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Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Errol Stewart; Michael Fray; Clifton Forbes; Lennox Miller | JAM | 38.3 |
| 2 | Heinz Erbstosser; Hartmut Schelter; Peter Haase; Harald Eggers | GDR | 38.7 |
| 3 | Karl-Peter Schmidtke; Gert Metz; Gerhard Wucherer; Joachim Eigenherr | FRG | 38.9 |
| 4 | Wieslaw Maniak; Edward Romanowski; Zenon Nowosz; Marian Dudziak | POL | 38.9 |
| 5 | Joseph Speake; Ronald Jones; Ralph Banthorpe; Barrie Kelly | GBR | 39.4 |
| 6 | Raymond Fabien; Winston Short; Carl Archer; Edwin Roberts | TTO | 39.5 |
| 7 | Atta Kouaukou; N'Dri Kouame; Boy Diby; Gaoussou Kone | CIV | 39.6 |
| 8 | Manikavagasam Jegathesan; Krishnan Thambusamy; Gunaratnam Rajalingam; Joi Hock Lim | MAS | 40.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Hermes Ramirez; Juan Morales; Pablo Montes; Enrique Figuerola | CUB | 38.6 |
| 2 | Charles Greene; Mel Pender; Ronald Smith; James Hines | USA | 38.6 |
| 3 | Gerard Fenouil; Josselyn Delecour; Claude Piquemal; Roger Bambuck | FRA | 38.8 |
| 4 | Sergio Ottolina; Ennio Preatoni; Angelo Sguazzero; Livio Berruti | ITA | 39.4 |
| 5 | Edward Owusu; Michael Kofi Ahey; William Quaye; James Addy | GHA | 39.9 |
| Disqualified | |||
| Aleksey Khlopotnov; Eugeny Siniaev; Nickolay Ivanov; Vladislav Sapeia | URS | ||
| Timon Oyebami; Robert Ojo; Benedict Majekodumni; Kolawole Abdulai | NGR | ||
| Gerald Wisdom; Thomas Robinson; Bernard Nottage; Edwin Johnson | BAH | ||