# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' medley relay

The boys' medley relay at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 13 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jamaica Waseem Williams Michael O'Hara Okeen Williams Martin Manley Jaheel Hyde Devaughn Baker | United States Jaalen Jones Noah Lyles Taylor McLaughlin Ryan Clark | Japan Daiki Oda Shunto Nagata Kakeru Yamaki Kaisei Yui |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | United States | 1:49.47 | Lille, France | 10 July 2011 |
| Championship Record | United States | 1:49.47 | Lille, France | 10 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Gambia | 1:53.35 | Warri, Nigeria | 31 March 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Japan | Daiki Oda, Shunto Nagata, Kakeru Yamaki, Kaisei Yui | 1:52.18 | Q, WYL |
| 2 | 2 | Qatar | Ibrahim Moussa Adam, Khalid Al-Shahrani, Mohamed Nasir Abbas, Mohamed El-Nour | 1:52.47 | q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Hungary | Ákos Boda, Richárd Köcse, Csaba Kiss, Szabolcs Vígvári | 1:54.01 | q, PB |
| 4 | 7 | Poland | Jakub Galandziej, Konrad Ziółkowski, Dawid Kapała, Wiktor Suwara | 1:54.29 | q, SB |
| 5 | 5 | Kazakhstan | Azamat Dosmuratov, Mikhail Litvin, Dmitriy Karaulov, Ilya Musatov | 2:00.60 | SB |
| | 3 | Great Britain | | DNS | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 8 | Nigeria | Ifeanyi Atuma, Divine Oduduru, Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel, Omeiza John Akerele | 1:52.90 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Bahamas | Keanu Pennerman, Ian Kerr, Kinard Rolle, Henri Delauze | 1:53.38 | q, SB |
| 3 | 7 | Romania | Ioan Melnicescu, Cristian Radu, Nicolae Gorcea, Cristian Tăut | 1:55.90 | PB |
| 4 | 3 | Russia | Pavel Vereshchagin, Ilya Kovalenko, Anton Balykin, Ilya Krasnov | 1:57.56 | SB |
| 5 | 4 | Slovenia | Blaž Murn, Gregor Kovše, Nejc Možina, Jaka Zupan | 1:58.42 | PB |
| 6 | 5 | Algeria | Abdesselam Bouchamia, Mahmoud Hammoudi, Bilel Gacem, Sofiane Titouah | 2:01.52 | |
| | 6 | Italy | Andrea Federici, Gabriele Gargano, Emanuele Grossi, Giuseppe Leonardi | DQ | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 6 | United States | Jaalen Jones, Noah Lyles, Ryan Clark, Taylor McLaughlin | 1:52.19 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 8 | Bahrain | Mohamed Jamal Saad, Mohamed Ghali, Ali Buhmeed, Abbas Abubakar Abbas | 1:54.32 | PB |
| 3 | 3 | Puerto Rico | Edwin Diodonet, Derick Díaz, Ricardo Torres, Ricardo Piñeiro | 1:54.64 | SB |
| 4 | 5 | Ukraine | Oleksandr Revenko, Denys Tsven, Mykhaylo Tyutyunnykov, Mykhaylo Yavorskyy | 1:55.56 | SB |
| 5 | 2 | China | Mo Youxue, Li Zhe, Lu Yang, Jin Ri | 1:57.80 | SB |
| | 4 | South Africa | Cornelius Jansen van Rensburg, Hanno Coetzer, Larry Lombard, Eckhardt Rossouw | DQ | |
| | 7 | Denmark | | DNS | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| 1 | 8 | Jamaica | Waseem Williams, Jaheel Hyde, Devaughn Baker, Martin Manley | 1:52.78 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 7 | Spain | Aitor Same Ekobo, Javier Delgado, Ryan Wallis, Darwin Echeverry | 1:55.61 | SB |
| 3 | 5 | Canada | Lucanus Robinson, Davis Edward, Jake Hanna, Cameron Nurse | 1:55.72 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | Norway | Amund Høie Sjursen, Even Meinseth, Øystein Klareng, Karsten Warholm | 1:56.92 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Zimbabwe | Sean Banda, Michael Songore, Tatenda Matesanwa, Nyasha Mutsetse | 1:57.77 | |
| 6 | 6 | Oman | Saif Al-Obaidani, Zayid Al-Siyabi, Amjad Al-Balushi, Younis Al-Akhzami | 2:01.63 | |
| | 4 | Fiji | Jacob Waqanivalu, Aaron Powell, Saula Nodrakoro, Batinisavu Uluiyata | DQ | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Jamaica | Waseem Williams, Michael O'Hara, Okeen Williams, Martin Manley | 1:49.23 | WYB |
| | 5 | United States | Jaalen Jones, Noah Lyles, Taylor McLaughlin, Ryan Clark | 1:50.14 | SB |
| | 4 | Japan | Daiki Oda, Shunto Nagata, Kakeru Yamaki, Kaisei Yui | 1:50.52 | PB |
| 4 | 7 | Qatar | Ibrahim Moussa Adam, Khalid Al-Shahrani, Mohamed El-Nour, Mohamed Nasir Abbas | 1:52.55 | |
| 5 | 8 | Bahamas | Keanu Pennerman, Ian Kerr, Kinard Rolle, Henri Delauze | 1:52.97 | SB |
| 6 | 1 | Poland | Jakub Galandziej, Konrad Ziółkowski, Dawid Kapała, Wiktor Suwara | 1:53.36 | SB |
| 7 | 3 | Nigeria | Bashiru Abdullahi, Ifeanyi Atuma, Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel, Omeiza John Akerele | 1:53.61 | |
| 8 | 2 | Hungary | Ákos Boda, Richárd Köcse, Csaba Kiss, Szabolcs Vígvári | 1:54.38 | |