| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Thailand | Seksan Wongsala, Wachara Sondee, Ekkachai Janthana, Sittichai Suwonprateep | 39.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Japan | Kazuyoshi Hidaka, Tatsuro Yoshino, Yusuke Omae, Shingo Suetsugu | 39.65 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | India | Bharmappa Nagaraj, Sandeep Singh Sarkaria, Vilas Neelagund, Hariharan Jayachandran | 39.83 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | China | Guo Fan, Liu Dapeng, Yang Yaozu, Wang Chengliang | 40.00 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Saudi Arabia | Yahya Al-Ghahes, Mubarak Ata Mubarak, Hamed Al-Bishi, Bader Al-Ainain | 40.05 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Oman | Fahad Al-Jabri, Juma Al-Jabri, Hamood Al-Dalhami, Musabeh Al-Masoudi | 40.09 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | Wang Shih-Wen, Liu Yuan-Kai, Lin Yi-Wei, Cheng Ming-Sheng | 40.37 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | South Korea | Park Yeong-hwan, Lim Hee-nam, Suh Min-suk, Choi Hyung-rak | 40.39 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Kazakhstan | Grigoriy Volodin, Vyacheslav Muravyev, Rinat Galiyev, Vitaly Medvedev | 40.48 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sri Lanka | Prabashitha Caldera, Surendra Sanjeewa, Ravindra Kumara Sudath, Jon Dhanuska Perera | 40.49 | |
| 11 | 1 | Singapore | Poh Seng Song, Shafiq Kashmiri, Erzalm Fawzy Rawi, Mohd Shameer Ayub | 41.03 | |
| 1 | Hong Kong | Leung Chun Wai, Lau Yu Leong, To Wai Lok, Chiang Wai Hung | DNF | |
| Rank | Team | Name | Time | Notes |
 | Japan | Kazuyoshi Hidaka, Tatsuro Yoshino, Yusuke Omae, Shingo Suetsugu | 39.10 | |
 | Thailand | Seksan Wongsala, Wachara Sondee, Ekkachai Janthana, Sittichai Suwonprateep | 39.23 | |
 | Saudi Arabia | Farag Al-Dosari, Mubarak Ata Mubarak, Yahya Al-Ghahes, Hamed Al-Bishi | 39.25 | |
| 4 | China | Guo Fan, Liu Dapeng, Yang Yaozu, Wang Chengliang | 39.73 | |
| 5 | India | Anil Kumar Prakash, Sandeep Singh Sarkaria, Vilas Neelagund, Hariharan Jayachandran | 39.74 | |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | Wang Shih-Wen, Liu Yuan-Kai, Lin Yi-Wei, Chen Tien-Wen | 40.25 | |
| 7 | Oman | Fahad Al-Jabri, Juma Al-Jabri, Hamood Al-Dalhami, Musabeh Al-Masoudi | 40.46 | |
| 8 | South Korea | Park Yeong-hwan, Lim Hee-nam, Choi Hyung-rak, Suh Min-suk | 40.57 | |