Bieg 1 Poz.PaństwoZawodniczkiRezultatUwagi1Denean Howard-Hill, Jearl Miles, Dannette Young, Natasha Kaiser3:22,29Q2Catherine Scott, Cathy Rattray-Williams, Claudine Williams, Juliet Campbell3:25,55Q3Susan Andrews, Renée Poetschka, Cathy Freeman, Michelle Lock3:25,68Q4Rosey Edeh, Karen Clarke, Camille Noel, Charmaine Crooks3:26,09q5Edit Molnár, Ágnes Kozáry, Éva Barati, Judit Forgács3:33,816Saleerat Srimek, Sukanya Sang-Nguen, Srirat Chimrak, Noodang Pimpol3:35,48–Nancy McLeón, Odalmis Limonta, Julia Duporty, Ana Fidelia Quirot
Bieg 2 Poz.PaństwoZawodniczkiRezultatUwagi1Marina Szmonina, Ludmyła Dżyhałowa, Jelena Ruzina, Lilija Nurutdinowa3:22,91Q2Sandra Douglas, Phylis Smith, Jennifer Stoute, Sally Gunnell3:25,20Q3Uta Rohländer, Heike Meißner, Linda Kisabaka, Anja Rücker3:26,25Q4Marta Moreira, Eduarda Coelho, Elsa Amaral, Lucrécia Jardim3:29,38q5Kathrin Lüthi, Regula Scalabrin, Martha Grossenbacher, Helen Burkart3:31,26 6Esther Lahoz, Cristina Pérez, Gregoria Ferrer, Julia Merino3:31,357Jacqueline Solíz, Sandra Antelo, Gloria Burgos, Moré Galetovic3:53,65