| 2023 | ||||
| (Budapest, Hungary, August 26) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 41.03 | ||
| (Tamari Davis, TeeTee Terry, Gabby Thomas, Sha’Carri Richardson) | ||||
| 2. | Jamaica | 41.21 | ||
| (Natasha Morrison, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shashalee Forbes, Shericka Jackson) | ||||
| 3. | Great Britain | 41.97 | ||
| (Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Bianca Williams, Daryll Neita) | ||||
| 4. | Italy | 42.49 | ||
| (Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Alessia Pavese) | ||||
| 5. | Poland | 42.66 | ||
| (Pia Skrzyszowska, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, Magdalena Stefanowicz, Ewa Swoboda) | ||||
| 6. | Germany | 42.98 | ||
| (Louise Wieland, Sina Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase) | ||||
| dnf. | Côte d’Ivoire | |||
| (Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-José Ta Lou-Smith, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné) | ||||
| dnf. | Netherlands | |||
| (N’Ketia Seedo, Lieke Klaver, Nadine Visser, Tasa Jiya) | ||||
| dq. | Switzerland | |||
| (Nathacha Kouni, Salome Kora, Geraldine Frey, Melissa Gutschmidt) | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 23) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 41.14 | ||
| (Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, TeeTee Terry) | ||||
| 2. | Jamaica | 41.18 | ||
| (Kemba Nelson, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson) | ||||
| 3. | Germany | 42.03 | ||
| (Tatjana Pinto, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase) | ||||
| 4. | Nigeria | 42.22 | ||
| (Joy Udo-Gabriel, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma, Grace Nwokocha) | ||||
| 5. | Spain | 42.58 | ||
| (Sonia Molina, Jael Bestue, Paula Sevilla, Maria Isabel Pérez) | ||||
| 6. | Great Britain | 42.75 | ||
| (Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita) | ||||
| 7. | Switzerland | 42.81 | ||
| (Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora, Ajla Del Ponte) | ||||
| 8. | Italy | 42.92 | ||
| (Zaynab Dosso, Dalia Kaddari, Anna Bongiorni, Vittoria Fontana) | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 5) | ||||
| 1. | Jamaica | 41.44 | ||
| (Natalliah Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, Shericka Jackson) | ||||
| 2. | Great Britain | 41.85 | ||
| (Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Daryll Neita) | ||||
| 3. | United States | 42.10 | ||
| (Dezerea Bryant, Teahna Daniels, Morolake Akinosun, Kiara Parker) | ||||
| 4. | Switzerland | 42.18 | ||
| (Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora) | ||||
| 5. | Germany | 42.48 | ||
| (Lisa Marie Kwayie, Yasmin Kwadwo, Jessica-Bianca Wessolly, Gina Lückenkemper) | ||||
| 6. | Trinidad | 42.71 | ||
| (Semoy Hackett, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Mauricia Prieto, Kamaria Durant) | ||||
| 7. | Italy | 42.98 | ||
| (Johanelis Herrera Abreu, Gloria Hooper, Anna Bongiorni, Irene Siragusa) | ||||
| dq. | China | |||
| (Xiaojing Liang, Yongli Wei, Lingwei Kong, Manqi Ge) | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 12) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 41.82 | ||
| (Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 42.12 | ||
| (Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 42.19 | ||
| (Jura Levy, Natasha Morrison, Simone Facey, Shashalee Forbes) | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 42.36 | ||
| (Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase) | ||||
| 5 | Switzerland | 42.51 | ||
| (Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora) | ||||
| 6 | Trinidad | 42.62 | ||
| (Semoy Hackett, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Khalifa St. Fort, Kelly-Ann Baptiste) | ||||
| 7 | Brazil | 42.63 | ||
| (Franciela Krasucki, Ana Cláudia Silva, Vitoria Cristina Rosa, Rosângela Santos) | ||||
| 8 | Netherlands | 43.07 | ||
| (Tessa van Schagen, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel) | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 29) | ||||
| 1 | Jamaica | 41.07 | WCR | |
| (Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 41.68 | ||
| (English Gardner, Allyson Felix, Jenna Prandini, Jasmine Todd) | ||||
| 3 | Trinidad | 42.03 | ||
| (Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Semoy Hackett) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 42.10 | ||
| (Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Jodie Williams, Desiree Henry) | ||||
| 5 | Germany | 42.64 | ||
| (Rebekka Haase, Alexandra Burghardt, Gina Lückenkemper, Verena Sailer) | ||||
| 6 | Canada | 43.05 | ||
| (Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Isatu Fofanah, Khamica Bingham) | ||||
| dq | Netherlands | |||
| (Nadine Visser, Dafne Schippers, Naomi Sedney, Jamile Samuel) | ||||
| dnf | Russia | |||
| (Marina Panteleyeva, Kseniya Ryzhova, Elizaveta Demirova, Anna Kukushkina) | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 18) | ||||
| 1 | Jamaica | 41.29 | WCR | |
| (Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 42.75 | ||
| (Jeneba Tarmoh, Alex Anderson, English Gardner, Octavious Freeman) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 42.87 | ||
| (Dina Asher-Smith, Ashleigh Nelson, Annabelle Lewis, Hayley Jones) | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 42.90 | ||
| (Yasmin Kwadwo, Inna Weit, Tatjana Pinto, Verena Sailer) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 42.93 | ||
| (Olga Belkina, Natalya Rusakova, Yelizaveta Savlinis, Yelena Bolsun) | ||||
| 6 | Canada | 43.28 | ||
| (Crystal Emmanuel, Kimberley Hyacinthe, Shai Davis, Khamica Bingham) | ||||
| dnf | Brazil | |||
| (Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Claudia Silva, Franciela Krasucki, Vanda Gomes) | ||||
| dq | [zone]—[2] France [42.73] | |||
| (Céline Distel-Bonnet, Ayodelé Ikuesan, Myriam Soumaré, Stella Akakpo) | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 41.56 | ||
| (Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Hooker, Carmelita Jeter) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 41.70 | ||
| (Fraser-Pryce, Stewart, Simpson, Campbell-Brown) | ||||
| 3 | Ukraine | 42.51 | ||
| (Povh, Pohrebnyak, Ryemyen, Stuy) | ||||
| 4 | France | 42.70 | ||
| (Soumaré, Distel, Jacques-Sebastien, Mang) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 42.93 | ||
| (Gushchina, Rusakova, Savlinis, Fedoriva) | ||||
| 6 | Nigeria | 42.93 | ||
| (Asumnu, Osayomi, Osazuma, Okagbare) | ||||
| 7 | Brazil | 43.10 | ||
| (da Silva, Gomes, Krasucki, Santos) | ||||
| retroactive doping dq—[4] Trinidad [42.58] | ||||
| (Selvon, Baptiste, Hackett [dq], Ahyee) | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | Jamaica | 42.06 | ||
| (Facey 11.70, Fraser-Pryce 10.04, Bailey 10.49, Stewart 9.83) | ||||
| 2 | Bahamas | 42.29 | ||
| (S. Ferguson 11.76, Sturrup 10.09, Amertil 10.50, Ferguson McKenzie 9.94) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 42.87 | ||
| (Wagner 11.84, Mollinger 10.25, Tschirch 10.52, Sailer 10.26) | ||||
| 4 | Brazil | 43.13 | ||
| (Neto, de Moura, Presti, Gomes) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 43.16 | ||
| (Turner, Douglas, Freeman, Ania) | ||||
| 6 | Trinidad | 43.43 | ||
| (Thomas, Baptiste, Hutchinson, Hackett) | ||||
| 7 | Colombia | 43.71 | ||
| (Hinestroza, Palacios, Obregón, González) | ||||
| retroactive doping dq [4] | Russia | [43.00] | ||
| (Polyakova, Fedoriva, Gushchina, Chermoshanskaya) | ||||
| [United States dnf in heat] (Lauryn Williams, Alex Anderson, Muna Lee {injury, dnf}, Carmelita Jeter) | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 41.98 | ||
| (Lauryn Williams 11.05, Allyson Felix 10.28, Miki Barber 10.44, Torri Edwards 10.41) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 42.01 | ||
| (Brooks 11.05, Stewart 10.38, Facey 10.52, Campbell-Brown 10.06) | ||||
| 3 | Belgium | 43.45 | ||
| (Orlee 11.37, Marien 10.71, Ouédraogo 10.50, Gevaert 10.17) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 42.87 | ||
| (Turner 11.13, Douglas 10.70, Freeman 10.55, Maduaka 10.49) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 42.97 | ||
| (Grigorieva 11.20, Rusakova 10.72, Gushchina 10.36, Polyakova 10.69) | ||||
| 6 | Belarus | 43.37 | ||
| (Shuliak, Safronnikova, Nevmerzhitskaya, Dragun) | ||||
| 7 | Germany | 43.51 | ||
| (Wakan, Tschirch, Kedzierski, Sailer) | ||||
| 8 | Poland | 43.57 | ||
| (Jeschke, Korczynska, Jedrusinska, Klocek) | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 41.78 | ||
| (Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 41.99 | ||
| (Browning, Simpson, Bailey, Campbell-Brown) | ||||
| 3 | Belarus | 42.56 | ||
| (Nesterenko, Sologub, Nevmerzhitskaya, Dragun) | ||||
| 4 | France | 42.85 | ||
| (Buval, Jacques-Sebastien, Dia, Arron) | ||||
| 5 | Brazil | 42.99 | ||
| (da Costa, de Moura, Ignacio, dos Santos) | ||||
| 6 | Columbia | 43.07 | ||
| (Murillo, Palacios, Obregon, Gonzalez) | ||||
| 7 | Nigeria | 43.25 | ||
| (Kemasuode, Ojokolo, Osayomi, Nku) | ||||
| 8 | Poland | 43.49 | ||
| (Dorobisz, Onysko, Dydo, Brzeziinska) | ||||
| 2003 | |||||||
| 1 | France | 41.78 | |||||
| (Girard, Hurtis, Félix, Arron) | |||||||
| 2 | United States | 41.83 | |||||
| (Angela Williams, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Torri Edwards) | |||||||
| 3 | Russia | 42.66 | |||||
| (Fyodorova, Tabakova, Kislova, Kruglova) | |||||||
| 4 | Ukraine | 43.07 | |||||
| (Tkalich, Kravchenko, Pastushenko, Kaydash) | |||||||
| 5 | Germany | 43.27 | |||||
| (Paschke, Wagner, Moller, Wakan) | |||||||
| 6 | Belgium | 43.45 | |||||
| (de Caluwe, Rochtus, Ouedraogo, Gevaert) | |||||||
| 7 | Belarus | 43.47 | |||||
| (Nesterenko, Dragun, Nevmerzhitskaya, Safronnikova) | |||||||
| dnf | Jamaica | ||||||
| (Dixon, Goulbourne, McDonald, Foster-Hylton) | |||||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Germany | 42.32 | ||
| (Paschke, G. Rockmeier, B. Rockmeier, Wagner) | ||||
| 2 | France | 42.39 | ||
| (Félix, Bangué, Hurtis, Sidibé) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 42.40 | ||
| (J. Campbell, M. Frazer, McDonald, Walker) | ||||
| 4 | Nigeria | 42.52 | ||
| (Ajunwa, Ojokolo, Nku, Onyali) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 42.60 | ||
| (Richardson, Wilhelmy, James, Oyepitan) | ||||
| 6 | Greece | 43.25 | ||
| (Koklóni, Patsoú, Kaidantzi, Thánou) | ||||
| 7 | Russia | 43.58 | ||
| (Ignatova, Khabarova, Kislova, Kruglova) | ||||
| retroactive doping dq–[1] United States [41.71] | ||||
| (Kelli White [dq], Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Marion Jones [dq]) | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Bahamas | 41.92 | ||
| (Fynes, Sturrup, Davis, Ferguson McKenzie) | ||||
| 2 | France | 42.06 | ||
| (Girard, Hurtis, Benth, Arron) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 42.15 | ||
| (Bailey, M. Frazer, McDonald, Dowdie) | ||||
| 4 | United States | 42.30 | ||
| (Cheryl Taplin, Nanceen Perry, Inger Miller, Gail Devers) | ||||
| 5 | Germany | 42.63 | ||
| (Philipp, G. Rockmeier, Möller, Wagner) | ||||
| 6 | Canada | 43.39 | ||
| (Bailey, Mensah, Perry, Adusei) | ||||
| 7 | Poland | 43.51 | ||
| (Radecka, Sznajder, Borejza, Neilacna) | ||||
| 8 | Great Britain | 43.52 | ||
| (Richardson, Anderson, Bloomfield, Maduaka) | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 41.47 | WCR | |
| (Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers 9.86) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 42.10 | ||
| (McDonald, M. Frazer, Cuthbert, Grant) | ||||
| 3 | France | 42.21 | ||
| (Girard, Arron, Combé, Félix) | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 42.44 | ||
| (Paschke, Möller, B. Rockmeier, Philipp) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 42.50 | ||
| (Povtareva, Malchugina, Trandenkova, Leshchova) | ||||
| 6 | Bahamas | 42.77 | ||
| (Clarke, Fynes, Ferguson McKenzie, Davis) | ||||
| 7 | Nigeria | 43.27 | ||
| (Utondu-Okoye, Ojokolo, Atede, Ogunkoya) | ||||
| 8 | China | 43.32 | ||
| (Pei, Yan, Liu, Li) | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 42.12 | ||
| (Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 42.25 | ||
| (Duhaney, Cuthbert, McDonald, Ottey) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 43.01 | ||
| (Paschke, Lichtenhagen, Knoll, Becker) | ||||
| 4 | Bahamas | 43.14 | ||
| (Clarke, Ferguson McKenzie, Fynes, Davis) | ||||
| 5 | France | 43.35 | ||
| (Singa, Bangué, Girard, Combé) | ||||
| 6 | Finland | 44.46 | ||
| (Kehmila, Hernesniemi, Suomi, Koivula) | ||||
| 7 | Colombia | 44.61 | ||
| (Mera, Palacios, Rodríguez, Brock) | ||||
| dnf | Russia | |||
| (Voronova, Malchugina, Trandenkova [drop], Leshchova) | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | Russia | 41.49 | WCR | |
| (Bogoslovskaya, Malchugina, Voronova, Privalova 9.89) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 41.49 | =WCR | |
| (Michelle Finn, Gwen Torrence, Wenda Vereen, Gail Devers 9.86) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 41.94 | ||
| (Freeman, Campbell, Mitchell, Ottey) | ||||
| 4 | France | 42.67 | ||
| (Girard, Sidibé, Jean-Charles, Pérec) | ||||
| 5 | Germany | 42.79 | ||
| (Philipp, Zipp, Knoll, Paschke) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 42.89 | ||
| (Ferrer, López, Duporte, Allen) | ||||
| 7 | Finland | 43.37 | ||
| (Pirttimaa, Hanhijoki, Hernesniemi, Salmeta) | ||||
| 8 | Great Britain | 43.86 | ||
| (Richardson, Kinch, Jacobs, Thomas) | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1 | Jamaica | 41.94 | ||
| (Duhaney, Cuthbert, McDonald, Ottey) | ||||
| 2 | Soviet Union | 42.20 | ||
| (Kovtun, Malchugina, Vinogradova, Privalova) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 42.33 | ||
| (Breuer, Krabbe, Richter, Drechsler) | ||||
| 4 | Nigeria | 42.77 | ||
| (Utondu, Ubah, Opara-Thompson, Onyali) | ||||
| 5 | France | 43.34 | ||
| (Bily, Nestoret, Jean-Charles, Pérec) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 43.75 | ||
| (Riquelme, López, Duporte, Allen) | ||||
| 7 | Italy | 43.76 | ||
| (Masullo, Dal Bianco, Ferrian, Tarolo) | ||||
| 8 | Australia | 43.79 | ||
| (Dunstan, Sambell, Moore, Johnson) | ||||
| [United States dnf in heat (Carlette Guidry [drop], Esther Jones, Dannette Young, Evelyn Ashford)] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 41.58 | WCR | |
| (Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith Joyner, Pam Marshall 1 | ||||
| 2 | East Germany | 41.95 | ||
| (Möller, Oschkenat, Behrendt, Göhr 10.14) | ||||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 42.33 | ||
| (Slyusar, Voronova, German, Antonova) | ||||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 42.71 | ||
| (Zagorcheva, Nuneva, Georgieva, Demireva) | ||||
| 5 | West Germany | 43.20 | ||
| (Knoll, Sarvari, Thomas, Thimm) | ||||
| 6 | Canada | 43.26 | ||
| (Issajenko, Phipps, Issajenko, Anderson) | ||||
| 7 | Cuba | 43.66 | ||
| (Riquelme, López, Armenteros, Allen) | ||||
| 8 | France | 43.75 | ||
| (Philippe, Cazier, Bily, Leroy) | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | East Germany | 41.76 | WR, WCR | |
| (Möller, Koch, Lange, Göhr) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 42.71 | ||
| (Baptiste, Cook, Callender, Thomas) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 42.73 | ||
| (Hodges, Pusey, Cuthbert, Ottey) | ||||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 42.93 | ||
| (Zagorcheva, Nuneva, Georgieva, Pavlova) | ||||
| 5 | Canada | 43.05 | ||
| (Issajenko, Payne, Brothers, Killingbeck) | ||||
| 6 | Soviet Union | 43.22 | ||
| (Kondratyeva, Vinogradova, Olkhovnikova, Antonova) | ||||
| 7 | France | 43.40 | ||
| (Loval, Cazier, Bacoul, Gaschet) | ||||
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 43.78 | ||
| (Strejčková, Sokolová, Soborová, Murkov&aacu | ||||
| [United States 5th in heat (Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Chandra Cheeseborough, Randy Givens)] | ||||
| [Great Britain 43.06 WCR {heat}; East Germany 42.59 WCR {heat}] | ||||