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Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Jesse Owens; Ralph Metcalfe; Foy Draper; Frank Wykoff | USA | 40.0 |
| 2 | Orazio Mariani; Gianni Caldana; Elio Ragni; Tullio Gonnelli | ITA | 41.1 |
| 3 | Eric Grimbeek; Patrick Dannaher; Tom Lavery; Martinus Theunissen | RSA | 41.7 |
| 4 | Toivo Ahjopalo; Toivo Sariola; Palle Virtanen; Aki Tammisto | FIN | 42.0 |
| Disqualified | |||
| Takayoshi Yoshioka; Monta Suzuki; Mutsuo Taniguchi; Masao Yazawa | JPN | ||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Tjeerd Boersma; Wijnand van Beveren; Christiaan Berger; Martinus Osendarp | NED | 41.3 |
| 2 | Juan Lavenas; Antonio Sande; Carlos Hofmeister; Tomas Beswick | ARG | 41.9 |
| 3 | Mario Minai; Gyula Gyenes; Jozsef Kovacs; Jozsef Sir | HUN | 42.0 |
| 4 | Charles Wiard; Donald Finlay; Walter Rangeley; Alan Pennington | GBR | 42.4 |
| 5 | Maurice Carlton; Pierre Dondelinger; Paul Bronner; Robert Paul | FRA | 42.6 |
| 6 | Poh Kimseng; Wong Yingket; Chen Kingkwan; Liu Changchun | CHN | 44.8 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Wilhelm Leichum; Erich Borchmeyer; Erwin Gillmeister; Gerd Hornberger | GER | 41.4 |
| 2 | Samuel Richardson; Bruce Humber; Lee Orr; Howard McPhee | CAN | 41.5 |
| 3 | Lennart Lindgren; Irvin Ternstrom; Osten Sandstrom; Ake Stenqvist | SWE | 41.5 |
| 4 | Albert Jud; Bernard Marchand; Georges Meyer; Paul Hanni | SUI | 42.2 |