# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 24 and 25 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Desmond Johnson Jerome Davis Robin Martin Obea Moore United States |
| Silver | Hiroki Takahashi Dai Tamesue Masayuki Okusako Shinji Morita Japan |
| Bronze | Kris Stewart Tom Lerwill Mark Rowlands Geoff Dearman United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

25 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | United States | Desmond Johnson Jerome Davis Robin Martin Obea Moore | 3:03.65 |
| | Japan | Hiroki Takahashi Dai Tamesue Masayuki Okusako Shinji Morita | 3:06.01 |
| | United Kingdom | Kris Stewart Tom Lerwill Mark Rowlands Geoff Dearman | 3:06.76 |
| 4 | Spain | Victor Vallejo Adrián Fernández Alberto Martínez David Canal | 3:06.95 |
| 5 | Australia | Scott Thom Eugene Bernaudo Brad Jamieson Casey Vincent | 3:07.21 |
| 6 | Poland | Piotr Jagiello Jacek Lewandowski Piotr Długosielski Piotr Haczek | 3:08.04 |
| 7 | Jamaica | Michael Campbell Roy Bailey David Spencer Rohan McDonald | 3:09.04 |
| 8 | Kenya | Joseph Mutua Paul Ngotho Japheth Kimutai Isaac Magut | 3:09.04 |

### Heats

24 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Desmond Johnson Jerome Davis Robin Martin Obea Moore | 3:08.21 | Q |
| 2 | United Kingdom | Kris Stewart Tom Lerwill Mark Rowlands Geoff Dearman | 3:08.36 | Q |
| 3 | Poland | Piotr Jagiello Jacek Lewandowski Piotr Długosielski Piotr Haczek | 3:08.39 | Q |
| 4 | Australia | Clay Murphy Eugene Bernaudo Brad Jamieson Bryce Barnwell | 3:08.48 | q |
| 5 | Spain | Victor Vallejo Adrián Fernández Alberto Martínez David Canal | 3:08.69 | q |
| 6 | South Africa | Juan Labuschagne Chris Jacobs Thabo Thobelangope Moses Mabaso | 3:13.85 | |
| 7 | New Zealand | Nathan Godfrey Clyde McIntosh David Baird Simon Potter | 3:14.16 | |
| | Greece | Nikólaos Giannadákis Nikólaos Grigorópoulos Yeóryios Ikonomídis Periklís Iakovákis | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jamaica | Marlon Baugh Michael Campbell David Spencer Rohan McDonald | 3:08.45 | Q |
| 2 | Japan | Hiroki Takahashi Ryo Fujimori Shinji Morita Dai Tamesue | 3:09.31 | Q |
| 3 | Kenya | Joseph Mutua Paul Ngotho Japheth Kimutai Isaac Magut | 3:11.17 | Q |
| 4 | Germany | Aljoscha Nemitz Maik Liebe Thomas Goller Carlos Gachanja | 3:11.39 | |
| 5 | Canada | Alexandre Marchand Zach Whitmarsh Jay Cantin Shane Niemi | 3:12.03 | |
| 6 | Italy | Marco Cagnazzi Ezio Preatoni Edoardo Vallet Francesco Filisetti | 3:12.24 | |
| 7 | Russia | Andrey Semyonov Boris Gorban Sergey Fedko Aleksey Baryshnikov | 3:13.56 | |
| | Qatar | Mubarak Al-Nubi Khalifa Mubarak Waleed Amjad Abbass Hamad Al-Dosari | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 68 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (6)
* Canada (4)
* Germany (4)
* Greece (4)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (5)
* Japan (5)
* Kenya (4)
* New Zealand (4)
* Poland (4)
* Qatar (4)
* Russia (4)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (4)