# 2019 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 IAAF World Relays was held at the Nissan Stadium on 11 and 12 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 | United States (David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor, LaShawn Merritt | 2:57.25 | Nassau, Bahamas | 25 May 2014 |
| World Leading | Pure Athletics | 3:01.46 | Gainesville, United States | 30 March 2019 |

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | WL | World leading | CR | Championship record | NR | National record | SB | Seasonal best | WC | 2019 World Championships qualification |

### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) advanced to the final A. The next 8 fastest times qualified for the final B.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | United States | Nathan Strother, Josephus Lyles, Paul Dedewo, Je'von Hutchison | 3:02.06 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | Deon Lendore, Jereem Richards, Asa Guevara, Machel Cedenio | 3:02.49 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Japan | Julian Jrummi Walsh, Yoshinobu Imoto, Kentaro Sato, Kota Wakabayashi | 3:02.55 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Jamaica | Demish Gaye, Akeem Bloomfield, Javon Francis, Nathon Allen | 3:02.67 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | South Africa | Gardeo Isaacs, Ranti Dikgale, Pieter Conradie, Ashley Hlungwani | 3:02.77 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Great Britain | Rabah Yousif, Dwayne Cowan, Cameron Chalmers, Martyn Rooney | 3:02.67 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Australia | Alex Beck, Tyler Gunn, Murray Goodwin, Steven Solomon | 3:03.53 | q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Belgium | Dylan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Julien Watrin, Jonathan Sacoor | 3:03.70 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Czech Republic | Jan Tesař, Pavel Maslák, Vít Müller, Michal Desenský | 3:03.72 | qB, SB |
| 10 | 1 | Italy | Daniele Corsa, Michele Tricca, Edoardo Scotti, Alessandro Sibilio | 3:03.97 | qB, SB |
| 11 | 2 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Thomas Jordier, Ludvy Vaillant, Fabrisio Saïdy | 3:04.11 | qB, SB |
| 12 | 3 | Netherlands | Ramsey Angela, Terrence Agard, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Tony van Diepen | 3:04.30 | qB, SB |
| 13 | 3 | China | Feng Zhiqiang, Wu Lei, Yang Lei, Wu Yuang | 3:04.85 | qB |
| 14 | 3 | Poland | Dariusz Kowaluk, Karol Zalewski, Przemysław Waściński, Tymoteusz Zimny | 3:04.90 | qB, SB |
| 15 | 2 | Colombia | Bernardo Baloyes, Yilmar Herrera, Jhon Alexander Solís, Diego Palomeque | 3:05.55 | qB, SB |
| 16 | 2 | Germany | Marc Koch, Patrick Schneider, Manuel Sanders, Johannes Trefz | 3:06.03 | qB, SB |
| 17 | 2 | India | Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpura, Jithu Baby, Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh, Muhammed Anas | 3:06.05 | |
| | 3 | Bahamas | | DNS | |

### Final B

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | Daniele Corsa, Michele Tricca, Edoardo Scotti, Davide Re | 3:02.87 | SB, *WC |
| 2 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Ludvy Vaillant, Thomas Jordier, Fabrisio Saïdy | 3:02.99 | SB, *WC |
| 3 | Czech Republic | Jan Tesař, Vít Müller, Michal Desenský, Pavel Maslák | 3:03.79 | *WC |
| 4 | China | Feng Zhiqiang, Wu Lei, Yang Lei, Wu Yuang | 3:04.85 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | Jochem Dobber, Terrence Agard, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Tony van Diepen | 3:05.15 | |
| 6 | Germany | Tobias Lange, Torben Junker, Patrick Schneider, Johannes Trefz | 3:05.35 | SB |
| 7 | Poland | Kajetan Duszyński, Dariusz Kowaluk, Tymoteusz Zimny, Karol Zalewski | 3:05.91 | |
| 8 | Colombia | Bernardo Baloyes, Yilmar Herrera, Jhon Alexander Solís, Diego Palomeque | 3:07.52 | |

### Final A

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | Points |
| | Trinidad and Tobago | Deon Lendore, Jereem Richards, Asa Guevara, Machel Cedenio | 3:00.81 | WL, *WC | 8 |
| | Jamaica | Demish Gaye, Akeem Bloomfield, Rusheen McDonald, Nathon Allen | 3:01.57 | SB, *WC | 7 |
| | Belgium | Dylan Borlée, Robin Vanderbemden, Jonathan Borlée, Jonathan Sacoor | 3:02.70 | SB, *WC | 6 |
| 4 | Japan | Julian Jrummi Walsh, Kentaro Sato, Naoki Kitadani, Kota Wakabayashi | 3:03.24 | *WC | 5 |
| 5 | Great Britain | Rabah Yousif, Dwayne Cowan, Martyn Rooney, Cameron Chalmers | 3:04.96 | *WC | 4 |
| 6 | South Africa | Gardeo Isaacs, Pieter Conradie, Ranti Dikgale, Ashley Hlungwani | 3:05.32 | *WC | 3 |
| 7 | Australia | Alex Beck, Tyler Gunn, Murray Goodwin, Steven Solomon | 3:05.59 | *WC | 2 |
| DQ | United States | Nathan Strother, Fred Kerley, Michael Cherry, Paul Dedewo | 3:00:84 | R163.3(a) | 0 |