The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 22 March 2026. This was the 19th time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Background The men's 4 × 400 metres relay was contested 18 times before 2025, at every edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships since 1991. +Records before the 2026 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordTeamTime (s)LocationDateWorld record Houston3:01.51 Clemson, United States 9 Feb 2019Championship record3:01.77Birmingham, United Kingdom4 March 20182026 World LeadSouth Carolina3:00.86 Clemson, United States 13 February 2026

Qualification For the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, there is no entry standard, and every Member Federation will be able to enter one team up to eight athletes in each event.

Results

Round 1 Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Round 1 was held on 22 March, starting at 10:48 (UTC+1) in the morning.

Rank Heat Lane Country Athletes Time Notes 1 1 6 Eugene Omalla, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Max van der Lugt, Tony van Diepen 3:04.66 Q, 2 1 5 Pedro Afonso, Ericsson Tavares, Omar Elkhatib, João Coelho 3:04.75 Q, 3 1 4 Elija Godwin, Demarius Smith, Justin Robinson, TJ Tomlyanovich 3:04.85 q 4 2 5 Robin Vanderbemden, Christian Iguacel, Dylan Borlée, Alexander Doom 3:05.25 Q, 5 2 4 Árpád Kovács, Zoltán Wahl, Ernő Steigerwald, Csanád Csahóczi 3:05.67 Q, 6 2 5 Reheem Hayles, Tyrice Taylor, Kimar Farquharson, Demar Francis 3:05.68 q 7 1 6 Marcin Karolewski, Wiktor Wróbel, Remigiusz Zazula, Mateusz Rzeźniczak 3:06.30 8 1 6 Axel Gomez, Ryan López, Javier Gómez, Kelvis Padrino 3:07.05 9 2 6 Martin Koreček, Milan Ščibráni, David Bix, Šimon Ceplý 3:07.53

Final The final was held on 22 March, starting at 20:26 (UTC+1) in the evening.

Rank Lane Country Athletes Time Notes 2 Justin Robinson, Chris Robinson, Demarius Smith, Khaleb McRae 3:01.52 6 Jonathan Sacoor, Christian Iguacel, Julien Watrin, Robin Vanderbemden 3:03.29 1 Reheem Hayles, Delano Kennedy, Tyrice Taylor, Kimar Farquharson 3:05.99 4 5 Eugene Omalla, Keenan Blake, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Tony van Diepen 3:06.05 5 4 Pedro Afonso, Ericsson Tavares, Omar Elkhatib, João Coelho 3:08.34 6 3 Árpád Kovács, Zoltán Wahl, Ernő Steigerwald, Csanád Csahóczi 3:09.51

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