# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 5 and 6 August 2022.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships :
| World U20 Record | United States | 3:00.33 | Trujillo, Peru | 23 July 2017 |
| Championship Record | United States | 3:01.09 | Grosseto, Italy | 18 July 2004 |
| World U20 Leading | United States | 3:02.58 | Walnut, United States | 16 April 2022 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat ( Q ) plus the 2 fastest times ( q ) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Japan | Shion Arita, Masataka Tomoda, Sojiro Moritaka, Daiki Ogawa | 3:07.25 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Jamaica | Malachi Johnson, Delano Kennedy, Derrick Grant, Shemar Palmer | 3:07.32 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Czech Republic | Tadeáš Plaček, Vojtěch Cihlář, Ondřej Veselý, Michal Haidelmeier | 3:07.48 | Q, NU20R |
| 4 | 2 | Spain | Ángel González, David Garcia, Alberto Guijarro, Gerson Pozo | 3:07.58 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | United States | Ashton Schwartzman, Kody Blackwood, Grant Williams, Will Sumner | 3:07.82 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | France | Matteo Lorusso, Benoît Moudio Priso, Allan Lacroix, Lucas Vivin | 3:07.84 | q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | South Africa | Ruan Oosthuizen, Lythe Pillay, Tjaart van der Walt, Divan Vlok | 3:07.90 | q, SB |
| 8 | 3 | Germany | Florian Kroll, Lukas Krappe, Lasse Schmitt, Maximilian Köhler | 3:08.04 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | Canada | Christopher Morales-Williams, Ben Tilson, Riley Flemington, Tyler Floyd | 3:08.35 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 1 | Italy | Tommaso Boninti, Francesco Pernici, Marco Zunino, Luca Sito | 3:08.55 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Great Britain | Brodie Young, Cameron McGregor, Bayleigh Lawton, Reuben Henry-Daire | 3:08.59 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | Poland | Maks Szwed, Adam Kadyło, Jakub Szczepaniak, Remigiusz Zazula | 3:09.05 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | Botswana | Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, Thabang Charles Monngathipa, Unametsi Nyathi, Gaolebale Prince Soulo | 3:09.19 | SB |
| 14 | 2 | Thailand | Supakit Janmao, Lukki Yuyamadu, Nakha Phingthaisong, Joshua Atkinson | 3:10.17 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | Brazil | Jadson Erick Soares Lima, João Victor Belo de Sena, Janio Marcos Gonçalves, Elias Oliveira | 3:11.69 | SB |
| 16 | 3 | Slovakia | Samuel Michalko, Tomáš Grajcarík, Roman Haraslín, Franklin Henry | 3:12.43 | NU20R |
| 17 | 2 | India | Barath Sridhar, Deepak Rohilla, Rihan Choudary, Kapil | 3:15.00 | SB |
| 18 | 3 | Ecuador | Edwin Arias, Hector Broncano, Dusthin Morquecho, Freddy Vásquez | 3:15.58 | SB |
| | 1 | Romania | Sorin Alexandru Voinea, Denis Gabriel Neacsu, Remus Andrei Niculiță, Denis Simon Toma | DNF | DNF |
| | 2 | Nigeria | Samuel Ogazi, James Onwuka, David Aya, Bamidele Ajayi | DQ | TR24.19 |
| | 2 | Kuwait | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Azemi, Mubarak Mubarak, Mohammd Al Atia, Faraj Al Ajeel | DQ | TR17.4.3 |
| | 1 | Bahamas | | DNS | DNS |

### Final

The final was held on 6 August at 17:47.
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | United States | Steven McElroy, Ashton Schwartzman, Charlie Bartholomew, Will Sumner | 3:04.47 | SB |
| | Jamaica | Shemar Palmer, Shaemar Uter, Jasauna Dennis, Delano Kennedy | 3:05.72 | SB |
| | Canada | Christopher Morales-Williams, Ben Tilson, Daniel Kidd, Tyler Floyd | 3:06.50 | NU20R |
| 4 | Spain | Markel Fernández, Ángel González, Alberto Guijarro, Gerson Pozo | 3:06.91 | NU20R |
| 5 | South Africa | Tjaart van der Walt, Lythe Pillay, Karabo Try Madonsela, Divan Vlok | 3:07.01 | SB |
| 6 | Japan | Shion Arita, Masataka Tomoda, Sojiro Moritaka, Daiki Ogawa | 3:07.47 | |
| 7 | Czech Republic | Tadeáš Plaček, Vojtěch Cihlář, Ondřej Veselý, Michal Haidelmeier | 3:09.36 | |
| 8 | France | Matteo Lorusso, Benoît Moudio Priso, Allan Lacroix, Sonny Gandrey | 3:09.54 | |