| Date | 3 August 1996 — 21:15 |
|---|---|
| Location | Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | Split | Exchange | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | United States |  USA | 3:20.91 | 0.343 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | – | Rochelle Stevens | – | – | 51.68 (4) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3856 | Maicel Malone | – | – | 50.27 (3) | 1:41.95 (3) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 3836 | Kim Graham | – | – | 49.49 (1) | 2:31.44 (1) | ||||
| Anchor | 3857 | Jearl Miles | – | – | 49.47 (4) | – (–) | ||||
| 2 | 6 | Nigeria |  NGR | 3:21.04 | 0.353 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 3587 | Bisi Afolabi | – | – | 51.13 (1) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3603 | Fatima Yusuf | – | – | 49.72 (1) | 1:40.85 (1) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Charity Opara | – | – | 51.29 (6) | 2:32.14 (2) | ||||
| Anchor | 3595 | Falilat Ogunkoya | – | – | 48.90 (2) | – (–) | ||||
| 3 | 5 | Germany |  GER | 3:21.14 | 0.169 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | – | Uta Rohländer | – | – | 51.72 (5) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3356 | Linda Kisabaka | – | – | 50.43 (=4) | 1:42.15 (=5) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Anja Rücker | – | – | 50.36 (3) | 2:32.51 (4) | ||||
| Anchor | 3344 | Grit Breuer | – | – | 48.63 (1) | – (–) | ||||
| 4 | 8 | Jamaica |  JAM | 3:21.69 | 0.446 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 3469 | Merlene Frazer | – | – | 51.42 (3) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3480 | Sandie Richards | – | – | 50.72 (6) | 1:42.14 (4) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 3467 | Juliet Campbell | – | – | 50.21 (2) | 2:32.35 (3) | ||||
| Anchor | 3473 | Deon Hemmings | – | – | 49.34 (3) | – (–) | ||||
| 5 | 2 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 3:22.22 | 0.301 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | – | Tatyana Chebykina | – | – | 51.35 (2) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3681 | Svetlana Goncharenko | – | – | 50.43 (=4) | 1:41.78 (2) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Yekaterina Kulikova | – | – | 50.86 (5) | 2:32.64 (5) | ||||
| Anchor | 3692 | Olga Kotlyarova | – | – | 49.58 (5) | – (–) | ||||
| 6 | 4 | Cuba |  CUB | 3:25.85 | 0.326 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | – | Idalmis Bonne | – | – | 51.94 (7) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | – | Daysi Duportey | – | – | 50.21 (2) | 1:42.15 (=5) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Surella Morales | – | – | 53.98 (8) | 2:36.13 (6) | ||||
| Anchor | 3201 | Ana Fidelia Quirós | – | – | 49.72 (6) | – (–) | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 3:26.99 | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | 3208 | Naděžda Koštovalová | – | – | 54.13 (8) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3205 | Ludmila Formanová | – | – | 51.46 (7) | 1:45.59 (8) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | 3206 | Helena Fuchsová | – | – | 50.79 (4) | 2:36.38 (7) | ||||
| Anchor | 3204 | Hana Benešová | – | – | 50.61 (7) | – (–) | ||||
| 8 | 1 | France |  FRA | 3:28.46 | 0.249 | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Lead-Off | – | Francine Landre | – | – | 51.81 (6) | – (–) | ||||
| 2nd Leg | 3291 | Viviane Dorsile | – | – | 51.69 (8) | 1:43.50 (7) | ||||
| 3rd Leg | – | Évelyne Élien | – | – | 53.16 (7) | 2:36.66 (8) | ||||
| Anchor | – | Elsa Devassoigne | – | – | 51.80 (8) | – (–) |
