# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. Their final was held on Sunday 31 August 2003 at 19:35h.

## Final

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| | France (FRA) | • Leslie Djhone • Naman Keïta • Stéphane Diagana • Marc Raquil | 2:58.96 |
| | Jamaica (JAM) | • Brandon Simpson • Danny McFarlane • Davian Clarke • Michael Blackwood | 2:59.60 |
| | Bahamas (BAH) | • Avard Moncur • Dennis Darling • Nathaniel McKinney • Chris Brown | 3:00.53 |
| 4. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Ian Mackie • Sean Baldock • Christopher Rawlinson • Daniel Caines | 3:01.00 |
| 5. | Spain (ESP) | • Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Salvador Rodríguez • Antonio Manuel Reina | 3:02.50 |
| 6. | Greece (GRE) | • Stilianos Dimotsios • Anastasios Gousis • Panagiotis Sarris • Periklis Iakovakis | 3:02.56 |
| 7. | Japan (JPN) | • Yuki Yamaguchi • Takahiko Yamamura • Kenji Tabata • Mitsuhiro Sato | 3:03.15 |
| — | United States (USA) | • Calvin Harrison • Tyree Washington • Derrick Brew • Jerome Young | DQ |

## Heats

* Held on Saturday 30 August 2003

### Heat 1

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Bahamas (BAH) | • Avard Moncur • Nathaniel McKinney • Carl Oliver • Chris Brown | 3:01.33 |
| 2. | Spain (ESP) | • Eduardo Iván Rodríguez • David Canal • Salvador Rodríguez • Antonio Manuel Reina | 3:02.26 |
| 3. | Australia (AUS) | • John Steffensen • Clinton Hill • Paul Pearce • Mark Ormrod | 3:02.89 |
| 4. | Germany (GER) | • Ingo Schultz • Sebastian Gatzka • Ruwen Faller • Bastian Swillims | 3:04.72 |
| — | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | • Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi • Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily • Mohammed Al-Salhi • Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi | DQ |
| — | United States (USA) | • Calvin Harrison • Mitch Potter • Adam Steele • Derrick Brew | DQ |
| — | Belarus (BLR) | • Aleksandr Yelistratov • Evgeny Mikheiko • Leanid Vershinin • Sergey Kozlov | DQ |

### Heat 2

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Michael Campbell • Brandon Simpson • Lanceford Spence • Davian Clarke | 3:01.37 |
| 2. | Greece (GRE) | • Stilianos Dimotsios • Anastasios Gousis • Panagiotis Sarris • Periklis Iakovakis | 3:02.31 |
| 3. | Japan (JPN) | • Yuki Yamaguchi • Takahiko Yamamura • Jun Osakada • Mitsuhiro Sato | 3:02.35 |
| 4. | Canada (CAN) | • Tyler Christopher • Shane Niemi • Gary Reed • Keston Nelson | 3:02.97 |
| 5. | Romania (ROU) | • Florin Suciu • Alexandru Mardan • Alexandru Cristea • Ioan Lucian Vieru | 3:06.42 |
| 6. | Botswana (BOT) | • Oganebitse Moseki • Johnson Kubisa • Kagiso Kilego • Gaolesiela Salang | 3:07.91 |
| — | Nigeria (NGR) | • Musa Audu • Bolaji Lawal • James Godday • Abayomi Agunbiade | DQ |

### Heat 3

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | France (FRA) | • Ahmed Douhou • Naman Keïta • Stéphane Diagana • Marc Raquil | 3:01.79 |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Timothy Benjamin • Sean Baldock • Ian Mackie • Daniel Caines | 3:02.22 |
| 3. | South Africa (RSA) | • Marcus La Grange • Ockert Cilliers • Alwyn Myburgh • Paul Gorries | 3:03.05 |
| 4. | Russia (RUS) | • Anton Galkin • Aleksandr Usov • Andrey Rudnitskiy • Ruslan Mashchenko | 3:03.62 |
| 5. | Ireland (IRL) | • Paul McKee • Gary Ryan • David McCarthy • David Gillick | 3:04.31 |
| — | Dominican Republic (DOM) | • Arismendy Peguero • Carlos Santa • José Peralta • Félix Sánchez | DQ |
| — | Kenya (KEN) | • Vincent Mumo Kiilu • Joseph Mwengi Mutua • Victor Kibet • Ezra Sambu | DQ |
| — | Sri Lanka (SRI) | • Prasanna Sampath Amarasekara • Rohan Pradeep Kumara • Ranga Wimalawansa • Sugath Thilakaratne | DQ |