These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
| width=200 valign=top | Sandie Richards Catherine Scott Debbie-Ann Parris Lorraine Fenton Michelle Burgher | width=200 valign=top | Florence Ekpo-Umoh Shanta Ghosh Claudia Marx Grit Breuer | width=200 valign=top | Irina Rosikhina Yuliya Nosova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Olesya Zykina Natalya Shevtsova |
The first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualify.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:21.97 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 3:24.87 | Q, SB | ||||
| 1 | 3:25.68 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 3:26.81 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 3:26.92 | q | ||||
| 2 | 3:27.25 | Q, SB | ||||
| 1 | 3:27.37 | q, SB | ||||
| 2 | 3:27.39 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 3:28.68 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 3:28.93 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 3:30.03 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 3:30.81 | NR | |||
| 13 | 2 | 3:33.51 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 3:33.78 | SB |
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:20.65 | WL | ||||
| 3:21.97 | SB | ||||
| 3:24.92 | |||||
| 4 | 3:26.88 | ||||
| 5 | 3:26.94 | SB | |||
| 6 | 3:27.54 | ||||
| 7 | 3:27.78 | ||||
| 8 | 3:27.93 |