# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4x100 metres relay event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Trell Kimmons Demi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt United States |
| Silver | Kawayne Fisher Kevin Stewart Andre Wellington Renaldo Rose Jamaica |
| Bronze | Naohiro Shinada Hiroyuki Noda Yuichi Shokawa Naoki Tsukahara Japan |

## Results
### Final

18 July
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | United States | Trell Kimmons Demi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt | 38.66 | |
| | Jamaica | Kawayne Fisher Kevin Stewart Andre Wellington Renaldo Rose | 39.27 | |
| | Japan | Naohiro Shinada Hiroyuki Noda Yuichi Shokawa Naoki Tsukahara | 39.43 | |
| 4 | Germany | Joachim Welz Daniel Schnelting Florian Rentz Lucas Jakubczyk | 40.00 | |
| 5 | Poland | Leszek Spychala Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Burzynski Karol Sienkiewicz | 40.13 | |
| 6 | Cyprus | Georgios Lavithis George Georgiou Georgios Kyriakides Valentinos Athanasiou | 40.50 | |
| 7 | Botswana | Pedzani Madubeko Bonno Modisenyane Cisco Matsaakgang Obakeng Ngwigwa | 40.83 | |
| | United Kingdom | Craig Pickering Rikki Fifton James Ellington Leon Baptiste | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |

### Heats

17 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Japan | Naohiro Shinada Hiroyuki Noda Yuichi Shokawa Naoki Tsukahara | 39.59 | Q |
| 2 | Jamaica | Kawayne Fisher Kevin Stewart Nesta Carter Renaldo Rose | 39.90 | Q |
| 3 | Botswana | Cisco Matsaakgang Bonno Modisenyane Pedzani Madubeko Obakeng Ngwigwa | 40.01 | q |
| 4 | Finland | Jarkko Ruostekivi Visa Hongisto Antti Vainionpää Rami Jokinen | 40.58 | |
| | Australia | Brandan Galic Matt Davies Jacob Groth John Thornell | DQ | IAAF rule 170.14 |
| | Greece | Konstadínos Papazafíris Ioánnis Apostólou Panayiótis Hrisospáthis Theódoros Mathioudákis | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Trell Kimmons Demi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt | 38.96 | Q |
| 2 | Poland | Leszek Spychala Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Burzynski Karol Sienkiewicz | 39.95 | Q |
| 3 | Germany | Joachim Welz Daniel Schnelting Florian Rentz Lucas Jakubczyk | 40.04 | q |
| 4 | Nigeria | Peter Emelieze Shola Anota Udomsinachi Erete Anthony Alozie | 40.36 | |
| 5 | Bahamas | Don Wood Grafton Ifill Derek Carey Michael Sands, Jr. | 40.44 | |
| 6 | India | Arvind Alaguvel Vishal Saxena Mohamed Muddassir Rahamatulla Molla | 41.34 | |
| | Sweden | Edmund Yeboah Per Strandquist Lukas Nilsson Stefan Tärnhuvud | DNF | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United Kingdom | Craig Pickering Rikki Fifton James Ellington Leon Baptiste | 39.72 | Q |
| 2 | Cyprus | Georgios Lavithis George Georgiou Georgios Kyriakides Valentinos Athanasiou | 40.44 | Q |
| 3 | New Zealand | Matt Brown Graeme Read Cory Innes Jeffery Thumath | 40.64 | |
| 4 | Oman | Ahmed Nasser Al-Waheibi Juma Al-Jabri Abdullah Al-Souli Yousef Awlad Thani | 41.57 | |
| | France | Cédric Laurier Martial Mbandjock Benjamin Chevrol Christophe Bonnet | DNF | |
| | Switzerland | David Gallay Marco Cribari Cédric Le Glaunec Phillipp Dünki | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 77 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (4)
* Bahamas (4)
* Botswana (4)
* Cyprus (4)
* Finland (4)
* France (4)
* Germany (4)
* Greece (4)
* India (4)
* Jamaica (5)
* Japan (4)
* New Zealand (4)
* Nigeria (4)
* Oman (4)
* Poland (4)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* United Kingdom (4)
* United States (4)