Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Results Round 1

| Rank_ | Heat | Nation | Competitors | Time_ | Notes_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | Botswana | Oganeditse Moseki, Johnson Kubisa, California Molefe, Kagiso Kilego | 3:03.32 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Russia | Aleksandr Larin, Andrey Rudnitskiy, Oleg Mishukov, Ruslan Mashchenko | 3:03.35 |  |
| 10 | 2 | Poland | Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Piotr Klimczak, Marcin Marciniszyn, Marek Plawgo | 3:03.69 |  |
| 11 | 2 | Ukraine | Volodymyr Demchenko, Yevgeniy Zyukov, Myhaylo Knysh, Andriy Tverdostup | 3:04.01 |  |
| 12 | 1 | Greece | Stilianos Dimotsios, Anastasios Gousis, Panagiotis Sarris, Periklis Iakovakis | 3:04.27 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | France | Ahmed Douhou, Ibrahima Wade, Abderrahim El Haouzy, Leslie Djhone | 3:04.39 |  |
| 14 | 2 | Spain | Eduardo Ivan Rodriguez, David Canal, Luis Flores, Antonio Manuel Reina | 3:05.03 | SB |
|  | 2 | South Africa | Marcus la Grange, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Ockert Cilliers, Arnaud Malherbe | DNF |  |
|  | 1 | Jamaica | Michael Campbell, Michael Blackwood, Jermaine Gonzales, Davian Clarke | DSQ |  |