# 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4x400 metres relay event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 and 20 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Quentin Summers Justin Oliver Bryshon Nellum Chris Carter United States |
| Silver | Maksim Dyldin Dmitriy Buryak Vyacheslav Sakayev Anton Kokorin Russia |
| Bronze | Chris Clarke Grant Baker Kris Robertson Martyn Rooney United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

20 August
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | United States | Quentin Summers Justin Oliver Bryshon Nellum Chris Carter | 3:03.76 |
| | Russia | Maksim Dyldin Dmitriy Buryak Vyacheslav Sakayev Anton Kokorin | 3:05.13 |
| | United Kingdom | Chris Clarke Grant Baker Kris Robertson Martyn Rooney | 3:05.49 |
| 4 | Kenya | Silvester Kirwa Meli Julius Kirwa Jackson Kivuva David Rudisha | 3:05.54 |
| 5 | Belgium | Jonathan Borlée Jens Panneel Arnaud Ghislain Kevin Borlée | 3:07.03 |
| 6 | Jamaica | Allodin Fothergill Edino Steele Ramone McKenzie Tarik Edwards | 3:08.28 |
| 7 | Poland | Marcin Klaczański Krzysztof Tylkowski Piotr Adamcewicz Grzegorz Sobiński | 3:09.19 |
| 8 | Japan | Mitsuhiro Abiko Yusuke Ishitsuka Tetsuji Yamamoto Yuzo Kanemaru | 3:16.61 |

### Heats

19 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Calvin Smith Rodney Lockhart Quentin Summers Bryshon Nellum | 3:06.07 | Q |
| 2 | United Kingdom | Chris Clarke Kris Robertson Louis Sellers Grant Baker | 3:07.02 | Q |
| 3 | France | Yoann Décimus Mickaël François Emmanuel Biron Yannick Fonsat | 3:07.76 | |
| 4 | Czech Republic | Petr Vanek Josef Prorok Martin Hrstka Aleš Veselý | 3:08.69 | |
| 5 | Bahamas | Juan Lewis Jameson Strachan Jamaal Butler Ramon Miller | 3:10.71 | |
| 6 | Denmark | Rasmus Olsen Anders Bøvling Daniel Bendix Christensen Andreas Bube | 3:16.94 | |
| | Australia | Alex Bubner Tristan Garrett Dylan Grant Lachlan Renshaw | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Poland | Marcin Klaczański Krzysztof Tylkowski Piotr Adamcewicz Adam Burgiel | 3:07.69 | Q |
| 2 | Jamaica | Gawain Gray Allodin Fothergill Jair Francis Tarik Edwards | 3:08.57 | Q |
| 3 | South Africa | Pieter Smit Willem de Beer Ruaan Grobler Alvin Samuels | 3:08.69 | |
| | Canada | Bryan Barnett Geoffrey Harris Reid Gústavson Andrew Dargie | DQ | |
| | Germany | Quentin Seigel Manuel Ilg Stephan Behr Eric Krüger | DQ | |
| | Saudi Arabia | Ismail Al-Sabani Adel Al-Nasser Ali Al-Deraan Bandar Yahya Al-Sharahili | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Russia | Maksim Dyldin Dmitriy Buryak Dmtriy Yefimov Anton Kokorin | 3:05.59 | Q |
| 2 | Kenya | Silvester Kirwa Meli Julius Kirwa Jackson Kivuva David Rudisha | 3:05.72 | Q |
| 3 | Belgium | Jens Panneel Kevin Borlée Arnaud Ghislain Jonathan Borlée | 3:05.74 | q |
| 4 | Japan | Tetsuji Yamamoto Mitsuhiro Abiko Masato Yokota Yuzo Kanemaru | 3:07.27 | q |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | Jovon Toppin Ade Alleyne-Forte Jamaal James Renny Quow | 3:08.27 | |
| 6 | Spain | Guillermo García Aitor Martín Jesús Pérez Álvaro Rodríguez | 3:16.56 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 84 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (4)
* Bahamas (4)
* Belgium (4)
* Canada (4)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Denmark (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (4)
* Jamaica (6)
* Japan (5)
* Kenya (4)
* Poland (5)
* Russia (5)
* Saudi Arabia (4)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (4)
* Trinidad and Tobago (4)
* United Kingdom (5)
* United States (6)