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

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 23 and 24 July 2022.

## Records

Before the competition, records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| Championship record | United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| World Leading | Adidas Steven Gardiner, Quincy Hall, Erriyon Knighton, Grant Holloway | 2:57.72 | Gainesville, United States | 16 April 2022 |
| African Record | Botswana Isaac Makwala, Baboloki Thebe, Zibane Ngozi, Bayapo Ndori | 2:57.27 | Tokyo, Japan | 7 August 2021 |
| Asian Record | India Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Noah Nirmal Tom, Arokia Rajiv, Amoj Jacob | 3:00.25 | Tokyo, Japan | 6 August 2021 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson | 2:54.29 | Stuttgart, Germany | 22 August 1993 |
| South American Record | Brazil Eronilde de Araújo, Sanderlei Parrela, Anderson Oliveira, Claudinei da Silva | 2:58.56 | Winnipeg, Canada | 30 July 1999 |
| European Record | Great Britain Jamie Baulch, Iwan Thomas, Mark Richardson, Roger Black | 2:56.60 | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| Oceanian record | Australia Bruce Frayne, Darren Clark, Gary Minihan, Rick Mitchell | 2:59.70 | Los Angeles, United States | 11 August 1984 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was to finish in the first 10 at 2021 World Relays, completed by 6 top lists' teams.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC-7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 23 July | 17:40 | Heats |
| 24 July | 19:35 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | United States (USA) | Elija Godwin, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Trevor Bassitt | 2:58.56 | Q SB |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Japan (JPN) | Fuga Sato, Kaito Kawabata, Julian Walsh, Yuki Joseph Nakajima | 3:01.53 | Q SB |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Jamaica (JAM) | Akeem Bloomfield, Jevaughn Powell, Karayme Bartley, Anthony Cox | 3:01.59 | Q SB |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Belgium (BEL) | Julien Watrin, Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Sacoor, Kevin Borlée | 3:01.96 | Q SB |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Matěj Krsek, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm | 3:02.42 | Q NR |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Poland (POL) | Maksymilian Klepacki, Karol Zalewski, Mateusz Rzeźniczak, Kajetan Duszyński | 3:02.51 | Q SB |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Dwight St. Hillaire, Jereem Richards, Asa Guevara, Kashief King | 3:02.75 | q SB |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | France (FRA) | Thomas Jordier, Loïc Prévot, Simon Boypa, Téo Andant | 3:03.13 | q SB |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Netherlands (NED) | Isayah Boers, Terrence Agard, Nick Smidt, Ramsey Angela | 3:03.14 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Italy (ITA) | Lorenzo Benati, Vladimir Aceti, Brayan Lopez, Edoardo Scotti | 3:03.43 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Germany (GER) | Marvin Schlegel, Manuel Sanders, Marc Koch, Patrick Schneider | 3:04.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | 8 | India (IND) | Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Naganathan Pandi, Rajesh Ramesh | 3:07.29 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Botswana (BOT) | Isaac Makwala, Zibane Ngozi, Keitumentse Maitseo, Leungo Scotch | 3:07.32 | qR |
| | 2 | 2 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | | DNS | DNS |
| | 1 | 4 | South Africa (RSA) | | DNS | DNS |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | United States (USA) | Elija Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Champion Allison | 2:56.17 | WL |
| | 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | Akeem Bloomfield, Nathon Allen, Jevaughn Powell, Christopher Taylor | 2:58.58 | SB |
| | 5 | Belgium (BEL) | Dylan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Alexander Doom, Kevin Borlée | 2:58.72 | SB |
| 4 | 3 | Japan (JPN) | Fuga Sato, Kaito Kawabata, Julian Walsh, Yuki Joseph Nakajima | 2:59.51 | AR |
| 5 | 9 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Dwight St. Hillaire, Jereem Richards, Shakeem McKay, Asa Guevara | 3:00.03 | SB |
| 6 | 1 | Botswana (BOT) | Zibane Ngozi, Leungo Scotch, Isaac Makwala, Bayapo Ndori | 3:00.14 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | France (FRA) | Thomas Jordier, Loïc Prévot, Simon Boypa, Téo Andant | 3:01.35 | SB |
| 8 | 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | Matěj Krsek, Pavel Maslák, Michal Desenský, Patrik Šorm | 3:01.63 | NR |
| 9 | 7 | Poland (POL) | Maksymilian Klepacki, Karol Zalewski, Mateusz Rzeźniczak, Kajetan Duszyński | 3:02.51 | SB |