The men's 4 × 400 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(Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson)2:54.29 Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993Championships record(David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt)2:57.25 Nassau, Bahamas25 May 20142025 World Leading Kenya(Kevin Kiprotich Tonui, Boniface Mweresa, Brian Onyari Tinega, Kevin Kipkorir)3:00.87 Nairobi, Kenya26 April 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 202520:23Heats11 May 202520:56Repechage round11 May 202521:49Final
Results
Heats (World Championships Qualifying Round 1) The heats were held on 10 May 2025, starting at 20:23 (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 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes18Mthi Mthimkulu, Udeme Okon, Lythe Pillay, Zakithi Nene3:00.00, 29Liang Baotang, , Zhang Qining, Fu Haoran3:01.87, 37Gerson Pozo, Julio Arenas, Manuel Guijarro, Bernat Erta3:02.0445Javier Brown, Zandrion Barnes, Rusheen McDonald, 3:03.5456Niklas Noah Klei, , Lukas Krappe, 3:06.2664Augustine Nketie Junior, Thomas Reynolds, Luke van Ratingen, Terrell Thorne3:06.32
Heat 2 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes18Lee Eppie, Justice Oratile, Victor Ntweng, Leungo Scotch3:01.23, 24Ericsson Tavares, Omar Elkhatib, João Coelho, Ricardo dos Santos3:01.78, 36, Lucas Carvalho, Vinícius Moura, Matheus Lima3:02.1947Liemarvin Bonevacia, Nick Smidt, Isaya Klein Ikkink, Jonas Phijffers3:02.9455Patrick Kakozi Nyambe, Kennedy Luchembe, Sitali Kakene, David Mulenga3:04.8369Christopher O'Donnell, Callum Baird, Marcus Lawler, Jack Raftery3:05.47
Heat 3 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes17Christian Iguacel, Robin Vanderbemden, Dylan Borlée, Alexander Doom3:01.35, 25Efekemo Okoro, Toby Harries, Rio Mitcham, Charles Dobson3:01.38, 38Abderrahman Samba, Bassem Hemeida, Ashraf Osman, Ammar Ibrahim3:03.9746Edoardo Scotti, Vladimir Aceti, Riccardo Meli, Lorenzo Benati3:04.0154, Omar Ndoye, Abdou Aziz Ndiaye, Cheikh Tidiane Diouf3:05.3769, , Pablo Vargas, Valente Mendoza3:05.74
Heat 4 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes15Muhammad Abdallah Kounta, Loïc Prévot, David Sombé, Adrien Coulibaly3:00.30 , 26Zablon Ekwam, Boniface Onyari Mweresa, Brian Onyari Tinega, Kevin Kipkorir3:00.8837Jevon O'Bryant, Lance Lang, Kennedy Lightner, Elija Godwin3:01.2348Michal Kijewski, Marcin Karolewski, Patryk Grzegorzewicz, Mateusz Rzeźniczak3:02.6959Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan, Manu Thekkinalil Saji, Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi, Mohit Kumar3:03.9264Gerren Muwishi, Leeford Zuze, Aldrin Tadiwanashe Tafa, Dennis Bradley Hove3:05.65
Repechage Round (World Championships Qualifying Round 2) The repechage round was held on 11 May 2025, starting at 20:56 (UTC+8) in the evening. The repechage round consisted of all countries which did not qualify for the final. Qualification: First 3 of each heat qualify to the 2025 World Athletics Championships ().
Heat 1 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes18, Lucas Carvalho, , Matheus Lima3:01.14, 27Jonas Pfijffers, Eugene Omalla, Nick Smidt, Isaya Klein Ikkink3:01.32, 35Rusheen McDonald, Demar Francis, Zandrion Barnes, 3:02.00, 49Maksymilian Szwed, Marcin Karolewski, Kajetan Duszyński, Mateusz Rzeźniczak3:02.1552Abdou Aziz Ndiaye, , , Cheikh Tidiane Diouf3:02.5166Lapo Bianciardi, Lorenzo Benati, Francesco Rossi, Matteo Raimondi3:04.1474Jay Kumar, Dharmveer Choudmary, Manu Thekkinalil Saji, Rince Joseph3:04.493Gerren Muwishi, Leeford Zuze, Aldrin Tadiwanashe Tafa, Dennis Bradley HoveTR24.21
Heat 2 RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes16Elija Godwin, Justin Robinson, Kennedy Lightner, Khaleb McCrae2:58.68, 29Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy, Thomas Reynolds2:59.73, 37Ammar Ibrahim, Bassem Hemeida, Ashraf Osman, Abderrahman Samba3:00.29, 44Gerson Pozo, Manuel Guijarro, Markel Fernández, Julio Arenas3:02.1258Sitali Kakene, Kennedy Luchembe, David Mulenga, Patrick Kakozi Nyambe3:03.1663, , Julio Pacheco, Valente Mendoza3:03.4772Conor Kelly, Cillin Greene, Christopher O'Donnell, Jack Raftery3:04.4285Niklas Noah Klei, , Lukas Krappe, 3:05.45
Final The final was held on 11 May 2025, starting at 21:49 (UTC+8) in the evening. RankLaneNationCompetitorsTimeNotes7Gardeo Isaacs, Udeme Okon, Leendert Koekemoer, Zakithi Nene2:57.50, 8Jonathan Sacoor, Robin Vanderbemden, Daniel Segers, Alexander Doom2:58.195Lee Eppie, Justice Oratile, Kabo Rankgwe, Leungo Scotch2:58.2746Adrien Coulibaly, Loïc Prévot, David Sombé, Jimy Soudril2:58.8054Kelvin Tonui, Zablon Ekwam, Boniface Onyari Mweresa, Kevin Kipkorir2:59.2969Toby Harries, Efekemo Okoro, Joshua Faulds, Rio Mitcham3:03.4673Ericsson Tavares, Ricardo dos Santos, Omar Elkhatib, André Franco3:04.5282Bao Chengzhe, Yu Dexiang, Zheng Chiyu, 3:06.33
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