Men
26 September
| Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Bryan Bridgewater, Kevin Braunskill, Calvin Smith, Jeff Williams | 38.48 | 8 | |
| 2 | Americas | Andrés Simón (CUB), Joel Lamela (CUB), Joel Isasi (CUB), Robson da Silva (BRA) | 38.51 | 7 | |
| 3 | Africa | John Myles-Mills (GHA), Olapade Adeniken (NGR), Oluyemi Kayode (NGR), Sanusi Turay (SLE) | 39.08 | 6 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | Allyn Condon, Darren Campbell, Jamie Baulch, Jason Fergus | 39.40 | 5 | |
| 5 | Unified Team | Pavel Galkin (RUS), Edvin Ivanov (RUS), Andrey Fedoriv (RUS), Igor Streltsov (UKR) | 39.57 | 4 | |
| 6 | Oceania | Gus Nketia (NZL), Shane Naylor (AUS), Brett Leavy (AUS), Peter Crane (AUS) | 39.63 | 3 | |
| 7 | Europe | Christoph Pöstinger (AUT), Steffen Bringmann (GER), Giorgio Marras (ITA), Marco Menchini (ITA) | 39.67 | 2 | |
| 8 | Asia | Zhang Hong (CHN), Wu Jianhui (CHN), Zhao Cunlin (CHN), Zheng Cheng (CHN) | 39.89 | 1 | |
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Women
27 September
| Rank | Team | Athletes | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Asia | Gao Han (CHN), Tian Yumei (CHN), Chen Zhaojing (CHN), Xiao Yehua (CHN) | 43.63 | 8 | |
| 2 | Europe | Valérie Jean-Charles (FRA), Odiah Sidibé (FRA), Odile Singa (FRA), Marie-José Pérec (FRA) | 44.02 | 7 | |
| 3 | Africa | Lalao Ravaoniriana (MAD), Rufina Ubah (NGR), Faith Idehen (NGR), Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) | 44.21 | 6 | |
| 4 | Americas | Liliana Allen (CUB), Aliuska López (CUB), Myra Mayberry (PUR), Norfalia Carabalí (COL) | 44.52 | 5 | |
| 5 | Unified Team | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya (UKR), Natalya Voronova (RUS), Yelena Mizera (RUS), Olga Bogoslovskaya (RUS) | 44.55 | 4 | |
| 6 | Germany | Anja Bohme, Jana Schönenberger, Gabi Roth, Sabine Günther | 44.63 | 3 | |
| 7 | United States | Kim McKenzie, Kendra Mackey, Wenda Vereen, Dyan Webber | 45.03 | 2 | |
| Oceania | Esther Paolo (AUS), Michelle Seymour (NZL), Melinda Gainsford (AUS), Veronica Lee (AUS) | DQ | 0 | |
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