| 2022 | ||||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 24) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 2:56.17 | ||
| (Elija Godwin 44.28, Michael Norman 43.64, Bryce Deadmon 43.82, Champion Allison 44.43) | ||||
| 2. | Jamaica | 2:58.58 | ||
| (Akeem Bloomfield 45.86, Nathon Allen 43.95, Jevaughn Powell 44.79, Christopher Taylor 43.98) | ||||
| 3. | Belgium | 2:58.72 | ||
| (Dylan Borlée 45.44, Julien Watrin 44.54, Alexander Doom 44.67, Kevin Borlée 44.07) | ||||
| 4. | Japan | 2:59.51 | ||
| (Fuga Sato 45.73, Kaito Kawabata 45.19, Julian Walsh 43.91, Yuki Joseph Nakajima 44.68) | ||||
| 5. | Trinidad | 3:00.03 | ||
| (Dwight St. Hillaire 45.89,Jereem Richards 43.87,vShakeem McKay 46.16, Asa Guevara 44.11) | ||||
| 6. | Botswana | 3:00.14 | ||
| (Zibani Ngozi 45.71, Leungo Scotch 45.28, Isaac Makwala 45.20, Bayapo Ndori 43.95) | ||||
| 7. | France | 3:01.35 | ||
| (Thomas Jordier 45.54, Loïc Prévôt 44.70, Simon Boypa 46.13, Teo Andant 44.98) | ||||
| 8. | Czech Republic | 3:01.63 | ||
| (Matěj Krsek 46.21, Pavel Maslák 44.85, Michal Desenský 45.92, Patrik Šorm 44.65) | ||||
| 9. | Poland | 3:02.51 | ||
| (Maksymilian Klepacki 46.69, Karol Zalewski 44.49, Mateusz Rzeźniczak 46.08, Kajetan Duszyński 45.25) | ||||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 6) | ||||
| 1. | United States | 2:56.69 | ||
| (Fred Kerley 44.5, Michael Cherry 43.6, Wil London 44.43, Rai Benjamin 44.19) | ||||
| 2. | Jamaica | 2:57.90 | ||
| (Akeem Bloomfield 44.9, Nathon Allen 44.2, Terry Thomas 44.3, Demish Gaye 44.5) | ||||
| 3. | Belgium | 2:58.78 | ||
| (Jonathan Sacoor 45.3, Robin Vanderbemden 44.5, Dylan Borlée 44.7, Kevin Borlée 44.2) | ||||
| 4. | Colombia | 2:59.50 | ||
| (Alejandro Perlaza 45.4, Diego Armando Palomeque 44.7, John Alexander Solís 45.0, Anthony Zambrano 44.4) | ||||
| 5. | Trinidad | 3:00.74 | ||
| (Asa Guevara 46.0, Jereem Richards 44.3, Deon Lendore 45.3, Machel Cedenio 45.1) | ||||
| 6. | Italy | 3:02.78 | ||
| (Davide Re 45.5, Vladimir Aceti 45.8, Matteo Galvan 45.9, Edoardo Scotti 45.6) | ||||
| 7. | France | 3:03.06 | ||
| (Ludvy Vaillant 45.7, Christopher Naliali 45.7, Thomas Jordier 45.4, Mame-Ibra Anne 46.3) | ||||
| dnf— | Great Britain | |||
| (Cameron Chalmers 45.8, Toby Harries 45.7 [drop], Rabah Yousif, Lee Thompson) | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 13) | ||||
| 1 | Trinidad | 2:58.12 | ||
| (Jarrin Solomon 46.1, Jereem Richards 43.5, Machel Cedenio 44.41, Lalonde Gordon 44.08) | ||||
| 2 | United States | 2:58.61 | ||
| (Wil London 44.8, Gil Roberts 44.2, Michael Cherry 44.91, Fred Kerley 44.75) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 2:59.00 | ||
| (Matthew Hudson-Smith 45.4, Dwayne Cowan 44.2, Rabah Yousif 44.97, Martyn Rooney 44.42) | ||||
| 4 | Belgium | 3:00.04 | ||
| (Robin Vanderbemden 46.4, Jonathan Borlée 44.7, Dylan Borlée 45.36, Kevin Borlée 43.60) | ||||
| 5 | Spain | 3:00.65 | ||
| (Óscar Husillos 45.4, Lucas Bua 45.3, Darwin Andrés Echeverry 45.26, Samuel García 44.75) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 3:01.10 | ||
| (William Collazo 46.6, Adrián Chacón 45.2, Osmaidel Pellicier 45.16, Yoandys Lescay 44.21) | ||||
| 7 | Poland | 3:01.59 | ||
| (Kajetan Duszyński 46.0, Rafał Omelko 44.8, Łukasz Krawczuk 45.54, Tymoteusz Zimny 45.26) | ||||
| 8 | France | 3:01.79 | ||
| (Ludvy Vaillant 45.6, Thomas Jordier 45.7, Mamoudou Hanne 45.09, Teddy Atine 45.44) | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 30) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:57.82 | ||
| (David Verburg 45.0, Tony McQuay 44.3, Bryshon Nellum 44.38, LaShawn Merritt 44.18) | ||||
| 2 | Trinidad | 2:58.20 | ||
| (Rennie Quow 44.8, Lalonde Gordon 44.1, Deon Lendore 44.85, Machel Cedenio 44.47) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 2:58.51 | ||
| (Rabah Yousif 45.0, Delano Williams 44.6, Jarryd Dunn 44.98, Martyn Rooney 43.97) | ||||
| 4 | Jamaica | 2:58.51 | ||
| (Peter Matthews 45.2, Ricardo Chambers 45.2, Rusheen McDonald 44.56, Javon Francis 43.52) | ||||
| 5 | Belgium | 3:00.24 | ||
| (Jonathan Borlée 45.3, Robin Vanderbemden 45.4, Kevin Borlée 43.58, Antoine Gillet 45.95) | ||||
| 6 | France | 3:00.65 | ||
| (Mame-Ibra Anne 45.3, Teddy Venel 44.4, Mamoudou Hanne 45.62, Thomas Jordier 45.31) | ||||
| 7 | Cuba | 3:03.05 | ||
| (William Collazo 46.1, Raidel Acea 45.4, Adrián Chacón 46.63, Yoandys Lescay 44.93) | ||||
| 8 | Russia | 3:03.05 | ||
| (Artyom Denmukhametov 46.8, Pavel Trenikhin 45.9, Denis Alekseyev 45.95, Pavel Ivashko 44.41) | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 16) | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:58.71 | ||
| (David Verburg 45.0, Tony McQuay 44.1, Arman Hall 44.87, LaShawn Merritt 44.77) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:59.88 | ||
| (Rusheen McDonald 46.0, Edino Steele 44.3, Omar Johnson 45.53, Javon Francis 44.05) | ||||
| 3 | Russia | 2:59.90 | ||
| (Maksim Dyldin 45.4, Lev Mosin 44.8, Sergey Petukhov 45.05, Vladimir Krasnov 44.67) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:00.88 | ||
| (Conrad Williams 45.3, Martyn Rooney 44.5, Michael Bingham 45.65, Nigel Levine 45.35) | ||||
| 5 | Belgium | 3:01.02 | ||
| (Jonathan Borlée 45.50, Kevin Borlée 44.04, Dylan Borlée 45.74, Will Oyowe 45.74) | ||||
| 6 | Trinidad | 3:01.74 | ||
| (Rennie Quow 45.6, Lalonde Gordon 45.3, Jehue Gordon 45.12, Jarrin Solomon 45.74) | ||||
| 7 | Brazil | 3:02.19 | ||
| (Pedro Luiz de Oliveira 45.9, Wagner Cardoso 45.2, Anderson Henriques 45.32, Hugo de Sousa 45.73) | ||||
| 8 | Australia | 3:02.26 | ||
| (Steven Solomon 45.6, Alexander Beck 45.8, Craig Burns 45.46, Tristan Thomas 45.36) | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:59.31 | ||
| (Greg Nixon 44.8, Bershawn Jackson 45.3, Angelo Taylor 45.00, LaShawn Merritt 44.17) | ||||
| 2 | South Africa | 2:59.87 | ||
| (Victor 46.0, Mogawane 44.0, de Beer 44.88, van Zyl 45.03) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:00.10 | ||
| (Fothergill 45.5, Gonzales 44.1, Hylton 44.94, Green 45.53) | ||||
| 4 | Russia | 3:00.22 | ||
| (Dyldin 45.5, Svechkar 45.5, Trenikhin 44.80, Alekseyev 44.41) | ||||
| 5 | Belgium | 3:00.41 | ||
| (J. Borlée 44.9, Gillet 45.6, Duerinck 45.76, K. Borlée 44.11) | ||||
| 6 | Kenya | 3:01.15 | ||
| (Kosgei 45.9, Mumo 45.5, Mutegi 45.34, Mutai 44.48) | ||||
| 7 | Great Britain | 3:01.16 | ||
| (Strachan 45.32, Levine 45.37, Clarke 45.47, Rooney 44.12) | ||||
| 8 | Germany | 3:01.37 | ||
| (Plass 45.6, Gaba 45.6, Rigau 45.61, Schneider 44.61) | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:57.86 | ||
| (Angelo Taylor 45.4, Jeremy Wariner 43.6, Kerron Clement 44.72, LaShawn Merritt 44.16) | ||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 3:00.53 | ||
| (Williams 45.6, Bingham 44.7, Tobin 45.47, Rooney 44.83) | ||||
| 3 | Australia | 3:00.90 | ||
| (Steffensen 45.6, Offereins 45.3, Thomas 45.34, Wroe 44.71) | ||||
| 4 | Belgium | 3:01.88 | ||
| (Gillet 46.7, K. Borlée 44.4, Duerinck 46.06, van Branteghem 44.80) | ||||
| 5 | Poland | 3:02.23 | ||
| (Marciniszyn 46.1, Klimczak 45.4, Kozłowski 46.05, Ciepiela 44.67) | ||||
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 3:02.47 | ||
| (Peguero 45.6, Soriano 46.1, Tapia 45.80, Sánchez 44.97) | ||||
| 7 | France | 3:02.65 | ||
| (Djhone 45.9, Venel 45.8, Fonsat 45.52, Decimus 45.45) | ||||
| 8 | Nigeria | 3:02.73 | ||
| (Weigopwa 46.12, Akwu 45.28, Morton 46.61, Lawal 44.72) | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:55.56 | ||
| (LaShawn Merritt 44.4, Angelo Taylor 43.7, Darold Williamson 44.32, Jeremy Wariner 43.10) | ||||
| 2 | Bahamas | 2:59.18 | ||
| (Moncur 45.2, Mathieu 45.0, Williams 44.54, Brown 44.41) | ||||
| 3 | Poland | 3:00.05 | ||
| (Plawgo 45.5, Dąbrowski 44.6, Marciniszyn 44.81, Kozłowski 45.15) | ||||
| 4 | Jamaica | 3:00.76 | ||
| (Blackwood 45.4, Chambers 44.3, Green 44.50, Ayre 46.54) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 3:01.62 | ||
| (Dyldin 46.2, Frolov 44.9, Svechkar 45.31, Alekseyev 45.20) | ||||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3:02.94 | ||
| (Steele 46.2, Tobin 45.4, Buck 47.08 [impeded by Gaba, who had fallen], Rooney 44.29) | ||||
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 3:03.56 | ||
| (Sánchez 46.4, Tapia 45.3, Santa 46.54, Peguero 45.32) | ||||
| 8 | Germany | 3:07.40 | ||
| (Schultz 45.7, Kirch 45.8, Gaba 49.33 [fell], Swillims 46.51) | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:56.91 | ||
| (Andrew Rock 44.5, Derrick Brew 44.5, Darold Williamson 44.40, Jeremy Wariner 43.49) | ||||
| 2 | Bahamas | 2:57.32 | ||
| (McKinney 44.9, Moncur 44.6, Williams 44.43, Brown 43.42) | ||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 2:58.07 | ||
| (Ayre 44.6, Simpson 45.2, Spence 44.48, Clarke 43.81) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 2:58.82 | ||
| (Benjamin 45.0, Rooney 44.9, Tobin 44.52, Davis 44.40) | ||||
| 5 | Poland | 3:00.58 | ||
| (Marciniszyn 46.5, Maćkowiak 44.4, Rysiukiewicz 45.15, Kimczak 44.50) | ||||
| 6 | France | 3:03.10 | ||
| (Djhone 46.06, Keita 45.47, El Haouzy 45.53, Raquil 46.04) | ||||
| 7 | Russia | 3:03.20 | ||
| (Forshev 47.2, Rudnitskiy 45.2, Mishukov 45.42, Lebedev 45.35) | ||||
| dq[zone]—[6] Trinidad [3:01.60] | ||||
| (Modibo 45.7 [zone], Raeburn 45.5, Quow 45.07, Barry 45.38) | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 1 | France | 2:58.96 | ||
| (Djhone 45.4, Keita 44.7, Diagana 44.69, Raquil 44.15) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:59.60 | ||
| (Simpson 45.4, McFarlane 45.1, Clarke 44.04, Blackwood 45.06) | ||||
| 3 | Bahamas | 3:00.53 | ||
| (Moncur 44.6, Darling 46.1, McKinney 45.54, Brown 44.36) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:01.00 | ||
| (Mackie 46.4, Baldock 44.8, Rawlinson 45.01, Caines 44.72) | ||||
| 5 | Spain | 3:02.50 | ||
| (I. Rodríguez 46.7, Canal 44.5, S. Rodríguez 45.49, Reina 45.78) | ||||
| 6 | Greece | 3:02.56 | ||
| (Dimótsios 46.63, Goúsis 45.39, Sarrís 45.54, Iakovákis 45.00) | ||||
| 7 | Japan | 3:03.15 | ||
| (Yamaguchi 45.7, Yamamura 45.4, Tabata 46.82, Sato 45.28) | ||||
| retroactive doping dq—[1] United States [2:58.88] | ||||
| (Calvin Harrison [doping] 45.2, Tyree Washington 44.6, Derrick Brew 44.75, Jerome Young [doping] 44.31) | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Bahamas | 2:58.19 | ||
| (Moncur 45.1, Brown 44.5, McIntosh 44.42, Munnings 44.13) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:58.39 | ||
| (Simpson 45.7, C. Williams 44.5, Haughton 43.88, McFarlane 44.30) | ||||
| 3 | Poland | 2:59.71 | ||
| (Wieruszewski 46.0, Haczek 44.1, Długosielski 45.10, Rysiukiewicz 44.50) | ||||
| 4 | Brazil | 3:01.09 | ||
| (V. da Silva 46.8, A. dos Santos 44.8, Godoy 44.80, Parrela 44.66) | ||||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3:01.26 | ||
| (Thomas 45.8, Baulch 44.4, Benjamin 45.85, Richardson 45.17) | ||||
| 6 | Spain | 3:02.24 | ||
| (I. Rodríguez 47.1, Canal 44.5, Andrés 45.82, Reina 44.77) | ||||
| 7 | Germany | 3:03.52 | ||
| (Scheer 47.6, Faller 45.2, Figura 46.88, Schultz 43.78) | ||||
| retroactive doping dq—[1] United States [2:57.54] | ||||
| (Leonard Byrd 45.9, Antonio Pettigrew [doping] 43.9, Derrick Brew 44.03, Angelo Taylor 43.71) | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| 1 | Poland | 2:58.91 | ||
| (Czubak 45.0, Mackowiak 44.4, Bocian 44.90, Haczek 44.70) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:59.34 | ||
| (M. McDonald 46.13, Haughton 44.65, McFarland 44.68, Clarke 43.88) | ||||
| 3 | South Africa | 3:00.20 | ||
| (J. van Oudtshoorn 46.5, Mokganyetsi 44.5, A. Botha 45.43, Malherbe 43.78) | ||||
| 4 | France | 3:00.59 | ||
| (Hilaire 46.2, Foucan 44.7, Raquil 45.11, Mango 44.62) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 3:00.98 | ||
| (Shekin 46.2, Semyonov 44.8, Kulbatskiy 45.30, Golovastov 44.69) | ||||
| 6 | Bahamas | 3:02.74 | ||
| (Munnings 46.5, McIntosh 45.6, Oliver 46.01, Brown 44.64) | ||||
| 7 | Senegal | 3:03.80 | ||
| (Niang 47.2, Diallo 46.3, Faye 45.45, Wade 44.92) | ||||
| retroactive doping dq—[1] United States [2:56.45] | ||||
| (Jerome Davis 45.2, Antonio Pettigrew [doping] 43.9, Angelo Taylor 43.92, Michael Johnson 43.49) | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| 1 | Great Britain | 2:56.55 | ||
| (Thomas 44.8, Black 44.2, Baulch 44.08, Richardson 43.57) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:56.75 | ||
| (McDonald 44.5, Haughton 44.4, McFarlane 44.37, Clarke 43.51) | ||||
| 3 | Poland | 3:00.26 | ||
| (Czubak 45.3, Rysiukiewicz 45.1, Haczek 45.14, Mackowiak 44.78) | ||||
| 4 | South Africa | 3:00.26 | ||
| (Malherbe 46.42, Sepeng 44.77, Mokganyetsi 45.21, Herbert 43.86) | ||||
| 5 | France | 3:01.06 | ||
| (Rapnouil 46.6, Foucan 44.7, Mango 45.25, Diagana 44.56) | ||||
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 3:01.43 | ||
| (Chiwira 45.9, Mukomana 45.7, Ngidhi 45.71, Harnden 44.09) | ||||
| 7 | Italy | 3:01.52 | ||
| (Saber 45.6, Vaccari 45.4, Nuti 45.90, Mori 44.56) | ||||
| retroactive doping dq—[1] United States [2:56:47] | ||||
| (Jerome Young 44.6, Antonio Pettigrew [doping] 43.1, Chris Jones 44.80, Tyree Washington 44.00) | ||||
| 1995 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:57.32 | ||
| (Marlon Ramsey 44.9, Derek Mills 44.5, Butch Reynolds 43.8, Michael Johnson 44.1) | ||||
| 2 | Jamaica | 2:59.88 | ||
| (McDonald 46.0, Clarke 44.2, McFarlane 45.0, Haughton 44.7) | ||||
| 3 | Nigeria | 3:03.18 | ||
| (Ekpeyong 46.7, Adejuyigbe 46.2, Monye 45.8, Bada 44.5) | ||||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3:03.75 | ||
| (McKenzie 46.9, Hylton 45.6, Patrick 45.8, Black 45.5) | ||||
| 5 | Poland | 3:03.84 | ||
| (Rysiukiewicz 47.2, Januszewski 45.7, Maćkowiak 45.4, Jędrusik 45.5) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 3:07.65 | ||
| (Pérez 47.6, Crusellas 45.5, Mena 46.8, Téllez 47.8) | ||||
| dq[lane]—[4]Germany [3:03.43] | ||||
| (Jahn 46.6, Just 45.7, Karsten 45.7, Lieder 45.4) | ||||
| dnc—Kenya | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| 1 | United States | 2:54.29 | WR, WCR | |
| (Andrew Valmon 44.5, Quincy Watts 43.6, Butch Reynolds 43.23, Michael Johnson 42.94) | ||||
| 2 | Kenya | 2:59.82 | ||
| (Ochieng 46.2, Kemboi 45.3, Matilu 44.56, Kitur 43.75) | ||||
| 3 | Germany | 2:59.99 | ||
| (Lieder 45.5, Just 45.3, Hense 44.98, Schönlebe 44.21) | ||||
| 4 | France | 3:00.09 | ||
| (Rapnouil 45.5, Hilaire 45.5, Farraudière 44.86, Diagana 44.19) | ||||
| 5 | Russia | 3:00.44 | ||
| (Kliger 45.72, Kosov 45.09, Vdovin 44.73, Golovastov 44.90) | ||||
| 6 | Cuba | 3:00.46 | ||
| (García 46.6, Herrera 45.5, Téllez 44.30, Hernández 44.12) | ||||
| 7 | Jamaica | 3:01.44 | ||
| (O’Connor 46.0, Blake 45.6, McFarlane 45.32, Haughton 44.55) | ||||
| 8 | Bulgaria | 3:05.35 | ||
| (Georgiev 46.2, Stankulov 46.2, Raykov 45.99, Ivanov 47.03) | ||||
| 1991 | |||||||||
| 1 | Great Britain | 2:57.53 | |||||||
| (Black 44.7, Redmond 44.0, Regis 44.22, Akabusi 44.59) | |||||||||
| 2 | United States | 2:57.57 | |||||||
| (Andrew Valmon 44.9, Quincy Watts 43.4, Danny Everett 43.31, Antonio Pettigrew 44.93) | |||||||||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3:00.10 | |||||||
| (Fagan 45.9, Morris 44.6, O’Connor 44.81, Graham 44.77) | |||||||||
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 3:00.32 | |||||||
| (Jovković 46.0, Djurović 45.1, Macev 45.18, Branković 44.09) | |||||||||
| 5 | Kenya | 3:00.34 | |||||||
| (Kitur 46.1, Kemboi 44.4, Gitonga 44.87, Kipkemboi 44.94) | |||||||||
| 6 | Germany | 3:00.75 | |||||||
| (Just 46.9, Lieder 43.9, Dobeleit 45.65, Carlowitz 44.26) | |||||||||
| 7 | Morocco | 3:04.49 | |||||||
| (Kasbane 46.48, Dahane 46.68, Belcaid 46.52, Lahlou 44.81) | |||||||||
| 8 | Cuba | 3:05.33 | |||||||
| (Pavó 46.9, Herrera 45.3, Valentin 47.23, Martínez 45.91)
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| 1987 | |||||
| 1 | United States | 2:57.29 | WCR | ||
| (Danny Everett 45.1, Roddie Haley 44.0, Antonio McKay 44.20, Butch Reynolds 44.00) | |||||
| 2 | Great Britain | 2:58.86 | |||
| (Redmond 45.2, Akabusi 44.5, Black 44.81, Brown 44.34) | |||||
| 3 | Cuba | 2:59.16 | |||
| (Peñalver 45.2, Pavó 45.2, Martínez 44.90, Hernández 43.88) | |||||
| 4 | West Germany | 2:59.96 | |||
| (Dobeleit 45.7, Henrich 44.3, Itt 45.12, Schmid 44.93) | |||||
| 5 | Kenya | 3:01.67 | |||
| (Saina 46.2, Anzrah 45.9, Bitok 45.45, Kitur 44.09) | |||||
| 6 | Jamaica | 3:04.53 | |||
| (Senior 46.4, Morris 46.7, Graham 46.27, Cameron 45.19) | |||||
| dnf—Soviet Union | |||||
| (Lomtev 46.0, Prosin dnf, Kurochkin, Krylov) | |||||
| dnc—Nigeria | |||||
| (Ugbisie, Falaye, Amike, Egbunike) | |||||
| [United States 2:59.06 WCR {semi}] | |||||
| 1983 | ||||
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3:00.79 | WCR | |
| (Lovachev 45.23, Troshchilo 44.85, Chernyetskiy 45.65, Markin 45.06) | ||||
| 2 | West Germany | 3:01.83 | ||
| (Skamrahl 46.42, Vaihinger 44.73, Schmid 45.76, Weber 44.92) | ||||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3:03.53 | ||
| (A. Bennett 46.74, Cook 45.12, T. Bennett 46.46, Brown 45.21) | ||||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 3:03.90 | ||
| (Zahorak 46.52, Břečka 45.94, Malovec 46.85, Tomko 44.59) | ||||
| 5 | Italy | 3:05.10 | ||
| (Malinverni 46.96, Sabia 45.74, Zuliani 46.56, Ribaud 45.84) | ||||
| 6 | United States | 3:05.29 | ||
| (Alonzo Babers 45.64, Sunder Nix 44.87, Willie Smith 49.65 [drop], Edwin Moses 45.13) | ||||
| 7 | Sweden | 3:08.57 | ||
| (Johansson 47.20, Josjö 46.41, Olsson 47.14, Sedlacek 47.82) | ||||
| dnf—Poland | ||||
| (Wichrowski 46.3, Szparak 46.6, Stepien 46.7, Podlas) | ||||
| [United States 3:06.62 WCR {heat}, 3:02.13 WCR {semi}] | ||||