah | | 4. | Ukraine | | 43.93s | 4 | | | Irina Pukha, Anzhela Kravchenko, Olena Pastushenko, Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska | | 5. | Ivory Coast |  | 44.34s | 6 | | | Affoue Amandine Allou, Makaridja Sanganoko, Mary Gnahore, Louise Ayetotche | | 6. | India |  | 45.20s | 2 | | | Jayalakshmi V, Vinita Tripathi, Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry |
| Heat 4 11.09h | time | L | _____________ | | 1. | United States | | 42.92s | 6 | | | Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry, Passion Richardson | | 2. | Russia | | 43.15s | 3 | | | Natalya Ignatova, Marina Trandenkova, Marina Kislova, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | | 3. | Nigeria | | 43.28s | 8 | | | Glory Alozie, Benedicta Ajudua, Mercy Nku, Mary Onyali | | 4. | Madagascar | | 43.61s | 5 | | | Monica Rahanitraniriana, Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy, Rosa Rakotozafy, Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe | | 5. | Sri Lanka |  | 44.51s | 4 | | | Tamara Saman Deepika, Pradeepa Herath, S. De Zoya, K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha | | 6. | Uzbekistan |  | 45.14s | 2 | | | Elena Kviatkovskaya, Lyubov Perepelova, Lyudmila Dmitriadi, Guzel Khubbieva | | 7. | Cameroon |  | 45.82s | 7 | | | Esther Mvondo, Anne Marie Mouri Nkeng, Carine Eyenga, Francoise Mbango Etone |
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