| Platz | Athlete | Land | Zeit | Anmerkung |
| 1. | Rolf Sundermann, Martin Reichert, Burkart Quantz, Fritz Helfrich | BR-Deutschland | 41.6 | Q |
| 2. | Alo Brakchi, Joel Caprice, Jean-Claude Penez, Guy Lagorce | Frankreich | 41.6 | Q |
| 3. | Hiroshi Shibata, Yoshiaki Osada, Koji Sakurai, Norihiko Kubo | Japan | 42.6 | Q |
| 4. | Giorgos Katsibardis, Dimitrios Skourtis, Georgios Marsellos, Nikolaos Georgopoulos | Griechenland | 43.3 | |
| 5. | Iftikhar Shah, Mohd, Faroq, Tahir | Pakistan | 43.6 |