In the first heat, the home team of the Bahamas set a Bahamian record of 3:12.81 minutes.

[1] In the first heat, the relay team of the Netherlands set a new championship record of 3:12.16 minutes.

[4] In the fourth heat, the team of Mexico was disqualified (DQ) for a fault at recovering a dropped baton (TR24.6).

[14] In the first heat, the home team of the Bahamas set a national record (NR) of 3:12.81 minutes.

[14] The teams of Brazil, Czech Republic, and India did not start (DNS) in this round.

[15] Outside the medals in fourth place, the team of Nigeria set a new African area record (AR).