| Ranking Final | time | | L | React. | | 1. United States |  USA | 2:57.82 | WL | 7 | 0.198 | | David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Bryshon Nellum, LaShawn Merritt | | 2. Trinidad Tobago |  TTO | 2:58.20 | NR | 4 | 0.177 | | Renny Quow, Lalonde Gordon, Deon Lendore, Machel Cedenio | | 3. Great Britain N.I. |  GBR | 2:58.51 | SB | 6 | 0.146 | | Rabah Yousif, Delanno Williams, Jarryd Dunn, Martyn Rooney | | 4. Jamaica |  JAM | 2:58.51 | SB | 9 | 0.225 | | Peter Matthews, Ricardo Chambers, Rushdeen McDonald, Javon Francis | | 5. Belgium |  BEL | 3:00.24 | | 5 | 0.182 | | Jonathan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Kévin Borlée, Antoine Gillet | | 6. France |  FRA | 3:00.65 | | 8 | 0.201 | | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Mamoudou Eliman Hanne, Thomas Jordier | | 7. Cuba |  CUB | 3:03.05 | | 3 | 0.165 | | William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacon, Yoandys Lescay | | 8. Russia |  RUS | 3:03.05 | | 2 | 0.149 | | Artem Denmukhametov, Pavel Trenikhin, Denis Alekseyev, |
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| Intermediate times: | | 400m Trinidad Tobago 43.23s | | 800m Trinidad Tobago 1:28.91 | | 1200m Trinidad Tobago 2:13.66 |
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