The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Relays was held at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, China on 10 and 11 May.
The event served as a qualifying event for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with the top 14 teams securing qualification to the World Championships.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: RecordTeamLocationDateWorld record(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt)36.84 London, United Kingdom11 August 2012Championships record(Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey)37.38 Nassau, Bahamas2 May 20152025 World Leading Australia Gold(Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Calab Law)37.87 Sydney, Australia15 March 2025
Qualification On 10 November 2024, World Athletics announced the qualification system for the championships. The top 16 teams in each event at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games qualify for entry to the championships. The host country China will enter with one team in each event, regardless of any entry conditions. The remaining teams (up to 32 in total per event) will be determined through the top lists in the qualification period (1 January 2024 to 13 April 2025).
Program All times are local (UTC+8). DateTimeRound10 May 202520:25Heats11 May 202520:32Repechage round11 May 202521:26Final
Results
Heats (World Championships Qualifying Round 1) The heats were held on 10 May 2025, starting at 20:25 (UTC+8) in the evening. Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualify to the 2025 World Athletics Championships () and World Athletics Relays Final. All teams that do not qualify move on the repechage round, where they get a second chance to qualify for the World Championships.
Heat 1 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes16Romell Glave, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Jona Efoloko, Eugene Amo-Dadzie38.18, 29Patryk Krupa, Oliwer Wdowik, , Dominik Kopeć38.43, 38Barnabas Aggerh, Joseph Amoah, Sean Safo-Antwi, Ibrahim Fuseini38.4944Seo Minjun, Nwamadi Joeljin, Lee Jae-seong, Ko Seung-hwan38.56 57Pablo Matéo, Jeff Erius, Ryan Zeze, Aymeric Priam38.6265Jhonny Rentería, Carlos Palacios, Neiker Abello, Carlos Flórez38.75
Heat 2 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes16Bayanda Walaza, Sinesipho Dambile, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine37.84, 28Kevin Kranz, Owen Ansah, , Lucas Ansah-Peprah38.33, 35Boniface Mweresa, Ferdinand Omanyala, , Steve Onyango Odhiambo38.35 43Lai Po-Hsiang, Chen Wen-Pu, Huang Tso-Chun, 39.0054, , , Puripol Boonson39.187Rohan Watson, Julian Forte, Yohan Blake, Kishane Thompson9, Antoine Snyders, Kobe Vleminckx, Simon Verherstraeten
Heat 3 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes17Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, Rai Atago, Towa Uzawa, Naoki Inoue37.84, =25Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse38.1538Onyema Adigida, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Elvis Afrifa38.2046Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Prince Jackson38.3354Daryl Bachmann, Timothé Mumenthaler, , Jonathan Gou Gomez38.9569, Kojo Musah, Simon Hansen, Frederik Schou-Nielsen39.08
Heat 4 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes17Courtney Lindsey, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King, Brandon Hicklin37.86, 28Fausto Desalu, Matteo Melluzzo, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu38.16, 36Xie Zhenye, Zeng Keli, Wang Shengjie, Chen Jiapeng38.3049, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Erik Cardoso, Felipe Bardi38.4055Karabo Mothibi, Larona Mayana, Godiraone Kevin Lobatlamang, 38.49 63, , Fredy Maidana, César Almirón39.5374Alejandro Rueda, Juan Carlos Castillo, Adria Alfonso, Ricardo Sánchez39.66
Repechage Round (World Championships Qualifying Round 2) The repechage round was held on 11 May 2025, starting at 20:32 (UTC+8) in the evening. The repechage round consisted of all countries which did not qualify for the final. Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualify to the 2025 World Athletics Championships ().
Heat 1 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes16Pablo Matéo, Jeff Erius, Ryan Zeze, Aymeric Priam38.31, 27Barnabas Aggerh, Joseph Amoah, Mustapha Bokpin, Ibrahim Fuseini38.32, 39Seo Minjun, Nwamadi Joeljin, Lee Jae-seong, Lee Jun-hyeok38.5144Lai Po-Hsiang, Chen Wen-Pu, Huang Tso-Chun, 38.965Onyema Adigida, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Elvis Afrifa8Jonathan Gou Gomez, Timothé Mumenthaler, , Daryl Bachmann
Heat 2 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes16Robin Vanderbemden, Antoine Snyders, Kobe Vleminckx, Simon Verherstraeten38.49, 28Boniface Mweresa, Ferdinand Omanyala, , Steve Onyango Odhiambo38.5137Neiker Abello, Carlos Palacios, , Carlos Flórez38.8449, , Fredy Maidana, César Almirón39.3754, Frederik Schou-Nielsen, Emil Frænde, Jason Lubago39.515Rohan Watson, Julian Forte, Yohan Blake, Kishane Thompson
Heat 3 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes17Shi Junhao, Zeng Keli, Wang Shengjie, He Jinxian38.03, 25Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Prince Jackson38.3138Karabo Mothibi, Larona Mayana, Godiraone Kevin Lobatlamang, 38.5346, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Erik Cardoso, Felipe Bardi38.6459, , , Puripol Boonson39.2064Alejandro Rueda, Juan Carlos Castillo, Adria Alfonso, Ricardo Sánchez39.53
Final The final was held on 11 May 2025, starting at 21:26 (UTC+8) in the evening. RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes8Bayanda Walaza, Sinesipho Dambile, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine37.615Courtney Lindsey, Kenny Bednarek, Kyree King, Brandon Hicklin37.664Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse38.1147Naoki Okami, Naoki Nishioka, Rai Atago, Naoki Inoue38.1759Fausto Desalu, Matteo Melluzzo, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu38.2062Kevin Kranz, Owen Ansah, , Lucas Ansah-Peprah38.923Patryk Krupa, Oliwer Wdowik, , Dominik Kopeć6Romell Glave, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Jona Efoloko, Eugene Amo-Dadzie
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