The Women's 4 x 400 m relay races at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 27 and August 28.

United States DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Monique Hennagan	Russia Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh	Jamaica Novlene Williams Michelle Burgher Nadia Davy Sandie Richards

Qualifying

There were two heats with the first three from each heat progressing to the final along with the two fastest losers.

Heats

All times shown are in minutes:seconds.
Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.

Heats

Heat 1

1. Russia (Olesya Krasnomovets , Natalya Ivanova , Tatyana Firova , Olesya Zykina ) 3:23.52 Q SB
2. Jamaica (Ronetta Smith , Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, Sandie Richards) 3:24.92 Q SB
3. Poland (Zuzanna Radecka , Monika Bejnar , Malgorzata Pskit , Grazyna Prokopek ) 3:25.05 Q SB
4. Great Britain (Christine Ohuruogu , Catherine Murphy , Helen Karagounis , Lee McConnell ) 3:26.99 q SB
5. Romania (Angela Morosanu , Alina Rapanu , Maria Rus , Ionela Tirlea-Manolache) 3:27.36 q
6. Belarus (Natalya Sologub , Irina Khlyustova , Ilona Usovich , Svetlana Usovich ) 3:27.38 SB
7. Cameroon (Mireille Nguimgo , Hortense Bewouda , Carole Kaboud Mebam , Muriel Noah Ahanda ) 3:29.93 SB
8. Nigeria (Ngozi Cynthia Nwokocha , Gloria Amuche Nwosu , Halimat Ismaila , Christy Ekpukhon ) 3:30.78 SB

Heat 2

1. United States (Crystal Cox , Moushaumi Robinson , Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards) 3:23.79 Q
2. Greece (Hariklia Bouda , Hrisoula Goudenoudi , Dimitra Dova , Fani Halkia) 3:26.70 Q
3. India (Rajwinder Kaur , K Mathews Beenamol , Chitra K Soman , Manjeet Kaur ) 3:26.89 Q NR
4. Germany (Claudia Hoffman , Claudia Marx , Jana Neubert , Grit Breuer ) 3:27.75
5. Mexico (Liliana Allen , Magali Yanez , Ana Guevara, Mayra Gonzalez ) 3:27.88 NR
6. Brazil (Maria Laura Almirao , Josiane Tito , Geisa Aparecida Coutinho , Lucimar Teodoro ) 3:28.43 SB
7. Ukraine (Oleksandra Ryzhkova , Oksana Ilyushkina , Antonina Yefremova , Natalya Pygyda ) 3:28.62
8. Senegal (Aida Diop , Mame Tacko Diouf , Aminata Diouf , Fatou Bintou Fall ) 3:35.18

Final

1. United States (DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan ) 3:19.01 SB
2. Russia (Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Nazarova, Olesya Zykina, Natalya Antyukh ) 3:20.16 SB
3. Jamaica (Novlene Williams, Michelle Burgher, Nadia Davy, Sandie Richards) 3:22.00 SB
4. Great Britain (Donna Fraser , Catherine Murphy, Christine Ohuruogu, Lee McConnell) 3:25.12 SB
5. Poland (Zuzanna Radecka, Monika Bejnar, Malgorzata Pskit, Grazyna Prokopek) 3:25.22
6. Romania (Angela Morosanu, Alina Rapanu, Maria Rus, Ionela Tirlea-Manolache) 3:26.81 SB
7. India (Satti Geetha , K Mathews Beenamol, Chitra K Soman, Rajwinder Kaur) 3:28.51
8. Greece (Hariklia Bouda, Hrisoula Goudenoudi, Dimitra Dova, Fani Halkia) 3:45.70