# 2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2015 IAAF World Relays was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on 2–3 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 | United States | 3:00.86 | Philadelphia, United States | 25 April 2015 |
| 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, Rick Mitchell, Darren Clark) | 2:59.70 | Los Angeles, United States | 11 August 1984 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 2 May 2015 | 19:00 | Heats |
| 3 May 2015 | 21:08 | Final B |
| 3 May 2015 | 22:01 | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio | 3:02.09 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Bahamas | Michael Mathieu, Demetrius Pinder, Alonzo Russell, Ramon Miller | 3:02.18 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | Brazil | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Hederson Estefani, Hugo de Sousa | 3:02.23 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Belgium | Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Kevin Borlée | 3:02.41 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | United States | David Verburg, Kyle Clemons, Jeremy Wariner, Brycen Spratling | 3:02.81 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Jamaica | Javere Bell, Rusheen McDonald, Nathon Allen, Javon Francis | 3:02.98 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Botswana | Leaname Maotoanong, Zacharia Kamberuka, Onkabetse Nkobolo, Isaac Makwala | 3:03.08 | q, SB |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Delano Williams, Jack Green, George Caddick | 3:03.28 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Cuba | William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay | 3:03.50 | SB |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Thomas Jordier, Mamoudou Hanne | 3:03.88 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Poland | Karol Zalewski, Michał Pietrzak, Łukasz Krawczuk, Rafał Omelko | 3:05.13 | |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Kenya | Alexander Lerionka Sampao, Boniface Ontuga Mweresa, Michael Cheren Makan, Alphas Leken Kishoyian | 3:05.92 | |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Venezuela | Omar Longart, Alberth Bravo, José Meléndez, Freddy Mezones | 3:06.15 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Saudi Arabia | Mazen Al Yasen, Ali Al-Deraan, Mohammed Obaid Al-Salhi, Yousef Ahmed Masrahi | 3:06.15 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | Germany | Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Johannes Trefz, Thomas Schneider | 3:06.20 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Australia | Alexander Beck, Craig Burns, Luke Stevens, Iain Douglas | 3:06.37 | |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Japan | Naoki Kobayashi, Kentaro Sato, Julian Jrummi Walsh, Takamasa Kitagawa | 3:06.38 | SB |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Colombia | Jhon Perlaza, Diego Palomeque, Carlos Lemos, Bernardo Baloyes | 3:06.48 | SB |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | Nigeria | Orukpe Eraiyokan, Robert Simmons, Cristian Morton, Miles Ukaoma | 3:06.92 | |
| 20 | 3 | 6 | Ireland | Craig Lynch, Thomas Barr, Brian Murphy, Richard Morrissey | 3:07.11 | SB |
| 21 | 3 | 4 | Canada | Philip Osei, Mike Robertson, Daniel Harper, Tremaine Harris | 3:07.80 | SB |
| 22 | 1 | 6 | Spain | Pau Fradera, Samuel García, Mark Ujakpor, Lucas Bua | 3:08.49 | SB |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Dominican Republic | Luguelín Santos, Juander Santos, Yon Soriano, Winder Cuevas | 3:12.55 | |
| | 2 | 7 | Netherlands | Liemarvin Bonevacia, Bjorn Blauwhof, Obed Martis, Terrence Agard | DNF | |

### Final B

The final B was started at 21:16.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Poland | Kacper Kozłowski, Michał Pietrzak, Mateusz Fórmański, Rafał Omelko | 3:03.23 | |
| 2 | 6 | Cuba | William Collazo, Raidel Acea, Adrian Chacón, Yoandys Lescay | 3:03.73 | SB |
| 3 | 1 | Germany | Kamghe Gaba, Eric Krüger, Johannes Trefz, Thomas Schneider | 3:04.90 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | Australia | Craig Burns, Iain Douglas, Luke Stevens, Samuel Baird | 3:05.13 | SB |
| | 5 | France | Mame-Ibra Anne, Teddy Atine-Venel, Thomas Jordier, Mamoudou Hanne | DQ | 162.7 |
| | 3 | Kenya | Alexander Lerionka Sampao, Boniface Ontuga Mweresa, Joseph Poghishio Loshangar, Raymond Kibet | DQ | 170.18 |
| | 7 | Saudi Arabia | | DNS | |
| | 8 | Venezuela | | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started at 22:15.
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | United States | David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Jeremy Wariner, LaShawn Merritt | 2:58.43 | WL |
| | 3 | Bahamas | Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner, Chris Brown | 2:58.91 | SB |
| | 8 | Belgium | Dylan Borlée, Julien Watrin, Jonathan Borlée, Kevin Borlée | 2:59.33 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Jamaica | Rusheen McDonald, Edino Steele, Ricardo Chambers, Javon Francis | 3:00.23 | SB |
| 5 | 5 | Brazil | Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Hederson Estefani, Hugo de Sousa | 3:00.96 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Great Britain | Conrad Williams, Rabah Yousif, Jack Green, George Caddick | 3:01.51 | SB |
| 7 | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio | 3:03.10 | |
| 8 | 1 | Botswana | Onkabetse Nkobolo, Zacharia Kamberuka, Leaname Maotoanong, Isaac Makwala | 3:03.73 | |