| Final 19.55h | time | L | | 1. Canada | 37.86s | 8 | | | Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey | | 2. Nigeria | 38.07s | 3 | | | Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa | | 3. Great Britain | 38.14s | 5 | | | Darren Braithwaite, Darren Campbell, Douglas Walker, Julian Golding | | 4. Cuba | 38.15s | 6 | | | Alfredo Garcia-Baro, Misael Ortiz, Ivan Garcia, Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda | | 5. Ghana | 38.26s | 4 | | | Abu Dua, Eric Nkansah, Abdul Aziz Zakari, Emmanuel Tuffour | | 6. Brazil | 38.48s | 2 | | | Vicente Lenilson De Lima, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Robson Caetano Da Silva, Edson Luciano Ribeiro | | 7. Spain | 38.72s | 7 | | | Frutos Feo, Venancio Jose, Jordi Mayoral, Carlos Berlanga | | -. France | DQ | 1 | | | Emmanuel Bangue, Frederic Krantz, Gilles Queneherve, Stephane Cali |
| Semi-Finals | Saturday 09.08 |
| Semi 1 20.50h | time | L | | 1. Ghana | 38.12s | 6 | | | Abu Dua, Eric Nkansah, Abdul Aziz Zakari, Emmanuel Tuffour | | 2. Great Britain | 38.25s | 3 | | | Dwain Chambers, Darren Campbell, Darren Braithwaite, Julian Golding | | 3. Spain | 38.60s | 7 | | | Frutos Feo, Venancio Jose, Jordi Mayoral, Carlos Berlanga | | 4. France | 38.71s | 4 | | | Emmanuel Bangue, Frederic Krantz, Olivier Theophile, Stephane Cali | | 5. Italy | 38.77s | 2 | | | Andrea Amici, Giovanni Puggioni, Carlo Occhiena, Sandro Floris | | 6. Poland | 38.79s | 8 | | | Marcin Krzywanski, Dariusz Adamczyk, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk | | 7. Qatar | 39.53s | 1 | | | Jassim Abbas, Sultan Al-Sheeb, Jama Yusuf Sulaiman, Saad Al-Kuwari | | -. Greece | DNF | 5 | | | Alexandros Genovelis, Thomas Sbokos, Georgios Panagiotopoulos, Angelos Pavlakakis |
| Semi 2 20.58h | time | L | | 1. Nigeria | 37.94s | 7 | | | Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa | | 2. Cuba | 38.06 | 5 | | | Alfredo Garcia-Baro, Misael Ortiz, Ivan Garcia, Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda | | 3. Canada | 38.15s | 3 | | | Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Fonovan Bailey | | 4. Brazil | 38.17s | 6 | | | Vicente Lenilson De Lima, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Robson Caetano Da Silva | | 5. Japan | 38.31s | 1 | | | Satoru Inoue, Koji Ito, Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Nobuharu Asahara | | 6. Sweden | 38.89s | 4 | | | Patrik Lovgren, Torbjorn Maartensson, Torbjorn Eriksson, Peter Karlsson | | 7. Bahamas | 39.12s | 2 | | | Renward Wells, Andrew Tynes, Dennis Darling, Joseph Styles | | -. Ukraine | DNF | 8 | | | Aleksey Chikhachov, Sergey Osovich, Igor Strakh, Vladislav Dologodin |
| Quarter 1 18.30h | time | L | | 1. Ghana | 38.41s | 4 | | | Abu Dua, Eric Nkansah, Abdul Aziz Zakari, Emmanuel Tuffour | | 2. Sweden | 39.04s | 6 | | | Patrik Lovgren, Torbjorn Maartensson, Torbjorn Eriksson, Peter Karlsson | | 3. Ukraine | 39.32s | 3 | | | Aleksey Chikhachov, Sergey Osovich, Oleg Kramarenko, Vladislav Dologodin | | 4. Mexico | 39.93s | 7 | | | Carlos Villasenor, Alejandro Banda, Jaime de J. Lopez, Pedro Toledo Juan | | -. United States | DNF | 2 | | | Brian Lewis, Tim Montgomery, Dennis Mitchell, Maurice Greene | | -. Jamaica | DNS | 5 | | | Donovan Powell, Dennis Mowatt, Garth Robinson, Elston Cawley | | -. Cyprus | DNS | 1 |
| Quarter 2 18.38h | time | L | | 1. Brazil | 38.31s | 8 | | | Vicente Lenilson De Lima, Claudinei Quirino Da Silva, Robson Caetano Da Silva, Edson Luciano Ribeiro | | 2. Canada | 38.36s | 1 | | | Carlton Chambers, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey | | 3. Japan | 38.44s | 3 | | | Satoru Inoue, Koji Ito, Hiroyasu Tsuchie, Nobuharu Asahara | | 4. Nigeria | 38.46s | 4 | | | Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken, Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa | | 5. Portugal | 39.37s | 7 | | | Paulo Neves, Mario Barbosa, Paulo Figueiredo, Carlos Calado | | 6. Slovenia | 39.62s | 6 | | | Marko Stor, Urban Acman, Tomaz Bozic, Gregor Breznik | | 7. New Zealand | 39.66s | 2 | | | Augustine Nketia, Chris Donaldson, Paul Gibbons, Donald MacDonald | | 8. Liberia | 39.90s | 5 | | | Kouty Mawenh, Sayon Cooper, Robert M. Dennis, Edward Neufville |
| Quarter 3 18.46h | time | L | | 1. Great Britain | 38.47s | 1 | | | Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Darren Braithwaite, Julian Golding | | 2. France | 38.80s | 4 | | | Emmanuel Bangue, Frederic Krantz, Olivier Theophile, Stephane Cali | | 3. Spain | 38.87s | 5 | | | Frutos Feo, Venancio Jose, Jordi Mayoral, Francisco Javier Navarro | | 4. Poland | 39.00s | 8 | | | Marcin Krzywanski, Dariusz Adamczyk, Piotr Balcerzak, Ryszard Pilarczyk | | 5. Bahamas | 39.09s | 3 | | | Renward Wells, Andrew Tynes, Dennis Darling, Joseph Styles | | 6. Ireland | 39.46s | 6 | | | Kevin Cogley, Gary Ryan, Ryan Comyns Tom | | 7. Cameroon | 39.73s | 2 | | | Alfred Moussambani, Issa-Aime Nthepe, Serge Bengono II, Claude Toukene | | -. Ivory Coast | DQ | 7 | | | Eric Pacome, Jean-Olivier Zirignon, Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahim Meite |
| Quarter 4 18.54h | time | L | | 1. Cuba | 38.64s | 1 | | | Alfredo Garcia-Baro, Misael Ortiz, Ivan Garcia, Luis Alberto Perez-Rionda | | 2. Greece | 38.74s | 4 | | | Alexandros Genovelis, Thomas Sbokos, Georgios Panagiotopoulos, Angelos Pavlakakis | | 3. Italy | 38.97s | 3 | | | Andrea Amici, Giovanni Puggioni, Carlo Occhiena, Sandro Floris | | 4. Qatar | 39.05s | 6 | | | Jassim Abbas, Sultan Al-Sheeb, Sulaiman Jama Yusuf, Saad Al-Kuwari | | 5. Hungary | 39.38s | 5 | | | Viktor Kovacs, Miklos Gyulai, Szabolcs Alexa, Gabor Dobos | | 6. Australia | 39.39s | 2 | | | Ryan Witnish, Damien Marsh, Steve Brimacombe, Rod Mapstone | | -. Fiji | DNS | 7 |
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