RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | HEAT | FINAL |
| United States (USA) | Tom Courtney Charles Jenkins Lou Jones Jesse Mashburn | 3:10.6 | 3:04.7 |
| Australia (AUS) | Graham Gipson Kevan Gosper Leon Gregory David Lean John Goodman | 3:10.4 | 3:06.0 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | Peter Higgins Derek Johnson John Salisbury Michael Wheeler | 3:08.8 | 3:07.1 |
4. | United Team of Germany (EUA) | Karl-Friedrich Haas Jürgen Kühl Walter Oberste Manfred Porschke | 3:09.8 | 3:08.2 |
5. | Canada (CAN) | Douglas Clement Murray Cockburn Laird Sloan Terry Tobacco | 3:10.6 | 3:10.2 |
6. | Jamaica (JAM) | Keith Gardner George Kerr Mel Spence Malcolm Spence | 3:11.0 | DSQ |
— | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | Jaroslav Jirásek Josef Trousil Václav Janeček Vilem Mandlik | 3:10.6 | DNQ |
— | Soviet Union (URS) | Anatoliy Yulin Ardalion Ignatyev Konstantin Grachev Yuriy Lituyev | 3:11.2 | DNQ |
— | Finland (FIN) | Eero Kivela Osvald Mildh Pentti Rekola Voitto Hellstén | 3:11.4 | DNQ |
— | France (FRA) | Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard Jean-Pierre Goudeau Pierre Haarhoff | 3:10.6 | DNQ |
— | Japan (JPN) | Kanji Akagi Keiji Ogushi Shigeharu Suzuki Yoshitaka Muroya | 3:13.8 | DNQ |
— | Puerto Rico (PUR) | Frank Rivera Ismael Delgado Iván Rodríguez Ovidio de Jesús | 3:13.8 | DNQ |
— | Kenya (KEN) | Kiptalam Keter Bartonjo Rotich Kamau George Wanyoke Kibet Boit | 3:17.6 | DNQ |
— | Colombia (COL) | Carlos Sierra Guillermo Zapata Alfonso Muñoz Jaime Aparicio | 3:27.4 | DNQ |
— | Ethiopia (ETH) | Ayanev Bayene Beyene Legesse Hailou Abebe Mamo Wolde | 3:30.0 | DNQ |