2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 23 and 24 July 2022.^[1]

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Championships
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	23 July (heats) 24 July (final)
Competitors	92 from 16 nations
Winning time	2:56.17
Medalists
Elija Godwin Michael Norman Bryce Deadmon Champion Allison    United States   Akeem Bloomfield Nathon Allen Jevaughn Powell Christopher Taylor    Jamaica   Dylan Borlée Julien Watrin Alexander Doom Kevin Borlée    Belgium
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Records

Before the competition, records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
Championship record
World Leading	Adidas Steven Gardiner, Quincy Hall, Erriyon Knighton, Grant Holloway	2:57.72	Gainesville, United States	16 April 2022
African Record	Botswana Isaac Makwala, Baboloki Thebe, Zibane Ngozi, Bayapo Ndori	2:57.27	Tokyo, Japan	7 August 2021
Asian Record	India Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob	3:00.25	Tokyo, Japan	6 August 2021
North, Central American and Caribbean record	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
South American Record	Brazil Eronilde de Araújo, Sanderlei Parrela, Anderson Oliveira, Claudinei da Silva	2:58.56	Winnipeg, Canada	30 July 1999
European Record	Great Britain Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Roger Black	2:56.60	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Oceanian record	Australia Bruce Frayne, Darren Clark, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell	2:59.70	Los Angeles, United States	11 August 1984

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 top lists' teams.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
23 July	17:40	Heats
24 July	19:35	Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[4][5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	6	United States (USA)	Elija Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Trevor Bassitt	2:58.56	Q SB
2	1	5	Japan (JPN)	Fuga Sato, Kaito Kawabata, Julian Walsh, Yuki Joseph Nakajima	3:01.53	Q SB
3	1	3	Jamaica (JAM)	Akeem Bloomfield, Jevaughn Powell, Karayme Bartley, Anthony Cox	3:01.59	Q SB
4	2	4	Belgium (BEL)	Julien Watrin, Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée	3:01.96	Q SB
5	2	5	Czech Republic (CZE)	Matěj Krsek, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm	3:02.42	Q NR
6	2	1	Poland (POL)	Maksymilian Klepacki, Karol Zalewski, Mateusz Rzeźniczak, Kajetan Duszyński	3:02.51	Q SB
7	1	2	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	Dwight St. Hillaire, Jereem Richards, Asa Guevara, Kashief King	3:02.75	q SB
8	2	8	France (FRA)	Thomas Jordier, Loïc Prévot, Simon Boypa, Téo Andant	3:03.13	q SB
9	1	7	Netherlands (NED)	Isayah Boers, Terrence Agard, Nick Smidt, Ramsey Angela	3:03.14	SB
10	2	3	Italy (ITA)	Lorenzo Benati, Vladimir Aceti, Brayan Lopez, Edoardo Scotti	3:03.43	SB
11	2	6	Germany (GER)	Marvin Schlegel, Manuel Sanders, Marc Koch, Patrick Schneider	3:04.21
12	1	8	India (IND)	Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Ramesh	3:07.29
13	2	7	Botswana (BOT)	Isaac Makwala, Zibane Ngozi, Keitumentse Maitseo, Leungo Scotch	3:07.32	qR
	2	2	Dominican Republic (DOM)		DNS
	1	4	South Africa (RSA)		DNS

Final

Rank[6]	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	6	United States (USA)	Elija Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Champion Allison	2:56.17	WL
	8	Jamaica (JAM)	Akeem Bloomfield, Nathon Allen, Jevaughn Powell, Christopher Taylor	2:58.58	SB
	5	Belgium (BEL)	Dylan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Alexander Doom, Kevin Borlée	2:58.72	SB
4	3	Japan (JPN)	Fuga Sato, Kaito Kawabata, Julian Walsh, Yuki Joseph Nakajima	2:59.51	AR
5	9	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	Dwight St. Hillaire, Jereem Richards, Shakeem McKay, Asa Guevara	3:00.03	SB
6	1	Botswana (BOT)	Zibane Ngozi, Leungo Scotch, Isaac Makwala, Bayapo Ndori	3:00.14	PB
7	2	France (FRA)	Thomas Jordier, Loïc Prévot, Simon Boypa, Téo Andant	3:01.35	SB
8	4	Czech Republic (CZE)	Matěj Krsek, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm	3:01.63	NR
9	7	Poland (POL)	Maksymilian Klepacki, Karol Zalewski, Mateusz Rzeźniczak, Kajetan Duszyński	3:02.51	SB