| 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 |