| Final 21:00 | time |   | L | React. | ______ |  | 1. Jamaica | 37.04s | WR | 6 | 0.163s |   |  |  Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt |  | 2. France | 38.20s | SB | 8 | 0.162 |   |  |  Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Lesourd, Jimmy Vicaut |  | 3. Saint Kitts Nevis | 38.49s |   | 1 | 0.169 |   |  |  Jason Rogers, Kim Collins, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence |  | 4. Poland | 38.50s |   | 7 | 0.185 |   |  |  Pawel Stempel, Dariusz Kuc, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Krynski |  | 5. Italy | 38.96s |   | 2 | 0.153 |   |  |  Michael Tumi, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti |  | 6. Trinidad Tobago | 39.01s |   | 5 | 0.145 |   |  |  Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson |  | -. Great Britain | DNF |   | 3 | 0.143 |   |  |  Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey |  | -. United States | DNF |   | 4 | 0.139 |   |  |  Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Darvis Patton, Walter Dix |   
|  Heats - Sunday 04.09 - First 2 and Best 2 progress. |   
| Heat 1 19:00 | time |   | L | React. | Rk. | __________ |  | 1. United States | 37.79s | WL | 5 | 0.181 | 1. |  |  Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Maurice Mitchell, Travis Padgett |  | 2. France | 38.38s | SB | 1 | 0.156 | 6. |  |  Teddy Tinmar, Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Lesourd, Jimmy Vicaut |  | 3. Portugal | 39.09s | SB | 2 | 0.216 | 15. |  |  Ricardo Monteiro, Joao Ferreira, Arnaldo Abrantes, Yazalde Nascimento |  | 4. Ghana | 39.17s |   | 4 | 0.168 | 16. |  |  Emmanuel Kubi, Tim Abeyie, Ashhad Agyapong, Aziz Zakari |  | 5. Taiwan | 39.30s |   | 7 | 0.150 | 18. |  |  Wen-Tang Wang, Yuan-Kai Liu, Meng-Lin Tsai, Wei-Chen Yi |  | -. Switzerland | DNF |   | 6 | 0.180 |   |  |  Pascal Mancini, Reto Schenkel, Alex Wilson, Marc Schneeberger |  | -. Brazil | DQ |   | 3 | 0.173 |   |  |  Diego Cavalcanti, Sandro Viana, Nilson Andre, Bruno de Barros |   
| Heat 2 19:08 | time |   | L | React. | Rk. | __________ |  | 1. Trinidad Tobago | 37.91s | SB | 4 | 0.150 | 2. |  |  Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson |  | 2. Jamaica | 38.07s | SB | 8 | 0.146 | 3. |  |  Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Dexter Lee |  | 3. Saint Kitts Nevis | 38.47s | NR | 2 | 0.188 | 8. |  |  Jason Rogers, Kim Collins, Antoine Adams, Brijesh Lawrence |  | 4. Japan | 38.66s | SB | 5 | 0.162 | 9. |  |  Yuichi Kobayashi, Masashi Eriguchi, Shinji Takahira, Hitoshi Saito |  | 5. South Africa | 38.72s | SB | 6 | 0.168 | 11. |  |  Hannes Dreyer, Ofentse Mogawane, Roscoe Engel, Thuso Mpuang |  | 6. China | 38.87s | SB | 1 | 0.152 | 12. |  |  Qiang Chen, Jiahong Liang, Bingtian Su, Yi Lao |  | 7. Puerto Rico | 39.04s | NR | 7 | 0.183 | 14. |  |  Marcos Amalbert, Carlos Rodríguez, Marquis Holston, Miguel López |  | -. Germany | DNF |   | 3 | 0.129 |   |  |  Tobias Unger, Marius Broening, Sebastian Ernst, Alex Schaf |   
| Heat 3 19:16 | time |   | L | React. | Rk. | __________ |  | 1. Great Britain | 38.29s | SB | 5 | 0.162 | 4. |  |  Christian Malcolm, Craig Pickering, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey |  | 2. Poland | 38.37s | SB | 4 | 0.182 | 5. |  |  Pawel Stempel, Dariusz Kuc, Robert Kubaczyk, Kamil Krynski |  | 3. Italy | 38.41s | SB | 8 | 0.165 | 7. |  |  Michael Tumi, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti |  | 4. Australia | 38.69s | SB | 3 | 0.158 | 10. |  |  Anthony Alozie, Matt Davies, Aaron Rouge-Serret, Isaac Ntiamoah |  | 5. South Korea | 38.94s | NR | 1 | 0.153 | 13. |  |  Ho-Suah Yeo, Kyu-Won Cho, Kukyoung Kim, Hee-Nam Lim |  | 6. Canada | 39.28s |   | 6 | 0.193 | 17. |  |  Sam Effah, Gavin Smellie, Jared Connaughton, Justyn Warner |  | 7. Thailand | 39.54s | SB | 7 | 0.179 | 19. |  |  Weerawat Pharueang, Suppachai Chimdee, Sompote Suwannarangsri, Jirapong Meenapra |  | -. Netherlands | DQ |   | 2 | 0.172 |   |  |  Giovanni Codrington, Brian Mariano, Jerrel Feller, Patrick van Luijk |   
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