# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Brandon Johnson LaShawn Merritt Jason Craig Kerron Clement United States |
| Silver | Wouter Le Roux Chris Gebhardt Leigh Julius Louis van Zyl South Africa |
| Bronze | Kazunori Ota Hiroyuki Noda Teppei Suzuki Yudai Sasaki Japan |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | United States | Brandon Johnson LaShawn Merritt Jason Craig Kerron Clement | 3:01.09 |
| | South Africa | Wouter Le Roux Chris Gebhardt Leigh Julius Louis van Zyl | 3:04.50 |
| | Japan | Kazunori Ota Hiroyuki Noda Teppei Suzuki Yudai Sasaki | 3:05.33 |
| 4 | Brazil | Paulo Orlando Felipe de Paula Fernando de Almeida Diego Venâncio | 3:05.44 |
| 5 | Great Britain | Richard Buck Ryan Dinham Michael Rimmer Richard Davenport | 3:07.02 |
| 6 | Poland | Kamil Barański Ziemowit Ryś Damian Kempa Łukasz Pryga | 3:07.20 |
| 7 | Australia | Tim Rooke Gavin Jeffries Werner Botha Sean Wroe | 3:07.95 |
| 8 | Germany | Claas Caspers Florian Schwalm Falco Lausecker Martin Grothkopp | 3:08.83 |

### Heats

17 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Great Britain | Richard Buck Ryan Dinham Michael Rimmer Richard Davenport | 3:06.52 | Q |
| 2 | Brazil | Paulo Orlando Felipe de Paula Fernando de Almeida Diego Venâncio | 3:06.55 | Q |
| 3 | Germany | Florian Schwalm Martin Grothkopp Carlo Schaper Claas Caspers | 3:08.50 | q |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | Christian Santiago Marcos Sánchez-Valle Leonardo Meléndez Félix Martínez | 3:12.18 | |
| 5 | France | Benjamin Chevrol Fadil Bellaabouss Florent Joulain Teddy Venel | 3:12.80 | |
| 6 | Russia | Maksim Vasilyev Aleksandr Sigalovskiy Dmitriy Gladyshev Valentin Kruglyakov | 3:17.30 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Keith Hinnant Jason Craig Anthony Ramirez LaShawn Merritt | 3:05.28 | Q |
| 2 | Japan | Kazunori Ota Hiroyuki Noda Teppei Suzuki Yudai Sasaki | 3:06.72 | Q |
| 3 | Bahamas | Andretti Bain Jacobi Mitchell Jamal Moss Tyrone Sawyer | 3:12.51 | |
| 4 | Turkey | Tuncay Örs Selahattin Çobanoğlu Erkan Davut Serdar Tamac | 3:12.66 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | Cory Innes Nick Ash Todd Mansfield Jordan Vandermade | 3:12.88 | |
| | Jamaica | Leford Green Josef Robertson Morgan Carlington Rohan Phipps | DQ | IAAF rule 170.13 |
| | Uganda | Reuben Twijukye Stephens Akena Raymond Diogo Wilson Lukungu Waiswa | DQ | IAAF rule 170.8 |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | South Africa | Ruaan Grobler Chris Gebhardt Leigh Julius Louis van Zyl | 3:06.29 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Tim Rooke Gavin Jeffries Ben Offereins Sean Wroe | 3:07.41 | Q |
| 3 | Poland | Kamil Barański Ziemowit Ryś Łukasz Pryga Damian Kempa | 3:07.55 | q |
| 4 | Croatia | Ivan Rimac Igor Jankovic Milan Kotur Željko Vincek | 3:10.04 | |
| 5 | Italy | Teo Turchi Massimilliano Quirico Claudio Licciardello Emanuele Magi | 3:10.48 | |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | Jamil James Marcus Duncan Stann Waithe Renny Quow | 3:11.33 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 81 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (5)
* Bahamas (4)
* Brazil (4)
* Croatia (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (5)
* Italy (4)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (4)
* New Zealand (4)
* Poland (4)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Russia (4)
* South Africa (5)
* Trinidad and Tobago (4)
* Turkey (4)
* Uganda (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (6)