The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 and 21 September 2025.
Records Before the competition, records were as follows:
Record Athlete & Location Date World recordAndrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993Championship record World leading (Gardeo Isaacs, Udeme Okon, Leendert Koekemoer, Zakithi Nene) 2:57.50 Guangzhou, China 11 May 2025 African record (Bayapo Ndori, Busang Kebinatshipi, Anthony Pesela, Letsile Tebogo) 2:54.53 Paris, France10 August 2024 Asian record (Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Kaito Kawabata, Fuga Sato, Kentaro Sato) 2:58.33European Record(Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson) 2:55.83 North, Central American and Caribbean recordAndrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson2:54.29Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993 South American recordEronilde de Araújo, Sanderlei Parrela, Anderson Oliveira, Claudinei da Silva2:58.56Winnipeg, Canada30 July 1999Oceanian recordBruce Frayne, Darren Clark, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell2:59.70Los Angeles, United States11 August 1984
Qualification standard First fourteen placed teams at the 2025 World Athletics Relays and the next two highest placed teams on year top list.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: Date Time Round20 September 19:35 Round 121 September20:20 Final
Results Round 1 The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 + Results of heat 1 Place Lane Nation Athletes Notes 1 6 Gardeo Isaacs, Udeme Okon, Leendert Koekemoer, Lythe Pillay 2:58.81 2 3 Ammar Ibrahim, Bassem Hemeida, Ismail Abakar, Abderrahman Samba 3:00.15 , 3 9 Jonas Phijffers, Eugene Omalla, Ramsey Angela, Liemarvin Bonevacia 3:00.23 , 4 7 George Mutinda, David Kapirante, Dennis Masika Mulongo, Kevin Kipkorir 3:00.76 5 8 , , Liu Kai, Guo Longyu 3:00.77 6 4 Christopher Bailey, Demarius Smith, Bryce Deadmon, Jenoah McKiver 3:01.06 7 5 Muhammad Abdallah Kounta, Loïc Prévot, David Sombé, Yann Spillman 3:01.64 2 Muzala Samukonga, Kennedy Luchembe, Sitali Kakene, David Mulenga
Heat 2 + Results of heat 2 Place Lane Nation Athletes Notes 1 8 Lee Eppie, Leungo Scotch, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori 2:57.68 , 2 6 Jonathan Sacoor, Dylan Borlée, Daniel Segers, Alexander Doom 2:57.98 , 3 5 Lee Thompson, Toby Harries, Seamus Derbyshire, Charlie Dobson 2:58.11 , 4 2 Bovel McPherson, Jevaughn Powell, Jasauna Dennis, Delano Kennedy 2:59.13 , 5 7 Pedro Afonso, Ericsson Tavares, João Coelho, Omar Elkhatib 2:59.70 , 6 3 Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Fuga Sato, , Kenki Imaizumi 2:59.74 9 Cooper Sherman, Reece Holder, Aidan Murphy, Tom Reynolds 4 , Matheus Lima, Lucas Vilar, Alison dos Santos
Heat 3 (Re-run) + Results of heat 3 Place Lane Nation Athletes Notes 1 4 Christopher Bailey, Demarius Smith, Bryce Deadmon, Jenoah McKiver 2:58.48 , 2 7 George Mutinda, David Kapirante, Dennis Masika Mulongo, Kevin Kipkorir 3:00.39
Final
+ Results of the final Place Lane Nation Athletes Notes 5 Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi 2:57.76 1 Vernon Norwood, Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae, Rai Benjamin 2:57.83 8 Lythe Pillay, Udeme Okon, Wayde van Niekerk, Zakithi Nene 2:57.83 4 7 Jonathan Sacoor, Robin Vanderbemden, Alexander Doom, Daniel Segers 2:59.48 5 6 Ammar Ibrahim, Bassem Hemeida, Ismail Abakar, Abderrahman Samba 3:01.64 6 9 Lee Thompson, Toby Harries, Lewis Davey, Charlie Dobson 3:03.05 7 3 Delano Kennedy, Jevaughn Powell, Jasauna Dennis, Rusheen McDonald 3:03.46 8 4 Jonas Phijffers, Terrence Agard, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela 3:04.84 9 2 Pedro Afonso, Omar Elkhatib, João Coelho, Ricardo dos Santos 3:09.06
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