Bieg 1 Poz.PaństwoZawodniczkiRezultatUwagi1Grit Breuer, Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller3:27,37Q2Charmaine Crooks, Esmie Lawrence, Marita Payne-Wiggins, Jillian Richardson3:27,63Q3Helga Arendt, Michaela Schabinger, Gisela Kinzel, Gudrun Abt3:27,76Q4Linda Keough, Jennifer Stoute, Janet Smith, Sally Gunnell2:28,52q5Fabienne Ficher, Nathalie Simon, Évelyne Élien, Nadine Debois3:29,95q6Falilat Ogunkoya, Kehinde Vaughan, Airat Bakare, Mary Onyali3:30,217Mercy Kuttan-Mathews, Vandana Rao, Vandana Shanbagh, Shiny Abraham3:33,46–Debbie Flintoff-King, Maree Holland, Kerry Johnson, Jenny Laurendet
Bieg 2 Poz.PaństwoZawodniczkiRezultatUwagi1Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Denean Howard, Diane Dixon3:25,86Q2Marcia Tate, Andrea Thomas, Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sharon Powell3:26,83Q3Ludmyła Dżyhałowa, Olga Nazarowa, Marija Pinigina, Olha Bryzhina3:27,14Q4Tânia Miranda, Suzete Montalvão, Soraya Telles, Maria Magnólia Figueiredo3:36,815Yang Gyeong-hui, Choi Se-beom, Lim Chun-ae, Kim Sun-ja3:61,09–Olga Escalante, Norfalia Carabalí, Amparo Caicedo, Ximena RestrepoJane Ajilo, Grace Buzu, Farida Kyakutema, Ruth KyalisimaBlanca Lacambra, Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Maite Zúñiga