First 2 in each heat (Q)

First 2 of each heat (OQ) qualify to Olympic Games and World Athletics Relays Final

POS Rank Heat BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY RESULTS ms*
1 1 4 BOT Botswana BOTBOT 2:59.73 OQ
2 2 4 RSA South Africa RSARSA 2:59.76 OQ SB
3 1 2 BEL Belgium BELBEL 3:00.09 OQ SB
4 1 1 JPN Japan JPNJPN 3:00.98 OQ SB
5 2 1 GER Germany GERGER 3:01.25 OQ SB
6 1 3 ITA Italy ITAITA 3:01.68 OQ SB
7 2 2 NGR Nigeria NGRNGR 3:01.70 OQ SB
8 2 3 GBR Great Britain & NI GBRGBR 3:02.10 OQ SB
9 3 2 JAM Jamaica JAMJAM 3:02.46 SB
10 3 3 QAT Qatar QATQAT 3:02.55 SB
11 4 2 MEX Mexico MEXMEX 3:02.87 NR
12 4 3 NED Netherlands NEDNED 3:03.02 SB
13 5 3 KEN Kenya KENKEN 3:03.29 SB
14 3 4 BAR Barbados BARBAR 3:03.72 SB
15 4 4 AUS Australia AUSAUS 3:03.81 SB
16 5 2 BRA Brazil BRABRA 3:03.97 SB
17 3 1 TTO Trinidad and Tobago TTOTTO 3:04.15 SB
18 4 1 ZAM Zambia ZAMZAM 3:05.00
19 5 1 CAN Canada CANCAN 3:05.02
20 6 1 POL Poland POLPOL 3:05.91 SB
21 6 2 TUR Türkiye TURTUR 3:06.74 SB
22 5 4 ESP Spain ESPESP 3:06.84
23 7 2 CZE Czech Republic CZECZE 3:06.86 SB
24 6 3 BAH Bahamas BAHBAH 3:07.45 SB
25 6 4 DOM Dominican Republic DOMDOM 3:08.15 SB
26 7 3 SEN Senegal SENSEN 3:09.09
27 8 3 VEN Venezuela VENVEN 3:09.91 SB .903
28 8 2 GUY Guyana GUYGUY 3:09.91 SB .910
4 IND India INDIND DNF
4 FRA France FRAFRA DNF
1 USA United States USAUSA DQ
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ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second