1912
1. Great Britain .................................................... 42.4
(Jacobs, Macintosh, d’Arcy, Applegarth)
2. Sweden .......................................................... 42.6
(Luther, Moller, Persson, Lindberg)
dq—Germany
1920
1. United States .................................................. 42.2
(Paddock, Scholz, Murchison, Kirksey)
2. France ............................................................ 42.6
(Tirard, Lorrain, Mourlon, Ali Khan)
3. Sweden .......................................................... 42.9
(Holmstrom, Pettersson, Malm, Sandstrom)
1924
1. United States .................................................. 41.0 =WR
(Hussey, Clarke, Murchison, Leconey)
2. Great Britain ................................................... 41.2
(Abrahams, Rangeley, Boyle, Nichol)
3. Holland ........................................................... 41.8
(Boot, Broos, de Vries, van den Berghe)
1928
1. United States .................................................. 41.0 =WR
(Wykoff, Quinn, Borah, Russell)
2. Germany ......................................................... 41.2
(Lammers, Corts, Houben, Kornig)
3. Great Britain .................................................... 41.8
(Gill, Smouha, Rangeley, London)
1932
1. United States .................................................. 40.0 WR
(Kiesel, Toppino, Dyer, Wykoff)
2. Germany ......................................................... 40.9
(Kornig, Hendrix, Borchmeyer, Jonath)
3. Italy ................................................................. 41.2
(Castelli, Maregatti, Salviati, Toetti)
1936
1. United States ................................................... 39.8 WR
(Owens, Metcalfe, Draper, Wykoff)
2. Italy ................................................................. 41.1
(Mariani, Caldana, Ragni, Gonnelli)
3. Germany ......................................................... 41.2
(Leichum, Borchmeyer, Gillmeister, Hornberger)
1948
1. United States ................................................... 40.6
(Ewell, Wright, Dillard, Patton)
2. Great Britain ..................................................... 41.3
(Archer, Gregory, McCorquodale, Jones)
3. Italy ................................................................. 41.5
(Tito, Perucconi, Siddi, Monti)
1952
1. United States .................................................. 40.1
(Smith, Dillard, Remigino, Stanfield)
2. Soviet Union .................................................... 40.3
(Tokaryev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Sukharyev)
3. Hungary .......................................................... 40.5
(Zarandi, Varasdi, Csanyi, Goldovanyi)
1956
1. United States .................................................. 39.5 WR
(Murchison, King, Baker, Morrow)
2. Soviet Union .................................................... 39.8
(Tokaryev, Sukharyev, Bartenyev, Konovalov)
3. Germany ......................................................... 40.3
(Knorzer, Pohl, Futterer, Germar)
1960
1. West Germany ................................................ 39.5 =WR
(Cullmann, Hary, Mahlendorf, Lauer,)
2. Soviet Union .................................................... 40.1
(Kosanov, Bartneyev, Konovalov, Ozolin)
3. Great Britain .................................................... 40.2
(Radford, Jones, Segal, Whitehead)
1964
1. United States .................................................. 39.0 WR
(Drayton, Ashworth, Stebbins, Hayes)
2. Poland ............................................................ 39.3
(Zielinski, Maniak, Foik, Dudziak)
3. France ............................................................ 39.3
(Delecour, Genevay, Laidebeur, Piquemal)
1968
1. United States ................................................... 38.2(A) WR
(Greene, Pender, Smith, Hines)
2. Cuba ............................................................... 38.3
(Ramirez, Morales, Montes, Figuerola)
3. France ............................................................ 38.4
(Fenouil, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck)
1972
1. United States ................................................. 38.19 WR
(Black, Taylor, Tinker, Hart)
2. Soviet Union ................................................... 38.50
(Kornelyuk, Lovyetskiy, Silovs, Borzov)
3. West Germany ............................................... 38.79
(Hirscht, Klotz, Wucherer, Ehl)
1976
1. United States ................................................. 38.33
(Glance, Jones, Hampton, Riddick)
2. East Germany ................................................ 38.66
(Kokot, Pfeifer, Kurrat, Thieme)
3. Soviet Union ................................................... 38.78
(Aksinin, Kolyesnikov, Silovs, Borzov)
1980
1. Soviet Union ................................................... 38.26
(Muravyov, Sidorov, Aksinin, Prokofyev)
2. Poland ........................................................... 38.33
(Zwolinski, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin)
3. France ........................................................... 38.53
(Richard, Pas. Barre, Pat. Barre, Panzo)
1984
1. United States ................................................. 37.83 WR
(Graddy 10.29, Brown 9.19, Smith 9.41, Lewis 8.94)
2. Jamaica ......................................................... 38.62
(Lawrence, Meghoo, Quarrie, Stewart 9.28)
3. Canada .......................................................... 38.70
(Johnson, Sharpe, Williams, Hinds 9.47)
1988
1. Soviet Union ................................................... 38.19
(Bryzgin, Krylov, Muravyov, Savin)
2. Great Britain ................................................... 38.28
(Bunney, Regis, McFarlane, Christie)
3. France ........................................................... 38.40
(Marie-Rose, Sangouma, Queneherve, Moriniere)
1992
1. United States ................................................. 37.40 WR
(Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, Lewis)
2. Nigeria ........................................................... 37.98
(Kayode, Imoh, Adeniken, D. Ezinwa)
3. Cuba ............................................................. 38.00
(Simon, Lamela, Isasi, Aguilera)
1996
1. Canada ......................................................... 37.69
(Esmie, Gilbert, Surin, Bailey)
2. United States ................................................ 38.05
(Drummond, Harden, Marsh, Mitchell)
3. Brazil ............................................................ 38.41
(Ar. Silva, R. da Silva, Ribeiro, An. Silva)
2000
1. United States ..................................................37.61
(Drummond Jon, Williams Bernard, Lewis Brian, Greene Maurice) 
2. Brazil .............................................................37.90
(de Lima Vicente Lenilson, Ribeiro Edson Luciano, Silva Andre, da Silva Claudinei Quirino) 
3. Cuba.............................................................. 38.04
(Cesar Angel, Pérez-Rionda Luis Alberto, García Iván, Mayola Freddy) 

Medals
15 - 1 - 0  USA
  2 - 4 - 1  Soviet Union
  1 - 3 - 2  Great Britain
  1 - 0 - 1  West Germany
  1 - 0 - 1  Canada
  0 - 2 - 0  Poland
  0 - 2 - 2  Germany
  0 - 1 - 2  Italy
  0 - 1 - 4  France
  0 - 1 - 2  Cuba
  0 - 1 - 1  Sweden
  0 - 1 - 1  Brazil
  0 - 1 - 0  East Germany
  0 - 1 - 0  Jamaica
  0 - 1 - 0  Nigeria
  0 - 0 - 1  Holland
  0 - 0 - 1  Hungary