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

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 24–25 May.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson) | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| Championship record | New event | New event | New event | New event |
| World Leading | University of Florida | 2:59.73 | Gainesville, United States | 5 April 2014 |
| African Record | Nigeria (Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong) | 2:58.68 | Sydney, Australia | 30 September 2000 |
| Asian Record | Japan (Shunji Karube, Koji Ito, Jun Osakada, Shigekazu Omori) | 3:00.76 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | United States (Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson) | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| South American Record | Brazil (Eronilde de Araújo, Cleverson da Silva, Claudinei da Silva, Sanderlei Parrela) | 2:58.56 | Winnipeg, Canada | 30 July 1999 |
| European Record | Great Britain (Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black) | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| Oceanian record | Australia (Bruce Frayne, Gary Minihan, Richard Mitchell, Darren Clark) | 2:59.70 | Los Angeles, United States | 11 August 1984 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 24 May 2014 | 18:55 | Heats |
| 25 May 2014 | 19:21 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC-4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Bahamas | Demetrius Pinder, Ramon Miller, Chris Brown, Michael Mathieu | 3:00.30 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Great Britain | Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.74 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio, Jarrin Solomon | 3:01.06 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | United States | David Verburg, Clayton Parros, Torrin Lawrence, Christian Taylor | 3:01.09 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Jamaica | Javere Bell, Edino Steele, Dane Hyatt, Rusheen McDonald | 3:01.17 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Venezuela | Arturo Ramírez, Alberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Freddy Mezones | 3:01.96 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | 8 | Cuba | William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay | 3:02.43 | q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Brazil | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Anderson Henriques, Hugo de Sousa | 3:02.78 | q, SB |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Belgium | Kevin Borlée, Julien Watrin, Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée | 3:02.79 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Venel, Patrice Maurice, Thomas Jordier | 3:03.74 | SB |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Japan | Yusuke Ishitsuka, Yuzo Kanemaru, Kaisei Yui, Kazuya Watanabe, | 3:04.25 | SB |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | Dominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta, Joel Mejía, Juander Santos, Luguelín Santos | 3:04.44 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Nigeria | Isah Salihu, Cristian Morton, Tobi Ogunmola, Noah Akwu | 3:04.48 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | 5 | Australia | Alexander Beck, Dylan Grant, Josh Ralph, Craig Burns | 3:04.64 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Kenya | Mark Kiprotich Muttai, Alexander Lerionka Sampao, Solomon Odongo Buoga, Boniface Mucheru Tumuti | 3:04.69 | SB |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Canada | Daniel Harper, Daundre Barnaby, Philip Osei, Michael Robertson | 3:04.85 | SB |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Russia | Sergey Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin, Yuriy Trambovetsky, Pavel Ivashko | 3:05.00 | SB |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Puerto Rico | Héctor Carrasquillo, Javier Culson, Wesley Vázquez, Carlos Rodríguez | 3:05.00 | SB |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Poland | Rafał Omelko, Kacper Kozłowski, Łukasz Krawczuk, Marcin Marciniszyn | 3:05.16 | SB |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | Saudi Arabia | Ismail Al-Sabiani, Ahmed Yahya Al-Khayri, Yousef Ahmad Masrahi, Ali Al-Deraan | 3:06.37 | SB |

### Final
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 6 | Belgium | Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Kevin Borlée | 3:02.97 | |
| 10 | 3 | Japan | Kaisei Yui, Yuzo Kanemaru, Yusuke Ishitsuka, Kazuya Watanabe | 3:03.24 | SB |
| 11 | 4 | Dominican Republic | Gustavo Cuesta, Luguelín Santos, Yon Soriano, Juander Santos | 3:03.41 | SB |
| 12 | 7 | Nigeria | Isah Salihu, Cristian Morton, Elvis Ukale, Noah Akwu | 3:04.49 | |
| 13 | 8 | Australia | Craig Burns, Dylan Grant, Joshua Ralph, Alexander Beck | 3:04.61 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | Canada | Daniel Harper, Daundre Barnaby, Tremaine Harris, Philip Osei | 3:04.67 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | Kenya | Mark Kiprotich Muttai, Solomon Odongo Buoga, Alexander Lerionka Sampao, Boniface Mucheru Tumuti | 3:05.81 | |
| | 5 | France | | DNS | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | Points |
| | 4 | United States | David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt | 2:57.25 | CR | 8 |
| | 6 | Bahamas | LaToy Williams, Demetrius Pinder, Chris Brown, Michael Mathieu | 2:57.59 | SB | 7 |
| | 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio, Jarrin Solomon | 2:58.34 | NR | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | Great Britain | Michael Bingham, Conrad Williams, Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney | 3:00.32 | SB | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | Cuba | William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay | 3:00.61 | SB | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | Venezuela | Arturo Ramírez, Alberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Freddy Mezones | 3:01.44 | SB | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | Brazil | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Anderson Henriques, Jonathan da Silva | 3:03.87 | | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | Jamaica | Dane Hyatt, Chumaine Fitten, Omar Johnson, Edino Steele | 3:10.23 | | 1 |