# 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 8 and 9 March.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | United States (USA) | 3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| Championship record | United States (USA) | 3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| World leading | Texas A&M University | 3:03.30 | College Station, United States | 1 March 2014 |
| African record | Nigeria (NGR) | 3:09.76 | Lisbon, Portugal | 10 March 2001 |
| Asian record | Japan (JPN) | 3:05.90 | Maebashi, Japan | 6 March 1999 |
| European record | Poland (POL) | 3:03.01 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | United States (USA) | 3:02.83 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (AUS) | 3:08.49 | Seville, Spain | 10 March 1991 |
| South American record | Brazil (BRA) | 3:10.50 | Paris, France | 8 March 1997 |
| Records broken during the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships |||||
| World record | United States (USA) | 3:02.13 | Sopot, Poland | 9 March 2014 |
| African record | Nigeria (NGR) | 3:07.95 | Sopot, Poland | 8 March 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 8 March 2014 | 11:50 | Heats |
| 9 March 2014 | 18:40 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | United States | Clayton Parros, Ricky Babineaux, Kind Butler III, Calvin Smith Jr. | 3:04.36 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Michael Bingham, Jamie Bowie, Luke Lennon-Ford | 3:06.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Jamaica | Errol Nolan, Allodin Fothergill, Dane Hyatt, Jermaine Brown | 3:06.12 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Poland | Kacper Kozłowski, Patryk Dobek, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina | 3:06.50 | q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Russia | Lev Mosin, Denis Kudryavtsev, Aleksandr Khyutte, Vladimir Krasnov | 3:06.63 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Butrym, Yevhen Hutsol, Dmytro Bikulov, Danylo Danylenko | 3:07.54 | q, NR |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Nigeria | Tobi Ogunmola, Noah Akwu, Salihu Isah, Cristian Morton | 3:07.95 | AR |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Bahamas | Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu, Andretti Bain, LaToy Williams | 3:09.79 | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Spain | Mark Ujakpor, Samuel García, Daniel Andújar, Kevin López | 3:10.17 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Japan | Kengo Yamazaki, Kaisei Yui, Nobuya Kato, Yuzo Kanemaru | 3:12.63 | SB |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | United States | Kyle Clemons, David Verburg, Kind Butler III, Calvin Smith Jr. | 3:02.13 | WIR |
| | 5 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Jamie Bowie, Luke Lennon-Ford, Nigel Levine | 3:03.49 | SB |
| | 3 | Jamaica | Errol Nolan, Allodin Fothergill, Akheem Gauntlett, Edino Steele | 3:03.69 | NR |
| 4 | 1 | Poland | Kacper Kozłowski, Rafał Omelko, Michał Pietrzak, Jakub Krzewina | 3:04.39 | SB |
| 5 | 4 | Russia | Konstantin Petryashov, Denis Kudryavtsev, Aleksandr Khyutte, Vladimir Krasnov | 3:07.12 | |
| 6 | 2 | Ukraine | Vitaliy Butrym, Yevhen Hutsol, Dmytro Bikulov, Danylo Danylenko | 3:08.79 | |